My first day in Warwick

Ok, just enjoying my second glass of the best Australian Shiraz, so maybe a good time to update (or maybe not). Let me think back… ah yes, breakfast outside on the terrace, freshly squeezed orange juice, advocado slices, followed by peanut butter on toast and tea – how cool is that! And already the sun is hot at 9am. Ash joins us and a tiny penny lizard also. We chill out this morning and make a few scrabble moves, then Kylie, Ash and I go down to the river to check out one of their favourite places.

En route Kylie pulls in to point out a colony of flying foxes which have almost decimated a number of trees. I told her that our bats only come out at dusk and spend daytime in belfries and dark places. These hang upside down in the hot sun all day long, I’m amazed they’re not barbecued bats!!

Anyway on down to the river (this is that special place Himali, wish you were here). There is the perfect big gum branch to sit on by the river. It is soooo peaceful except for the sound of so many different exotic birds. But first, there sitting on a log before me was a handsome Water Dragon posing for me and, as Ash so rightly said, showing his best side for my photograph.

We walked along and fed some ponies then returned to the special spot and lay down looking up through the gum trees, just wonderful.

I actually saw may varieties of birds always in pairs, Rosellas, Mudlarks, Kookaburras, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, TopKnot Pigeons, Noisy Mynahs, Galahs

We went shopping in IGA, Ash tells me they’re a chain of supermarkets. We bought provisions for lunch. Yummy ham salad rolls, they were huge!! We chilled out a bit in the afternoon while it was hot, catching up with scrabble and stuff. As it cooled down the kids went out for a bike ride together and Kylie took me to the Dam. Unbelievable! The sun setting over the water with the mountains and the lake was just beautiful.

But more to come, I was just over the moon when I saw not one, two, but about 15 wallabies, and two of them had baby joeys in their pouches. As I was photographing these guys, who should saunter along in front of my camera shot but two Eastern Rosellas! Perfect!!

We returned via the wine shop where I asked the wine merchant for his best red Aussie wine on offer (not knowing much about local Australian wines)… a Lindemans Shiraz for $8. We all enjoyed a delicious steak and salad dinner and the Shiraz just slipped down a treat. Will definitely get some more. I introduced the kids to Take That, couldn’t believe they’d never heard of them but when we played them at high volume on YouTube, they recognised them and all was good. We are having such a good time…. and hot chocolate with marshmallows is on the way!!!!

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