After saying a heartfelt goodbye to our dear families we took a 5 hour flight to Vancouver and a 3 hour shuttle bus to Whistler. Tired but excited, we arrived at the spectacular Whistler village, all covered in snow. Temps were a mild 1-2 oC – perfect for skiing and snow play. The kids spent […]
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Tomas and Ethan met so many cousins that they’ve never met before and great aunties and uncles. They never suspected they had such a large family? Sekerak family reunion Cousins! Cousin chaos Playing hide and seek – found you Cam!
It was so lovely catching up with our dear friends in Canada, seeing how their kids have grown and meeting a few new kiddos! Collingwood/Blue Mountains We met the Casselman for a snowy adventure in the blue mountains. Not quite enough snow to ski but plenty for tobogganing! And when the adults….er I mean kids […]
Playing board games was one of the highlights highlights of our trip. The boys were particularly fond of pandemic. exploding kittens, and skip bo. Ethan made a bum rest for his dinosaur Ethan’s pretend Birthday Well it’s normally on November 1st but no matter… Wolf Lodge The Kasumovic family adventure of water slides, talking animals, […]
After months of talking and planning, we finally made our way to Canada for the holidays. We were thrilled to spend 4 weeks with family in our hometown on Hamilton, Ontario, and another 5 days in Whistler, BC – a place the Aussies rave about. I can’t describe the elation we felt being reunited with […]
Our last day on the island and we decided to head north to Stokes Bay, a rocky beach that someone had recommended. It was a gorgeous spot where we hiked through narrow rocky caverns to the south that opened up to a beautiful remote beach. The kids were thrilled as they came across some shrimp […]
Our third day we drove to Flinders National Park at the far south west end of the island. We stopped at the visitors centre and as soon as we got out of the car, spotted a koala in a tree! We spent some time at the visitors centre, which had the best geological display of […]
The next day we headed to Seal Bay where we paid to walk through the conservation area, onto the sand where the sea lions were lounging about. It was well worth the fee to be so close to one of the largest colonies of sea lions, approximately 1,000 in total. Apparently people could walk this […]
Our darling family finally made a long awaited trip to kangaroo island. South Australia. We had planned to go last year but as it’s so challenging to get there we cancelled our trip. This time we were fully prepared for the 1 hour flight to Adelaide, 1.5 hour drive to Cape Jervis and 1 hour […]
Tomas has 27 chess awards that I could find around the house. He traded in 20 for a trophy.