Maverick's school Christmas party

Our beautiful little tree!

Maverick's school in the rainforest. 29 students

Wallaby Sanctuary Video by Ty

Week 18-23 in Cooktown Part 4

wobble splash dash
Local Triathlon. We were the only family entry with Ty doing the swim, Mason and Mav doing the bike and Paul Doing the Run!

Go Paul!

Ty doing backstroke at swim practice. Unfortunately, Ty broke his arm and is out of swimming for 6 weeks.

Ty butterfly

Mason diving at swim club. Mason swims 3 days a week.

Mav swims at the pool on Saturdays and any other day we can go for fun.

Week 18-23 in Cooktown Part 3

Early Christmas with G-ma and G-pa

G-pa & Maverick on Grassy Hill overlooking the Coral Sea

G-ma & Mason at a Cooktown restaurant

Mav & joey

Mason got to drive the golf cart

School's undercover area

Swimming hole at Treverthan Falls

Cooktown Air port

Bye Bye G-pa and Nama

Week 18-23 in Cooktown Part 2

Newell Beach House - on vacation with G-ma and G-pa
Beautiful place across from the beach.

Newell Beach House pool

Newell Beach House pool water gun fight with G-ma

Newell Beach House beach fort

Newell Beach House beach
Sarah and G-pa Searching for shells

Daintree rainforest trail

Daintree Road sign Cassowary

Daintree Road sign - watch out for deadly jellyfish

Daintree Road sign - notice the hat and backpack

Port Douglas Beach

Port Douglas Beach

Week 18-23 in Cooktown Part 1

Roo's Rubbish Truck
Maverick in his school's version of the 3 little pigs. "The Three Little Bush Biki Bikis" The used aboriginal languages for some of the words.

Aboriginal dance

The boys try some Aboriginal dance.

Kuranda wall art

The venomous Zoo.
Saw the Taipan, brown snake and death adder.

blue tongue lizard

cassowary

A big croc going SNAP!

croc in water

Croc hanging out while we're eating lunch

where is the croc?

Mav with wallaby

Ty w/ koala

Mason w/ koala

Mav w/ koala

Mav w/ bird

This past weekend we went on our first camping trip in Australia. Elim Beach and Coloured Sands is about an hour north of Cooktown. 30 minutes on a 4wd road. The area was surrounded by sand dunes - making the hills look snow-capped. We went with some friends. And had a wonderful time.

The water was inviting, but we had the crocs to think of! The boys found a good swimming hole at low tide.

Starfish all around.

The local aboriginal women were out fishing.

I think this is a guanna. He hung around our camptsite.

Maverick loved the starfish!

This was the view from where we were staying. Thank goodness it was set back a bit from the water. Safer from the crocs.

There are many beach sheds along the road. No permanent houses. This is aboriginal land. The owner of this shed works with our friends and let us use his place. It was everything we needed. I loved looking at this house without walls. We slept upstairs on borrowed blow up mattresses and with mosquito nets.

Ty enjoyed fishing, although I think we should call it "feeding the fish".

We'll catch something one of these days!

Maverick and Mason with their friends in a "tinny".

Paul - on croc watch down in the water. I was on croc watch on shore.

Down the road from where we camped is a place called Coloured Sands. The colored sand is actually up in the dunes. As we hiked up the hill, the sand changed from orange to white to grey. I hiked up this hill in my bare feet; Now I know the aussie ways are sinking in.

The drive to Coloured Sands.

We also climbed a very steep dune. It's steeper than it looks!

Hold on everyone!

Ty and Maverick and Paul rolling/running down the hill.

Pretty tired on the way home.