Pictures from trip to Chambers Flat, Australia Dec 10, 2008 through Jan 7, 2009

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Morning walk - corner of Rundalua Rd and Flesser
Stopping at front door after walk with Matthew
Kirra beach - very early morning
Kirra beach - early morning walk
Kirra beach - early morning walk
Looking from Kirra to Surfer's Paradise
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Kirra looking towards Coolangatta beach
Kirra beach
Sea Eagle sculpture at Coolangatta end of Kirra - on top of a hill
Surfer's from Kirra
Low tide at Kirra (rocks end of beach)
U shaped rock - only can do this at low tide!
Towards Surfer's
Matthew and earl on balcony of apartment
Sea Eagle Park looking at Coolangatta beach
Surfer's from Sea Eagle park
Kirra from Sea Eagle park
Sea Eagle park - typical Aussie barbie - but with a hot water dispenser!
From Sea Eagle Park - notice Christmas decorations in tree
At Sea Eagle Park
From Sea Eagle park - it is on a high hill
Magpie at park
Parrot visited Kirra apartment
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Diane gets close to the parrot (we are on the 11th floor)
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Diane with Matthew
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Matthew on the balcony
Melody
Melody and Matthew on Kirra balcony
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North Kirra beach from walking/bike path
Notice parrot in tree in middle
Sea Gulls come up to our 11th floor balcony
Walking to lunch
Max, Joel(Jonathan in stroller), Diane, Nathanael(behind), Matthew, Melody, Anne-Marie
By Pizza Hut at Surf Club - Matthew, Diane, Nathanael
Diane, Melody, Anne-Marie,Joel
Sea Eagle Park morning walk - Diane reads an inspired word
Sea Eagle scupture
Poster which day before had John 3:16
Walk by beach Coolangatta - this bird was building a nest
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Greenmont Beach - other side of Coolangatta
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Kirra beach - Our hotel is third from left
Matthew falls asleep at the table
Morning walk along Rundalua
Joel's house from part way up driveway
Joel's house
These fellows are half-way down driveway in front of Joel's house
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Exercise outside in the nice warm weather
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Nathanael helps clean up for Christmas
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This morning, the whole mob of 19 was in one place
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Across Rundalua from Joel's
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Kid's Sports at Riverlands Park on Logan River
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Max came in second in sack race
Matthew getting plaque for completing course
And Maxwell received his
The whole group at sports
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Nathanael and friends (Jonathan, Matthew, Maxwell)
Time for some music (Jonathan, Matthew, Nathanael)
Melody on the drum
Anne-Marie with Jonathan and Melody
Melody with her "silky"
Time for music
GrannyD reads to Melody and Matthew
Maxwell feeds horse down Rundalua - this horse runs out and whinnies if Max is along
By pond on Flesser on morning walk - bird building a nest
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Bird has nest building material in its beak
The kangaroos are watching us, but for now staying right by the house
Still there - we see their footprints (and droppings) every morning
They even stayed for Matthew and Melody
Watching us but time for a scratch
The little one was comfortable enough with us to get down
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About 100 feet out Joel's side door
Oops, they see us
Back of Joel's house
Looking up from the back of Joel's house to neighbors where we had New Year's Eve barbie
Joel's neighbor's place on Rundalua - to side
Rundalua Rd - Joel's place is at the bottom of the dip. The Kangaroos are often on the left past the fence.
Resting in Joel's yard
This is just behind the house.
Bridge across Brisbane River
Morning walk - Matthew, Jonathan(who is always ready to be outside), Maxwell
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Lilly pond on walk on Flesser - flowers are really very blue - more so than shows
The flower's really are blue.
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Walkabout Park across from lilly pond (about 1/2 mile from Joel's)
Matthew at park
Diane swings Matthew
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Jonathan turned before I could get his face in the picture
Maxwell on the ropes
Bush trail from Walkabout park through Pines back to GreyGum St
These fellows came practically to front door of house!
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Taken from front door of house.
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Christmas morning
Melody opens figurine just like one Great Grandmother Matthews has
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The figuring (music box)
Jonathan likes balls! This one from Linda.
Matthew's "The Rat at Rundalua" in book form
Christmas lunch - McGregors - the maggie comes to eat lamb
And parrots come to eat bread
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May Warton - Anne-Marie's maternal grandmother
Morning walk - maggie high in tree
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Island in lilly pond
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Boxing Day barbie at Anne-Marie's uncle's - Max tries baseball with Diane
First, Max and Matthew in pool with Joel
Then Nathanael gets in to help with Jonathan and Melody
Matthew swims a bit
Jonathan with Nathanael
Doug (Anne-Marie's father) watches uncle Les get the barbie going - quite a spread! And yes, there are shrimps in the middle
Doug helps out
Gail Mackin (old friends of ours) in a serious chat with Diane.
Doug and Katherine Steward-Adams (Katherine is Gail/Terry's daughter and a childhood friend of Joel's) Katherine has Immanuael - their baby.
Katherine and Immanuel
Terry and Gail Mackin
Douglas with Immanuel in playpen while Maxwell watches
Terry, Gail, Matthew, Diane, Earl take a twilight walk
Beautiful blue patch in sky at dusk
By the Lilly Pond
Highgrove - off Flesser on a long morning walk - road with a lot of parrots
Bush trail out of Walkabout Park
Melody and Matthew enjoy a juice pop (Max just keeps freezing more)
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Douglas and Katherine Steward-Adams' house they are fixing up
Back porch with laundry - this is up high in the breeze (they are close to water)
Hire-for-Baby room
A house on Archer near Joel's - note the huge verandas
The fanciest house in the neighborhood
Joel reads to Melody and Matthew while Maxwell looks on
Rundalua walk - the cockatoos are all out there this morning - they are noisy!!
They all rest on the fences of the horses
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And fly up into the trees.
Loganlea tennis centre where Nathanael and Earl usually play
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Launching water balloons - they go OVER the highest trees
There it goes (Joel, Earl, Nathanael)
Maxwell gives it a try
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Filling more balloons
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Earl tries one himself (not very successfully)
Max tries it himself with help from Joel
The new flagpole is up with the flag raised - Melody and Maxwell
Tried lillies with camer biased to blue
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Melody plays with her new "computer" toy with Matthew always looking on
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Anne-Marie tries cookie machine (which does not work on this dough) with Melody, Matthew and Maxwell "helping"
Jonathan at park in long grass - home church meeting
Maxwell took this for us on the trail out of Walkabout Park
And I took one of maxwell - Jonathan likes walks
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Got Matthew to look serious
Showing address just across street from Joel - the kangaroos are here a lot (no dogs)
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Away they go
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Walkabout Park
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Joel's front yard
Maxwell raising the flag - Jonathan plays in sand and Matthew looks on
Up goes the flag
Fully raised
Joel's front yard