Malaysia 2010

Well it's time to pull out the old blog again as we are about to set off again on an adventure... this time we are venturing overseas...

Tasmania February 2009

Another Tasmanian Adventure!

We are heading back to Tasmania on the 4th of Feb, but this time by plane and only for just over a week! Our reason for going it to attend the wedding of friends Chrystal and Mark.

We won't have our trusty camper trailer with us this time unfortunately, but for obvious reasons, so we are looking forward to our stay in the Britz campervan we will hire!

We prob won't have much opportunity to blog while away, but stay tuned for updates just incase and watch out for the run down of our adventures in full when we get back on the 12th!

Holidays

I have meaning to post about our trip away to Innes national Park at Easter with Ingrid's family and also our Lovely time in Laura at the start of April, but am wondering if it is too long ago to bother doing now?
All in all we had a great time! (Apart from when we got gastro at Easter :-P )
Might post a few pictures if I ever get the time?

Uncle Eric and Sara on our hike (the day before we all got sick)

Goolwa

took the camper down to Goolwa for almost a week after Christmas. Probably doesn't count as camping though as we spent most of the time at Phil and Belinda's parents house out of the heat. Noisy time to stay in a caravan park. Probably not that interested in traveling week after Christmas as sleep is already out, kids need detoxing for Christmas treats and excitement too much already. Just need to unwind.
It was a pretty nice time, but got VERY tired.
Highlights included:

• Time with Phil, Bel and gorgeous Bethany
• Beach and picnic
• Singstar fun
• Sara getting less scared of dogs
  

Time for an Update

Well can you believe it, but Sara has just turned two and Taliese is already 4months old! We have settled down now into being a family of four and it is lovely to see how the girls adore each other!

No plans to take of in the camper anytime soon, but Ingrid in particular is itching to go away in it for a weekend, week or whatever soon!

Taliese Isabella Wilson

With much Joy and Thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father, we anounce the safe arrival of...

Taliese Isabella Wilson

Born 21st July 2007 at 4:37am
Weight 3010g (6lb 10oz)
Length 49cm

Sara adores her little Sister!

Home Sweet Home

And so our adventures (of the camping variety) have come to an end for the time being. We are really happy to be home and enjoy reflecting on the wonderful times we had over the past three months.

At the moment we are busy setting up the house again and making pregnancy related appointments etc among other things.

However this is not the end of the blog. We will continue to from time to time upload photos, and particularly around the end of July, will include all the details of our new arrival!

Can't wait to see you all in person over the next little bit!

Dave, Ingrid and Sara

The rest of the story so far

And so that brings us to our last day in Tasmania. As we were in Devonport we decided to head back over to the Tamar Valley and revisit our favourite fish and chip shop, as well as take do the Beaconsfield Mine museum, which was very interactive and interesting!

We also had a lovely walk around the lovely Cataract George in Launcestion, before heading back to Devonport.

Cataract George

The trip back on the boat, while a lot rougher was fine! No one was sick though Sara did not sleep well at all.

In Melbourne we stayed with Hans and Natasha again, and had a lovely time there! It was really lovely to attend church with them on the Sunday, see Eric in all his cuteness and watch the two kids having fun playing together! We took advantage of a few factory bargains and just chilled out a lot, not to mention the great suduko challenge!

Another highlight was catching up with Veronica and David Kite (nee Beach), and enjoying a lovely meal with them!

Now we are having fun catching up with Erica, Jay and the family here in Mount Beauty. The kids are having a blast playing together, particularly Sara and Gypsy. We will stay here for the weekend before heading for home on Monday! (We will probably take 2 days on the way home!)

Sara and Gypsy making some beats

Until then, I miss you all sooooooooo much!

Ingrid, Dave and Sara

More on our Tasmanian Adventures

From Hobart we traveled to Waterloo, in the Huon Valley, where we stayed with Paul and Samantha Verne (and their children, Evelyn, Samuel, Thomas, Lucy and Grace). This was also a lovely time!Sara enjoyed the attention lavished on her by all the children, although overwhelmed a little at times. While there we did the Tahune Air walk (a walk through the tree tops), had a look at the Hartz national park’s gorgeous and very different alpine scenery and foliage, and took a trip down to Cockle Creek (the most southern part) as well as making time for a couple of other short walks along the way. We also spent time just relaxing and catching up as well as learning more about apples at an orchard nearby. David also took the opportunity to try his hand at wood turning, making a beautiful bowl out of Tasmanian Blackwood!

From here we traveled to Lake St Claire National Park, where we spent a VERY cold night! The next morning we did a lovely walk in the park, which boasts Australia’s deepest lake.

In the afternoon we drove along the very beautiful, but steep road towards Queenstown. Being unimpressed on arrival in Queenstown, we decided to press on towards Strahn, which was just lovely.

The next morning we had a nice drive around Maquarie Heads, before church (at 2pm). On the beach we were sad to see two decomposing whale carcases, but the views of the ocean and cute lighthouses was beautiful!

At church we were welcomed very warmly, by the little Anglican congregation. Sara was a particular hit with all the elderly ladies there! In the evening we attended a play in the town that comically portrayed the true story of a convict escape from Sarah Island. It was excellent; Dave even played a role in it, which he did very well. Sara waved at him from her seat and clapped at his funny hat!

On the Monday morning we got up early and had breakfast out (yum!) before going on a cruise of the harbour. It included a very interesting tour of Sarah Island (old convict prison), a great walk in the rain forest at Heritage Landing where we learnt more about various Tasmanian trees, in particular Huon pine and finished off at a Timber yard, where we learnt more. We also saw and learnt about some Atlantic Salmon fish farms, learnt interesting facts about the harbour and watched a large pod of dolphins, including a baby frolicking together. It was a lovely day!

The next morning we headed north towards Devonport. We took in a look at Wynyard and both Table Cape and Sister’s beach near Rocky Cape.

Having fun at Sister's Beach

We had planned to stay in a little (free) campsite in a town outside of Devonport, but after we eventually got ourselves un-lost, we decided not to stay there as we could see some sort of fire in the forest all around. We decided to head for a caravan park on the map, in another town, which turn out to be very out of the way, on our arrival there we were told that unfortunately they only did cabin accommodation over the non-peak season. Arghhh! By this time it was about 6.30 and very dark out and Sara was getting hungry and grumpy. We ended up having a quick meal at McDonald's, before pulling into a local caravan park, where we could finally set up and head for bed. Our last night in Tasmania - What a drama!

Well I am really sorry but I have to go now, so I will leave you there!

Love you lots and will see you all really soon!

Dave, Ingrid and Sara