storms, miski on the beach, anzac cookies, australia day

we have had some great rains here, since we got back - finally! that means great sunsets too. here is one in particular i enjoyed. the weekend after we got home we packed up the dog, hopped in the new ride and went to broome for a day at the beach. miski had an absolute ball! getting back to work has been hard but slowly ramping back up into the swing of things. enjoying the steady rains too! tomorrow is australia day here (26th jan) and i made anzac biscuits in celebration of the special day. seemed fitting since we are now residents. you can see more on the derby wet season album

new zealand trip!

well there's not much more to say about new zealand than WOW!  everywhere we went was spectacularly breathtaking.  one of the most beautiful countries i've ever seen.  there are too many pictures to choose from so i put up just a few on the blog for now. for many many more please see the new zealand & melbourne album . apologies in advance - i took so many photos that it was really hard to choose what to include and so this album is absolutely huge!  many won't be interesting to anyone but those on the trip but you can scroll through and pick and choose the ones you enlarge and look at.  Alternatively you can just view the highlights album which is much shorter but does not include shots of us in it -  new zealand highlights.  melbourne was also fantastic!  very windy and cold but great food, great shopping and great city to just walk around!  we had an amazing trip and it's been hard to get back to the grindstone that's for sure :)