In the Family Way

Fenton blowing out the birthday candles on his lamingtons

For the past six weeks we have been blessed with chaos and care from some of our loved ones as Heather’s parents, Wayne and Anne; sister Carla and two nephews, Tyler and Ryan came to visit us from Manitoba, Canada. We celebrated Fenton's 2nd birthday and took in many adventures as we tried to make the most of their short time down under. We travelled to Fraser Island, the world's largest sand dune; to Rainbow Beach where we sand tobogganed and vainly attempted to collect all the different colours of sand; and to Tin Can Bay where we fed the humpback dolphins. We went to the Australia Zoo and Underwater World and ofcourse we hit a beach or two! Here are a few pictures to evidence what we got up to. We sure miss them. 

Playing at Eumundi market

Greg rescued a turtle on Fraser Island that had been run over by a careless 4WD

Sunrise on Fraser Island

Shipwreck on Fraser Island - the SS Maheno washed ashore while being towed from New Zealand during a cyclone in 1935

One of the many sand blows on Fraser Island

We were warned and worried about dingoes on Fraser Island and never saw trace of one!

Carlos sand blow at Rainbow Beach - aptly named for the many different coloured sands. Ty is towing a boogie board used for sand tobogganing

Enjoying Rainbow Beach

Feeding humpack dolphins at Norman's Point in Tin Can Bay

Our little explorer