Floriade

We only managed a quick visit to Floriade this year.  Tassy's school ukulele band were playing on stage the last day of the school term.  Dave doesn't work Friday and, even though I usually do, I had taken the Friday off to go to Sydney at lunchtime, so we were both able to go and watch in the morning.  It was a lightning quick trip, but I managed to snap some photos of the beautiful bulbs, and to buy a cup of yummy honey puffs (hot doughnuts).  I hate to miss Floriade!

Family Christmas

We had a really lovely busy family Christmas with my family in Wollongong.  It really felt like Christmas.  Charlotte and her family were there for Christmas (I got lots of baby snuggles) and Alicia and Felicity and their families came for a day after Christmas, so it was wonderful to see them all.

 

 

 

Merimbula Aquarium

I held back my photos from Merimbula Aquarium cos I know I overdosed you on our holiday photos. :)  Plus the aquarium was awesome enough to deserve a post all of its own.

If you ever go there I recommend going at feeding time.  The guide we had was fantastic and told us so many interesting things about the sea creatures we saw.  The tour/feeding went for an hour.

I am totally creeped out by octopus.  They are fascinating, but they just creep me out.  This one could open a jar to get his dinner.  Very impressive.  And so creepy.

These are cuttlefish.  They are the weirdest looking creatures!  I only knew them by their remains on the beach which birds like to grind their beaks on.  I had no idea what they actually looked like in life.  They are related to octopus and are very intelligent.  And they can change colour!

These are cuttlefish eggs!  Also creepy, but fascinating.

This is a Sea Pen. Weird hey!

 

Here's the cuttlefish again, showing off its changing colours.

This was an amazing wall of crayfish shells all from the same crayfish.