Sydney’s Best… Snakes and Spiders!!

by Seana on February 22, 2012

Just possibly getting a bit TOO close to nature in our pool and backyard!!

 Linking up to Wordless Wednesday, thank you My Little Drummer Boys! 

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We had such a great time at Little Manly last Sunday that we did it all again yesterday. It was marvellous.

There’s something there for all ages of kids. My five year old daughter loves the rockpools with their crabs and anemones. Five year old Rusty Rocket loves leaping off the shark net walkway.  Able12 wore goggles and chased fish for ages.  Teen14 loves jumping too, showing off for the pretty girls I suspect.

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It was all thanks to Fig and Cherry …

I won an afternoon tea for four at the Tea Room at the QVB.

So my daughter and I dressed up in our prettiest, floweriest dresses and invited another well-dressed mum and daughter to join us.

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Just across the peninsula from world famous surfing mecca Manly Beach, Little Manly Cove is on the Harbour and a completely different beach.

There’s no surf, the views are all of yachts, of the many small peninsulas jutting into the Harbour, and of multi-million dollar mansions.

There’s a netted area, the bollards are fabulous for leaping into the water from, there’s a rocky headland to explore and – best of all – a great little café right at the beach, selling coffees, drinks and takeaway grub. Perfect!

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Oh dear, the pictures tell a thousand words each. Not an eating out success. Linking to Wordless Wednesday over at My Little Drummer Boys, pop over!

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Whales and Dolphins Videos- Jervis Bay

February 7, 2012
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My children have been asking to see the little bit of video we shot of the dolphins who came to say g’day when we were on our fast boat trip around Jervis Bay. And now they’ve got themselves off to school, I’ve managed to find it and load it onto Youtube. This isn’t the best bit [...]

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Sydney School Holidays Day 45/47- DIY Water Slides

January 29, 2012
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We’ve had such a laugh at various water slides over these Christmas holidays. I think the four kids have enjoyed them almost as much as their dad and myself. But the homemade slides have been the best fun.

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Sydney’s Best Cafes for Kids- Lifesaver Cafe, Narrabeen

January 25, 2012
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  If you’re in search of a great beachside cafe on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, look no further! Lifesavers Cafe is child-friendly and within spitting distance of the beach and a small playground.  Winner.

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ASD Info – Whiz Kid Games

January 20, 2012
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Have you heard about Whiz Kid Games? Whiz Kids Games is a collection of online computer games aimed at children with moderate to severe ASD.  The games, which are colourful and fun in themselves, teach life skills to the kids playing. The games are a collaboration between multimedia design students from Swinburne’s Faculty of Design, [...]

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Sydney’s Best Ocean Pools – MacCallum Pool, Cremorne Point

January 19, 2012
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Hop on the ferry at Circular Quay, get off at Cremorne Point and then amble along the walkway to this hidden gem on the waters of the harbour. The views over Sydney Harbour are absolutely gorgeous. The huge trees by the pool are glorious to too. The water is refreshing, the ferries glide by, yachts bob. [...]

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More Dangerous But Fun- Jumping off Moona Moona Creek Bridge

January 15, 2012
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So this summer we’ve all been at it, leaping with gay abandon off this bridge into the creek below. Is anything more fun in this entire universe? Bridge jumping is an activity which has stood the test of time. Even Rusty Rocket, aged all of five was flinging himself off good style. With my wee [...]

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Sydney School Holidays Day 29/47 – Manly Waterworks

January 12, 2012
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OMG we just had the best day yesterday down at Manly Waterworks. This is an annual trip for us, and it’s a point in time where the changes in the kids are so clear. Last year the twins were tall enough (almost!) to slide but not brave enough to go by themselves.  I was sliding [...]

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Sydney School Holidays Day 28/47- Long Reef Beach

January 11, 2012
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This is such a cool idea, a weatherproof book showing lots of sea creatures. It’s at Long Reef beach, see map below.  Long Reef Aquatic Reserve is here, one of only 12 aquatic reserves around NSW. You can read all about Long Reef Aquatic Reserve here.  The rules and regulations for reserves are clearly stated [...]

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Podcast – fascinating listening for ASD families

January 9, 2012
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I am a great lover of radio, mainly because I can listen to really interesting things as I do housework.  After mastering iTunes and iPod, I now catch up on a whole range of programmes whilst washing up, folding clothes, tidying etc etc. Loading the dishwasher, washing up the pots and pans and wiping down [...]

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Dangerous but Fun Update – Trampoline By The Pool

January 8, 2012
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Well, the fun is over as far as the trampoline by the pool is concerned. Just before Christmas, our friendly local pool man came round to do his thing and he gave Able12 a big talking to about how dangerous it was. Evidently, he said that if we didn’t tether it down or remove it, [...]

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Jervis Bay Family Fun- Boat Trip Around the Bay

January 5, 2012
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As a briny old seadog from way back, I’m always over the moon to be out at sea. The Intn’l Man of Mystery, however, gets shockingly seasick.  So the day he and Teen14 went to Sydney to see the cricket was the obvious one for myself and the three youngsters to get nautical. We’ve done [...]

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Welcome New Readers!!

January 4, 2012

Hello there to all the new visitors who are finding this blog via Google search.  It must be the public holidays, with lots of families looking for fun places to go and checking facts on great playgrounds, pools, beaches, cinemas etc etc Anyway, it’s lovely to see a great leap in visits to the blog. [...]

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Starting The New Year The Way We Mean To Keep Going

January 1, 2012
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The twins and I had a lovely expedition first thing on New Year’s morning.   Starting the year well. Apart from their incessant bickering, that is!

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Happy Hogmanay – May Your Lum Ay Reek! *

December 31, 2011

A guid New Year to ane an` a` and mony may ye see! It’s at this time of year that I come all over patriotically (and some might say idiotically) Scottish and wander around muttering about needing to make some black bun and buy some coal. Oh look, the fireworks at Sydney Harbour are lovely [...]

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Sydney School Holidays Day 16/47- Pony Rides for Preschoolers

December 30, 2011
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The twins had been asking to go for a pony ride for quite a while. So just before Christmas I called around our local horse riding centres and asked how we could go about getting them in the saddle. It was a damp and drizzly day when we went to the stables, but that didn’t [...]

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Merry Christmas and All The Best for 2012

December 23, 2011
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