Jobee's Journal

My parents & brother came up over the long weekend which was very nice! We decided while shopping in Narrabri to head to Sawn Rocks & have lunch up there. Seems quite a few others had the same idea!! After we'd eaten, the kids, my brother & I headed along the track to see the rocks. Even though we've been a number of times, the kids still enjoy it. The track is easy - tarred all the way except for where there are metal bridges. They like to explore in the creek bed though which means a trip down some stairs. There were a few ponds left over from rain, so they checked them out & the natural 'stair's that form when the rocks fall.  Suprisingly we didn't have one complaint from E! That was despite her sitting down in every shop we'd been in earlier. I think she had decided she was going to be first back so that kept her going. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License .

I've been fishing for probably about 30 years. Don't remember when I started or even why I started! I know there's a photo of me at about 8 or maybe younger holding up a tiny fish. My Gramps or Great Uncle Bill would take us when we were younger. As we grew up it was up to us to deal with the hooks, rods & prawns. We'd only go when we were on holidays - on one memorable occasion (can't remember exactly where it was) we managed to make a small jetty collapse! My sister & I would help our foster brothers with their lines etc. Thing is we never really caught anything. The boys would sometimes catch little ones, but that was about it. When I married P, we also only fished on holidays - same thing. I nearly caught a stingray once, it took off before I landed it, same thing with an octopus. The last time we were in Narooma (about 2 years ago), I caught about 5 from memory, all thrown back because they were too small. We're definitely not experts when it co...

We are on holidays in Narooma at the minute. It's on the South Coast & is a beautiful area. View Larger Map New Years Eve We had a pretty quiet New Years Eve. Dinner outside, nice wine (& a particularly nice sweet cider from Orange) & family made for a lovely evening. After dinner we walked around to the wharf to watch the fireworks. E isn't particularly keen on fireworks so we didn't get too close! We all had glow sticks on as did many of the other people out & about.When we came back M decorated the front of the van with them (with assistance from me) Not the best photo, but you get the idea! It looked pretty cool. The white lights underneath are solar powered star lights.  Next up were sparklers - a whole lot of sparklers! Even SJ who is very cautious around fire & heat was right into it. If it got too hot she'd drop it on the grass. M stuck heaps in the pots at the front of the van & went along lighting them. My camera didn...