It has been a good week! Great weather, the school kids are back at school, only a few smokey mornings, activities have started up, and the kids are happy again. They have had not one but two plays at this awesome secret water park at Conjola, with their carer Wes. The water park is at a holiday park there, and it's not open to locals, so no one knows about it, but Wes can get them in, so they went twice because they loved it so much :) We also took Bella to Collers Beach. We really miss our Saturday night dinners there, so we are going to start them up again soon (not this weekend because Jeffrey and I are ducking up to Sydney for an overnight stay and a Billy Idol concert!).
The kids were back at horse riding on Monday, and tennis on Tuesday. We have missed those horses so much, and the kids really benefit from the riding, hugely. They were champs at tennis, better than they were before the break! Maybe it has something to do with having their own rackets now, which they got for Christmas. Swimming starts up next week, and they'll be heading to Peak after school care starting on Friday, so they are stoked.
Today we went to a homeschool friend's birthday party, at Narrawallee Inlet. We had the inlet to ourselves, and my friend Deb brought her kayak, and Yenje's massive floating otter, and then they rented three stand up paddle boards. It was so great to see all the kids playing together, and Carmie went off on her own on the paddle board, like a warrior woman, exploring the inlet. It was a great day, and we're looking forward to more homeschool plays over the next few months.
On Wednesday I had to drive up to Conjola to drop the kids off at the waterpark. Conjola is the community that got absolutely destroyed by the fires. As you drive through Milton, you see where the fire got to, and several houses are destroyed. Then you make the turn off to Conjola, and the devastation is jaw-dropping. It is house after house in ruins, just piles of rubble, burnt out cars, and black trees for miles. I was instantly in tears. And I didn't even drive down the roads that got hit the worst, because those are closed off. The toll that these fires have had on that community just can't be measured. I can't wait for this fire season to be well and truly over so we know we are all out of danger. There are spot fires every day still, one in Conjola today, one near Burrill yesterday, only 3km away. Over it!
Anyway, here's to a good week!
Carmie doing pull ups!
Back horse riding!
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