July 23 Part 3: Nick's mate Hayden

This will mean absolutely nothing to anyone outside of the country, but this is Nick with Hayden Quinn who should have won Masterchef Australia (but was dropped in the semi-finals for using too much salt!).  Doesn't sound exciting but Masterchef here is massive.  Its on TV 6 nights a week and has been running since we arrived - finals week is next week and we're looking forward to next April already!

July 23 Part 2: Emily's Pumpkin Lasagne

How weird is this - Nick, Gem, Daisy, Tom, Kath, Emily & Matt in Sydney!  Fantastic lasagne - it tasted as good as it looks.  Afterwards we headed off to Manly Wharf for a couple of beers to watch the first game of the Tri-nations (minus Daisy & Gem of course - daisy's getting into Aussie Rules and didn't fancy the rugby).

July 23: Return to Eveleigh

We went back to Eveleigh farmers market in Newtown this morning with Tom & Kath, only this time we remembered to bring some cash!  Bought big bags of apples and oranges, organic pork, lamb and duck eggs and plenty of shopping trolley envy for Gem!  Daisy met a new friend - we nearly ended up coming home with a puppy!
After the farmers market we went to a fantastic Thai cafe on Kings road for $6 pad thai, and then over to visit Matt & Emily for tea - photos to follow......

July 19: Daisy in the 'hood

Our House

By popular demand - some photos of our little apartment in Manly.
Daisy checking the mailbox outside the front door, the view from the North facing balcony, and some of the local wildlife!

July 9: Fish & Rocks

Took a walk around the Rocks this morning on our way to the Fish Market.  Although it was a bit nippy, and very windy, it was a beautiful winters day and the sun was strong and warm once you moved out of the breeze.  Managed to get some atmospheric shots of the bridge and the wharf buildings around Walsh Bay.  It took us a good hour to walk from the rocks to the Fish Market, which wasn't helped by having a grumpy baby to deal with.  The fish market was really busy but then it was Saturday lunchtime so we shouldn't have been surprised!  The market itself was really interesting but not quite what we'd expected.  We thought we'd see loads of guys in yellow oilskins dragging around huge polystyrene boxes of fish and ice, instead what we got was the fishy equivalent of Selfridges with massive glass cabinets displaying mountains of weird and wonderful seafood.  Everything from prawns to sushi grade tuna, huge red snapper, abalone and oysters.  We bought a bag full of prawns, squid, ling and Moreton Bay bugs to take home (photos tomorrow!) and then bought a tray of fish and chips and joined the masses sitting on the fake grass in the sun.  It was amazing but don't tell Daisy as she'd finally gone to sleep!

July 4: First day at nursery/work

While everyone in the US celebrated their independence today,  Gem & Daisy were commiserating their loss of independence, with Daisy starting nursery and Gem's first day in work.
It wasn't all bad - look what we found on circular quay this morning!  Surely it's not normal to be greeted from the ferry by a herd of camels?!  Daisy didn't seem to be too phased.  I wonder what she told the other kids at nursery?

Home-made Okonomiyaki!