Today we went to Ku-ring-gai National Park in North Turramurra.  It is named for the Guringai tribe.  We went on a bushwalk and saw lots of animals and plants there.  The picture above is us with Martha standing near a really strange tree whose roots were growing on a rock.

This picture is of the mangrove swamp that was on the bushwalk.

This is an aboriginal carving in a rock on the bushwalk. They say it is from the Dreamtime.

This photo is of a crab in the mangrove swamp.

This is a little pied cormorant.

We saw a Goanna, a kind of lizard - it was over a foot long!

This is a lapwing guarding its eggs right near the kerb of the carpark!  Its partner was trying to scare off some boys playing cricket nearby.

An Aussie Christmas light display

Happy Holidays everyone!

Greta, Jonas, Lena, Mike and Kathryn

Today we went the small oval in Turramurra and we played cricket there.  We had a really fun time.  I scored a 50 run partnership with Martha.  You play cricket with a flat bat.  You have two runners (batsmen) and a bowler (pitcher) and a wicket keeper (catcher).  When someone hits the ball, the two batsmen run to each wicket until a fielder throws the ball back to the bowler or the wicket keeper.  Dad is not very good at cricket but Uncle Dai is.

Toby, Martha, Dai, Greta and Jonas playing cricket

Toby and Jonas with cricket ball and bat