Well, the intrepid explorer that I am, has returned!!!! We traversed this wide brown land of ours for the 6-7 hour drive from Adelaide to Port Lincoln and I have to say.....I was impressed! I haven't been to Port Lincoln since I was old enough to remember and part of me was under the misguided impression that it would be like Port Augusta or Whyalla, which quite frankly are NOT attractive places! But Port Lincoln was absolutely beautiful. As we were there on a 4wd holiday we were able traverse very bumpy tracks and reach some more remote locations. One of those was the picturesque, Memory Cove which is steeped in history, as it was along this portion of coastline that Matthew Flinders lost 2 officers and 6 shipmates to the rugged ocean when they were sent ashore on a smaller boat in search of water. All of the sourrounding islands have been names after these 8 unfortunate men who perished on this stretch of coastline.
This is Memory Cove and the water was an incredible blue, so very inviting but not enough considering how cold it was! LOL!
The kids had a heap of fun frolicking on the beach and searching for crabs in the rocks that are visible along the furtheres aspect of the beach.
One of the things I loved about Port Lincoln was the contrast between sheltered coves and the rocky savagery of the exposed coastline. It shows the dramatic extremes of our landscape.
Ethan and Hannah had a ball together. This is the two of them at Memory Cove. I have to confess that Ethan was a very bad influence on Hannah. By the end of the weekend he had her running off with him across the sand dunes, refusing to return, blowing rasperries when they were told off and a few other 'poorer' behavioural points. I can't even deny that it was my son leading the sweet and innocent Hannah astray!! They were extremely cute together and I have some adorable nudie shots of them on the beach together (I wont be showing these here) which will make perfect 21st torture in years to come.
On the down side, i have returned home to the prospect that I may have Ross River Virus. I will get the results of my blood tests on Friday. I have just about all of the symptoms that they say occur with this virus, so I wont be supprised if the result is positive for RRV.
I will also share a copy of the last DT layout I did for Scrapbook station. The theme was Making Memories and I created this layout almost entirely from MM products.
It is a shocking scan and the background is all a very light purple, not that you can tell from this. Picture is of my cousin Andrew and his wife Amy. They were married in January this year.
Hi Janine,
So good to hear you had a lovely holiday the pictures are just gorgeous, I love the Photo of Hannah and Ethan on the beach at Memory Cove they look so cute, and the photo is so lovely. Not good to hear about maybe having RRF I hope everything goes alright. The MM layout is so pretty and elegant, love the mm products so gorgeous. Good to have you back.
Carole:)
Posted by: Carole Janson | April 27, 2006 at 06:00 AM
Hi Janine, hope you are feeling better real soon. So many people I know who have been diagonised with it lately. Great holi photo's too
Posted by: jo amato | April 27, 2006 at 02:20 PM
Sounds like you had a really nice break. Sorry to hear about your diagnosis (though I haven't heard of it before) and hope you will feel better soon. Gotta love MM.
Shirls
Posted by: Shirls | April 27, 2006 at 06:54 PM
What gorgeous photos. Can't wait to see the LOs that you create from them. Good luck for the blood test. Cross my fingers that its not RRV.
Kathie
Posted by: kathie | April 27, 2006 at 11:05 PM
Wow, what a beautiful part of the world! Gorgeous layout too Janine!
Posted by: Chris | April 28, 2006 at 01:04 PM
Best wishes for good news on the RRV. Not heard of it either, but all of those virus's tend to be really nasty.
Photo and LO are gorgeous.
Posted by: Trina | April 28, 2006 at 07:26 PM
Port Lincoln is beautiful isn't it. My mum moved there a few years ago and we try to visit each year, the kids especially love the beaches. Glad you had a great holiday.
OMG Ross River, gee I hope you haven't go it. A friend of mine had it and it's a really awful thing to have to go through. Fingers crossed for you that it's something else and easily treatable.
Posted by: Mel Diener | April 29, 2006 at 12:10 PM
Ohhhh...those photos bring back so many memories! I may have left Port Lincoln when I was 13, but spending my entire chilhood there does make it a special place for me. I miss those beautiful beaches and the rugged coatline. Ahhhhhh! Thanks for sharing all your beautiful photos and I'm glad to hear you had such a great time away!
Posted by: Donna | May 11, 2006 at 02:31 PM