General Chat

Congraulations Huia. A New Years Day baby eh? We had a thing on TV on New Years Day about twins born that previous night - one was before midnight so a birthdate of 31 Dec 2011, the other after midnight so a birthdate of 1 Jan 2012. I wonder how rare that woud be??

Looks like it's going to be another beautiful day in paradise. Those overseas people who have come at this time of year on the low season fares are doing well. This time last year we were getting rain dumped on us in big quantities. Like 200 mils in less that 4 hours. Creeks and rivers were flooded etc. but cyclone Yasi hadn't arrived yet. No good going to the Great Barrier Reef diving or snorkelling if the weather isn't good. Doesn't look as spectacular. But it would be gorgeous in this weather.

Pam

congrats Huia
another little twig to add to your tree.
Best wishes to all.

Hello All.,, congratulations huia on new arrival Bless him x
Greetings from scotland .Take care have a good New year ;-)

Hello there. This is a late night to be up for me. Usually in bed early but I had a sleep this afternoon and now I'm not tired enough to go to bed.

Paml.

Looks like it's late for everyone else too. So I'll see you later. Hope you all had a good Sat night.

A belated hi now Sunday morning to Pam.
Congratulations to Huia on new baby .

Tony your new profile pic is great ,a handsome man no doubt one of your family .Hi to moonbi ,and Marie hope your doing okay .

Looking forward to hearing more from others ,now holiday s are drawing
to a close for many .
From a wet but not cool Melbourne
June ;-)

cheers and HI to everyone,

im doing ok, the hot weather has been making me tired this week, so only going out toward evening to water my garden. The mozzies are especially bad this week, so using plenty of rid, to avoid bites. but I notice lots of midges too.

Tomorrow swim lessons start for G'son. he is in the third group this summer, as can do a "sort of" free style stroke. here in the local village pool they get 10 lessons for $65. so I thought that was a good deal and booked him in.

I really enjoyed having my 3 adult children with me in December. Son1 and his wife have now returned to to the frosty weather in Maine.

Son2 with be returning to cerberus to get ready for his graduation on 27th, Seaman Star. then he will go to category school for 6 months before being assigned to the fleet in August.

Best wishes to all and hope the new year fulfills our hopes

Morning from a much cooler Melbourne....:-)
( think its time they got rid of the smiley Santa...lol )

Huia. Congrats to you and all concerned on the birth of your great grandson. I still have a wait of about 9 to 10 years i reckon, to hold the title of Great grandad. I have 5 grandies and possibly one more still to come next year ( according to daughter number 2 )......and hopefully more from number 4 youngest daughter ( not married yet )

June. The pic is of my Dad in the RAAF ...world war 2, aged about 25..... He died when i was 12 years old, so i never really got to know him as a man, myself. He was my reason for starting the family tree. My four grandparents were also deceased before i was born in the late 40s...so i knew nothing about them either........But i do now ....;-)

Moonbi. I think its great for the young grandies to have swimming lessons. My lot are also having lessons, as we all go away together as a family on holidays, in Aussie and O/seas each year to many beaches, and various resorts that have pools.

Wishing all a great day/night.

Tony....:-)

Great weather ,perfect for our Australia day celebrations .

Hope you all enjoy yourselves.

June.

Far too hot here

its already 32C and its only 11am
but im leaving soon for Cerberus.
Son is graduating from recruit school tomorrow as Seaman Star.
the first rank on a big journey.
Not looking forward to travelling into the sun today. But it will be worth it when we get to Stony Point cara park.

Vest wishes to all and a lovely Australia Day.
Im pleased that Australian of the year Id Mr Geoffrey Rush

Happy Aussie Day to all.

Nice 24c day here around Melbourne.

Lots of activity going on around the Aussie continent to celebrate
Australia Day.

Local fireworks display at our council to-night, and kids and grandies down for traditional BBQ.

Best wishes to everyone.

Tony :-)

Have a G Day best wishes for Australia Day
Barbra xx :-D

Hot sticky35c rain thunder and lighting here not nice

Hello to you all
I hope you all had a great Australia Day, , it was a very wet one here in Bathurst.I watched the ceremony in Canberra.I cant remember what I did for the rest of the day .
Some parts of NSW are in flood ,we have had two bad Hailstorms wrecked my garden, my beans were producing but they got smashed along with the pumpkins and tomatoes ,we have had very little summer here ,I haven't needed to use the Air conditioner so am saving on the electricity.

My Grandaughter Emily started School this week and is loving it ,she cant wait to get to school each day which is a real positive.Abigail her sister also started Pre school, she is liking it ,she is used to routines as she was at child care for some time.
Hello Tony nice to see you still here, have you heard from Badger lately.
I havent been able to catch up with all the posts I just dont seem to have the time or energy to devote to the posts I do hope you and Barbara are well I guess Barb is watching the tennis, me I like Cricket, AFL and cycling. <3 <3

Hi Huia,, that grand son of your's must be growing I hope you are well .How is Phil?
My daughter Kathleen is slowly getting back to normal she hasn't had any seizures for some time , she was having an interview to-day for some part time work, I hope it wont be too much for her.

Kindest regards to you all,
Marie.

Gosh what is happening no one has posted since my last post , I guess I will have to talk to the space.
The Aussie rules competition starts next weekend Great the local comp doesnt start until the local Cricket comp is finished, should be soon.Our local Team "The Bathurst Bushrangers ". have a new club house to start the season. It will be nice for all us diehard supporter's we may not have to sit out in the wet and windy conditions we experience in Winter.
Kathleen got the Job that she applied for it has boosted her confidence she is also driving her car once more. :-)

I hope all the wattler's are well and happy
Kindest Regards
Marie ;-) <3

Hi Zack ,and all the rest of you out there in beutiful Oz and the littler island over the pond .
Havn't been on here for a longish while ,with family problems and poor health ,but i had to come on this morning after hearing from a friend that Sydney is getting deluged with heavy rain ,and worse ,stay safe all you lovely people ,and keep the chin up ,bless you all Fred. :-)

Hello Marie glad your well ,same things happening here In VIC my son is president of our local cricket club and some of their teams are still in .

You can tell footy is up and running already some games on foxtel .

Glad Kathleen has new job is does wonders for your confidence ,I guess Kathleen is related to you ,it's nice to hear good news .

I have to say in my opinion we really havnt had what I call a real Summer some hot days and I guess a few more to come ,but global warming hasnt arrived in my neck of the woods .

All the best June ;-)

morning all, hope you all have a great day from cloudy Adelaide..

Hello to Cow Girl in Adelaide,
I usually watch the weather reports and you have had some rather hot days, it was quite warm here yesterday and I suffered as I spent the whole day in the garden.I had perspiration dripping into my eyes , today rain and I have a three quarter length sleeves on ,talk about mad weather.
Hi June
Kathleen is my 2nd daughter she had a very bad seizure 2 two years ago it turned out to be epilepsy, her whole world came crashing down she was unable to work and in the end she was let go and since then had been trying to get the insurance company to pay out, about 6 weeks ago they finally came up with the payment , and it came just at the right time as it looked as if we would have to sell the property we live on,so the relief was was wonderful as we had all been feeling so down & stressed.

Kathleen likes the job, at this time it is only one day a week which is enough for the present as she has lost so much weight as the medication suppress ' her appetite., she now has scar tissue on her brain and loss of memory.

Hi Badger , It is good to hear from you, I am sorry to hear you have been unwell , how is you wife ? and also Hissy. We have had very little summer and a lot of rain and yes flooding in the South Western areas of Qld.some of the places it is there 2nd flood in 12 month's.
I had my summer Beans Tomatoes and Pumpkins, smashed by 2 Hail storms then a month later we had another Hail storm, I had to pull the Pumpkins out the beans and tomates I cut back and they are only now giving me fruit and beans.
I have started to put my winter crop in as last year I left it too late and they all went to seed.
I have finally had some success in finding some of my lost Great grandfathers family for years I have been looking for them and low and behold one of his brothers William came out to Aust.and landed in Corio Bay he was sponsored and after he had finished his time working for his passage, he bought some land at Wooroonooke near Charlton in Victoria.It is so pleasing to be in touch with one of his GtgtGrand son.

How is your family? Have you had any more trip's or has your health kept you at home.
I hope that your health improves.
Kindest regards to everyone
Marie ;-) <3

PS.June it was the O'Brien from Shepperton Estate,Castlehaven County Cork near Skibbereen that William O'Brien was born as well as John Thomas my Gt.Grandfather Simon his brother all came to Oz. 2 of his other brothers went to America they were Jerry and Patrick
James and Maurice and the one Daughter (Margaret Buckley) nee O'Brien stayed in Ireland and worked the Farm .Richard was a carpenter and moved to Union Hall not that far away from the family.The farm is still in the Family to this day.

Regards Marie :-)