Wednesday, January 20, 2010

WWOOFing in Healesville

We “WWOOFed” for a week in a small town called Healesville, about an hour and half outside of Melbourne. Here are some pictures from our stay (courtesy of Annie).

IMG_0404A Kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree.

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“Wombat crossing” road sign warning for the next kilometer. We heard many stories of people hitting them (along with kangaroos) that had caused a lot of damage to cars, much like deer in our area.

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Dominika (6) and Kinga (3) with their newest addition to the family, Thomas, the bunny.

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Kristof at work in their restaurant, the Polish Jester. Too bad we weren’t able to get a picture of his sweet wife, Beata, who was at work cooking all night.

 

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Us in the Polish Jester Cafe after we enjoyed a delicious meal.

 

 

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Riley reading the girls instructions of how to make a paper dragon, one of the nights’ activities in babysitting the little bundles of energy.

 

 

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Kristof with his girls on the ATV riding around the property. Behind them, which you can barely see, is the fence we put up.

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Me with the family horse, Comet, and one of their three baby goats, Blacky.

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A view of the house, if standing from the horse’s pasture (where I’m standing in the picture above).

 

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Annie with their 13-year-old white poodle named Ebony. The name’s a little ironic I think.

 

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A baby rooster asleep on Thomas the bunny. Cute… until we found out later the rooster died of something, possibly a disease that the bunny gave him. It was a sad day for everyone.

 

 

VIDEO!!!  Dominika giving Annie her fortune

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