Family Day Out

You know how during holiday's everything seems to cost you every last dollar and cent you have in your purse? Well we decided to do something today that cost us $2 for two bottles of drink and that's all! Can't get much cheaper than that for a family of 4!

We all had a family day out today, as Spen is on holiday and David has a week off work we thought we would get out of the house and make the most of the sunshine, it has been in short supply lately!

We went to the Upper Yarra Dam, yeah I know doesn't sound that exciting but trust me it was a great family day.

We went to the top of the dam and had a look around, the water level is low ( hence the restrictions we have ) but it's not as low as it has been! Sam thought it was great running around the place and playing in the gravel...

And leaving her mark..... huh you thought these marks were made by some wild animal didn't you?

We had a picnic lunch and found ourselves with some extremely friendly and cute lunch guests.....

There were two of these gorgeous Rosella's but this one in particular was very inquisitive and kept getting closer and closer, until it flew out and landed on Spen's hand....

As you can imagine Spencer thought this was a dream come true!!! He actually had tears in his eyes because he was so overwhelmed.Of course we all took turns at feeding our gorgeous visitor......

And David....

Sadly it wouldn't land on Samantha, but hey would you if you were the Rosella... a big ( to them any way ) yelling, giggling, arms flaying kid..."you can keep it" thought the bird!

But Samantha had a great time as well.......hanging out with Dad.....

And trying to climb up a tree after her big brother......

We headed home after Sam tripped over a tree root and bashed her knee on it, not a happy camper after that! Two minutes down the road in the car and she was fast asleep, she had run all the energy out of herself!

All and all it was a lovely day had by all. And all for only $2!!!!!!!