Mason's 4th Birthday

Mason celebrated his 4th birthday today with his friends at Kinda. He was really excited last night, and couldn't wait to open his presents in the morning. He was a little confused though, as he was expecting to see Christmas stockings, and see Grandma and Grandpa, Nanna, Opa, Janine, Shane and Lauren.
He received a jet fighter airplane in the morning, and opened more presents in the evening, so that he has time to play with them. He received;
a Bob the Builder DVD from Auntie Janine, Uncle Shane and Lauren,
a car garage and a fishing game from Grandma and Grandpa (with really annoying sounds!)
a few books including a new Where's Wally book from Nanna and Opa

Torren thought it was his birthday also, with lots of new toys to share.


Car garage from Grandma and Grandpa


Books from Nanna, Opa and Uncle Karl

Noosa trip

Anne, Mason and Torren spent the weekend at Liggo's luxury apartment in Noosa, while Bruce went orienteering with the Victoria Nuggets at the Queensland Championships a couple of hours north in Maryborough. The weather was perfect for the beach, but a little on the warm side for orienteering.














Bruce finished 8th Australian, only 20 seconds from 6th. New Zealand won the test match with Bruce a member of the Bushrangers with Rob Preston, Ben Rattray, Dave Meyer and Adrian Jackson. It was a good weekend for the Victoria Nuggets, coming second to the Canberra Cockatoos in both the men's and women's classes.

Anne enjoyed Noosa, although it was a bit of struggle to look after Mason in the water, and Torren (who wouldn't go near the water) at the same time.

SA Championships Weekend

We left Melbourne at 4pm Friday, and just after dusk, ran into a kangaroo on the road between Ararat and Great Western. Broke the headlamp and left a large dent in the bonnet and bumper bar. Everyone was ok, except for the kangaroo. We drove the rest of the way with only one headlight, but arrived safely at 12:15am.

We visited great grandma Arthur who turns 95 in December at the nursing home. In the evening, Bruce and Clive saw the crows beat Collingwood by 4 points. It wasn't much of a game, but it was a close contest, and the right team won!

Sunday's orienteering was the South Australian Long Distance Championships. A new map called Ngaralta Country provided open rocky paddocks, together with patches of tricky Mallee scrub with thick undergrowth and low visibility. It was quite a challenge to find many of the controls hidden right next to small boulders. Bruce ran a good race and won men's elite for a fifth time, following wins in 1996 at The Fountain, 1999 at Narinyerri Hills, 2004 at Twigham and 2005 at Coffin Bay. Clive came third in M55A and Marian won W55AS.

Results
http://www.oasa.asn.au/2006/august6.html

Map and Route Choice
http://users.senet.com.au/%7Ehillyard.tyson/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=7&cID=10&kieli=