Family visits for us are long intercontinental plane trips from Europe to Australia... Which with kids, can be a real test of the nerves and the relationship of the pants! Thankfully, this time...the little one was older and could keep herself a bit occupied with the movie and games, which meant that it was a completely different experience to the 20 hours of screaming and crying from the three previous trip!
However, once we are in Australia, our families are pretty spread out, so it still quite a vast amount of travelling by plane and car within the country. This time, it was even more than usual as we had a family reunion slag birthday party in Northern New South Wales then a visit to relatives further north in Queensland, followed by a three day drive back down to Canberra.
For the kids, it has been a great time of rediscovering cousins and extended family. I think we haven't seen much of our oldest one as she has been all day every day playing with her long lost family members! It is also the sort of trip where the girls get spoilt crazy, where chocolate for breakfast seems to be a good idea...
It was nice to revisit Canberra, a place where I spent so much of life after school... And where I met my wife. It is one of my favourite places in the world, but this photo doesn't really do it justice. This is of an area that is being regrown after a devastating fire went through the town a few years back...
So many days spent in the car... But still there were so many perfect moments to experience. The combination of the land and family makes us incredibly homesick everytime... One of these times , it will likely pull us back...
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