Dubbo

One of the great things of our time in Orange was the proximity to the rest of our family and this enabled us to catch up with family & friends in our down time.
We loved spending time with Shaun who came across regularly from Forbes and seeing Jordan & Keera.

Shaun, Keera & Jordan

Ready for a ski

We a couple of great times skiing at Forbes.  Roland (Nephew) who had just returned from the UK and Greg joined us for Australia Day which was great, although I'm pretty sure Roland didn't feel so great the next day with sore muscles and some sunburn :(
We also had Aimee (Niece) and Jake join us from Sydney a few weeks later, along with Vicki & Greg and Louise & Bruce. Aimee - next stopt the Olympics!!   Although I think it's Jordan who will probably be the one to watch - he's pretty damm good.

Up first go!

Aimee showing us how it's done

We spent some time in Dubbo with Vicki & Greg.  Rob helped Greg with crutching some lambs - this this reminded him that he doesn't want to take up shearing again any time soon.  I have to say that Greg had the farm looking pretty good and we had some great fun out there.

Stay still will you!

Treading the boards

Bruce & Louise were in Dubbo for a few months and we managed to spend some time with them.  Hope not too boring looking around at the sights but nice to show them places we had previously only talked about. 

A toast to Vicki & Greg for the lend of their house

A toast to Cathy & Mark for the lend of their house

In Narromine with spent time with my Mum & Dad, Rob's Mum and sister Sharon< Michael, Erin and the 3 boys. Wow Dane, Kade & Mason have all grown so much.  It's hard to know where the time has gone.  They are gorgeous boys and certainly keep Mick & Erin on their toes!  
We also caught up with friends Stephen & Lynn and Mark & Cathy. 
A big Thank You to Mark & Cathy who kindly put us up for the time we were there.  (Mark I'm not sure a can drink Red Wine any more!!)  They have 2 lovely homes and wd just loved having some time to spend with them and enjoy the special ambiance of both. 

Overlooking the Macquarie River @ Gin Gin

So the big question is 'Where to Next?'
Well the one family we didn't catch up with was Rob (Junior) and Lucy and the boys - so Central Coast here we come.