A Family Outing

We had a day out as a family in the National Park, as Andrew has this week off work. We made our way up the West Head Road stopping along the way at the Basin path to see some Aboriginal engravings in the rock there. We were all very keen to do this, particularly George, but in the event, they were a bit of a disappoinment. This was partially because they were carved into horizontal rather than vertical rock and were therefore quite difficult to see, but I think we were all expecting something a bit different. Not sure what though....it felt a bit like when Andrew and I visited the Picasso museum in Barcelona. We were all set to really like it and feeling good about being so cultured, but when it came down to it we realised that actually we are heathens, as we were rather bored and left after 45 mins. I'm ashamed to say that a similar thing happened at the Louvre, although this was largely because the 19th century art section was closed and that was what we particularly wanted to see, and partially because we got lost in the part of the (absolutely huge) museum which was just bits of Grecian pot. Yeah, I know...we are very low brow. We like America's Next Top Model for goodness sake. However, I digress....



The weather was clear and brisk, and this apparently is what we should expect from a Sydney winter. Clear skies and sun but not necessarily warm. It had been the coldest winter morning for 30 years, so we are still getting some unusual weather, but it was lovely when we were protected from the breeze and in the sunshine. The views from West Head looking across Pittwater back to Palm Beach and up the coast to Umina Beach were wonderful, and we then went down the steep path to the West Head beach, where Anna was brave enough to have a paddle.







We are so looking forward to when the weather warms up - we are still very cold in the house in the mornings and the evenings, and we now realise that this is to an extent to do with this particular house - most of the other houses we go into are not so cold, so this is something we will be careful about when we get our rental property next year. I've also learnt from this house to never have a black granite worktop! All useful stuff...