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SWAN HILL 30th Sept The Swan Hill show was in town at the local footy ground and we thought that it may be worth checking out. It was only on for two days and tomorrow being AFL Grand Final day, the only right thing was to see the show today and leave tomorrow free for footy! We arrived at the show quite early to find a lot of things still setting up. Of course the kids fix their eyes straight on to the array of rides around the 'Main Arena' (footy ground)only to be told "we will do a lap first and then come back to the rides!" On our lap around the show we were constantly being harassed by the different specimen of 'Carny folk' who were trying to lure our business towards their business. ... read more

SWAN HILL 28th Sept Watching the weather last night and today was expected to be wet and dirty. We had a warm nights sleep and the morning was also quite mild but the clouds were starting to move in. Time to go into Swan Hill to stock up on some groceries and have a bite for lunch. We walked around town and ducked in and out of different shops, even buying a new bike for Harry (we thought that the bike we had lugged up here was a little too small for him). On returning from the car after putting the new bike in, I found Rach and the kids in a specialist lollie shop. $50 later we walked out of there. Rach was buying all the 'hard to get' lollies for the kids birthday party, ... read more

SWAN HILL 26th Sept Woken up fairly early by our new nieghbours who arrived the night before. 'Cayden' needed his bottle at 6am and he was telling the whole park. How do I know his name you ask? Well we also heard his brothers and sisters constantly yelling, 'SHUT UP CAYDEN!' Then finally Cayden got what he was yearning for and peace reigned again in the park. At least we were up and moving. Today was going to be a big day, we were off to the Pioneer Settlement. After loading ourselves up with breakfast and loading the esky up with lunch and snacks, we drove to the Pioneer Settlement. In we went and leisurely cruised around all of the exhibits explaining to the kids of how people lived on or near the river in the ... read more

SWAN HILL 24th Sept 2011 Up early on Saturday morning to finish off packing the van, hook on and gather five bikes to attach onto car and try to get away by 8am for josh's semi final basketball game! On the way with van in tow we pick up Lachie and head to basketball stadium. Semi final basketball (1st v 2nd(Josh,s team)). After a nervous morning the bball game was under way! It was a slow start for the boys and before they knew it, they were down 6-0. After releasing all the sleep in their bodies, they began to claw their way back into the game and by half time they were down 10-6. The second half was a different story and the boys came out with fire in their bellies scoring the first 2 ... read more