http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Queensland , Gold Coast , Burleigh Heads en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:27:53 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:27:53 UTC Nov 10Sydney to CessnockTravel day. Very low key. Called a couple of people to make visiting arrangements.We are in the Hunter Valley. WineriesDominos pizza for supper. 11.00 for a large. NiceNov 11Hunter ValleyVisited a few wineries today.McWilliams. Really nice tour of the winery McGuigan. Good wine and we had a pretty good cheese tray for lunch.Piggs Peake. Nice wines donrsquo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-345412.html Yes that's right today is Noah's 1st Birthday Can you believe it In the traditional way we have managed to spread the festivities over most of the week leading up to Noah's actual Birthday. Starting with a Party in the Park on Sunday 15th. A great time was had by all well at least I hope there was. Noah was completely oblivious to the reasoning behind the party but as usual was loving all t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-342735.html Hi AllThis month has been VERY EXCITING with Noah taking his first tentative steps Just out of the blue he was standing at the door and took 4 little tiny tentative shuffles Noah is also turning into quite the monkey and loves climbing up onto everything and anyone who gets in the way He even managed to stand up on one of the dining room chairs and grabing stuff off the dining room table Not http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-332151.html Said goodbye to my family and flew to Christchurch NZ. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-322120.html This Month's FirstsThis month Noah...1. walked ... with the help of his walker or holding onto someone's fingers2. stood up unassisted3. flew on a plane4. drank with a straw5. rolled a ball6. clapped his handsBig NewsWell it's offical We own a business and all the stress that goes with it As of the 15th of September we are now the proud owners of the Authentic Turkish BakeHouse. Which obvious http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-320656.html Big NewsNoah is growing up faster than we can believe this month has seen him progress in leaps and bounds. We thought there wouldn't be very much to report this month but as usual we were wrong Noah surprised us all one afternoon while Mel and Skye were visiting and let go of me while he was standing up Yes that's right on the 30th of July Noah stood up by himself How crazy is that http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-306513.html Yes Uncle Bruce here it is It's even a few days earlyBig NewsNoah has his first cousin my Sisterinlaw Emiliya gave birth to a bouncing baby boy by csection on the 2nd of July. Muhammet Issever weighed in at 3.7kgs and measured 50cms. Both mum and bub are doing well and are settling in well to life at home. Muhammed has even had his first plain trip heading back to Azerbajian last weekT http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-292661.html June 9th is an Australian holiday recognizing the Queen's Birthday We aren't actually sure of the significance since her real birthday seems to be in April but regardless it means that it's a three day weekend. To take full advantage of the Royal weekend we decided to take off an additional two days for our first extensive vacation. We flew on Friday morning from Sydney to Coolangatta Airp http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-290269.html Shelley1 here just a few pics of the winter solstice festival last night in Burleigh heads. Jen and I didnt get home from work til 6ish so we missed the first half of the festival like the fire dancers but we got to see a few of the local street performers like this band 'cloud9' which were very cool. They even did covers of the blackeyed peas on their didgeridoo..and if you look closely at t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-290118.html The EssentialsHeight 72 cmsWeight 8.5 kgsHours of sleep per night Noah managed to sleep through 3 nights in a row this month It was very exciting but we think he is teething and this has put a stop to sleeping through Just when we thought sleepless nights might be overThis months firstsThis month Noah ...1. Went on his first holiday Mooloolaba Sunshine Coast QLD2. Said his first word . http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-281579.html This month has been another busy month but for an entirely different reason Noah is on the move Yes I know tell me about it Towards the end of last month he started to comando crawl. He is now moving at quite a pace and at times up on all fours rocking. So we're thinking it wont be long until he's really on the move and going to be hard to keep up with Noah's rosey red cheeks also tell us http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-276740.html This month has been a very exciting month. With a lot of firsts and bits and peices to keep us busy. As most of you know Noah's naming ceremony took place this month. It was a lovely cassual ceremony held in our backyard on the 12th of April. The purpose mostly was just to get everyone together and to annouce offically Noah's Godparents Mel Luke and Carl and great godmother Glenys A lot of fun http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-262806.html Yes peoples that's right yet another month has flown by. This month brought with it more needles for our poor little pin cushion Noah After a few very loud screams and some tears Noah recovered quite quickly from these injections...This month for your viewing pleasure we have attached a couple of videos of our BoyThe EssentialsHeight 70 cmsWeight 8.1 kgsHours of sleep per night waking only http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-252801.html Australia Day this year fell on a Saturday So being the greedy Australians we are we still get to have the holiday on a weekday so we can have a day off work. This turned this years Australia day into a 3 day long weekend. With school starting up on Tuesday monday was the end of holidays. We had a beach day planned with my husbands wonderful young adult group.It has rained nearly all sum http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-240275.html The EssentialsHeight 69 cmsWeight 6.9 kgsHours of sleep per night 10pm 7am with a few stirrings during the night...not that Noah wakes up Just enough noise to wake us upThis months firstsThis month has seen some fantastic milestones being reached the best one being Noah sleeping through the night for the first time 19th Feb This month Noah can also....1. Sit upright when being s http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-239780.html The EssentialsHeight 61cmsWeight 6kgsHours of sleep per night 7pm 2am 2am 67am the las two nights in a rowThis months firstsThis month Noah....1. Can roll up onto his left side without assistance. The right side requires some help2. Slept until 2am3. Went for a swim in the spa4. Had Adana kebabs ... well via mum any way5. Can smile and make lots of baby noises6. Is beginning to http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-237481.html Torn apart for the first time Flip being bought for three stones and witnessed by the eight at midnight 12th Jan 2008.Flip and Flop made a pact to reunite some day and this will be a journal of their separate adventures. Where will they go What will they do Will they reunite someday How will they do it And will those three stones also have their own adventure Who is the greater Flip or Flo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-236308.html Hi KidsHope this blog finds you all recoving well from the festive season Not much to report here Christmas was fairly quite this year with Mim GDad away we spent the day at Aunty Lis and Uncle David's house playing games and backyard cricket Noah slept through most of the day but enjoyed opening his presents in the morningNew Years was a bit of a nonevent with the fireworks here on t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-233521.html After Howard's graduation my aunt and uncle flew back to Sydney. My parents cousin and I rented a car and drove to Gold Coast. Gold Coast is known for its long continuous beach and golden sand. There sand is actually softer than ours. My cousin and I decided to book a tour in Gold Coast. It was with Adventure Ducks. They have large buses that can transport people on land and water. We didn't te http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-228176.html Itrsquos been a while since my last entry and much has happenedhellip.Irsquove finally made it to the local beach went surfing submitted my first paper in English managed to break my second mp3 player within 2 months almost won a poker tourney etchellipWersquore in Week 8 of the Semester at the moment social life at Bond has been great so far.There are plenty of activities each week http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-216035.html Hello everyone Wersquove been getting swarms of emails from everyone wondering where we are and what wersquove been doing. So we sat down had a big sigh and here we are writing this blog for YOU So enjoy We left off at Bali where we had just come back to Kuta from paradising out on the Gili Islands. We spent the last days of Bali touring the quaint art town of Ubud that comes with an http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-172848.html 17 Weeks Gold Coast Hospital Visit Today we spent hours of our lives wwwaaaiiitttiiinnnggg at the Gold Coast Hospital Antenatal Clinic. We will not make that mistake again We have not been happy with a new doctor we had just started seeing so for this month's monthly checkup we decided we'd visit the hospital ... mostly because it was free and I hadn't collected my Bounty Bag For those n http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-166883.html Today we eventually managed to leave the comforts of Brisbane behind and trundle on in our mini home. I had to do all the driving today as Alex is still struggling with his bad cold. He is freaking about 'missing some point break gold' as he put it as he is not well enough yet to get in the 'cold' water. We braved the high rise of Surfers Paradise after a brief stop at 'the spit' the northern http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-165094.html Hello All It has been a little while since Fiko's last blog...but before you panic and think we are on holidays again let me put your mind at rest. No we are not on holidays again but I am PREGNANT And I know you're all thinking it..........no there is only 1 baby Yes that's right 1 ...... no twins triplets or quads for this little black duck Yes Yes that's right we are going to have http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-156218.html Burleigh Heads and the Gold CoastnbspAustralasia raquonbspAustralia raquonbspQueensland raquonbspGold Coast raquonbspBurleigh Heads By DR Drea AKA TedApril 29th 2007Paul Michael James Drea Got the bus from Byron up to Surfers. Big place with skyscrapers from a distance i thought it was Brisbane Even bigger waves than Byron great for surfers pretty hard to swim in. on wave http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-153602.html Made it home without a hitch this time and dam Emirates are good. There were 400 passengers on the plane but it was so comfortable. Good food and entertainment. A lil slow on the drinks but who can complain when they are freeGot in late and slept for the big next day ahead. My beautiful niece's 1st birthday party I have met her only once 7 months ago when she was 5 months. Now she is wal http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-121800.html