Cloncurry visit

So you will have already seen that our Christmas this year was spent in Cloncurry.  For anyone not familiar with this delight of a town, it is about an hour east of Mt Isa in North West Queensland.  It is mainly about beef and mining with not a whole lot else to do.

But that is precisely why it was such a great place to spend a week over Christmas.  After such a busy pre-Christmas lead up it was heavenly just to be able to check out and do a whole lot of not much.

Needless to say the kids had a ball.  They had their three older "cousins" Jess, Nick and Ben on the same street (and usually in the same house!).  They had potty calves to feed and pat.  They had a big dog and a little dog to pat.  They had a big pool to swim in and a wading pool to splash in.  Kid heaven.

Many late nights were had by Ol.  Many movies watched and many snacks shared with the three boys who knew where all the good lollies and chips were kept.

This is the moment straight after when Evie touched a calf for the first time.  She thought it was pretty special.

Gorgeous bubble loving girl.

Um, who replaced my little boy with this big boy?  Doesn't he look about eight??

But thankfully when I took a photo ten minutes later he had returned back to his little boy self.

Water restrictions don't exist when you have bore water.  So these guys had the loveliest time running through the sprinkler.

We also had a little afternoon photoshoot with the boys.  This is one of my favourites from the day.  How gorgeous are they all?

I think Ol might have a future working on the land.  He certainly looks pretty at ease manning the gate in this pic.  I love that my kids will have the chance to get their hands dirty and spend a bit of time out west.  Fingers crossed that they will agree!