While the family were in Warrnumbul (I think thats how you spell it), we went to Flagstaff Hill, which is a small historic village. They had a museum there documenting the history of the shipwreck coast. This is a ceramic peacock that stands taller than me... It would have been about 2m tall! It was recovered from one of the shipwrecks, and hauled up a cliff by a farmer! The only part of it that was damaged while the ship was being beaten on the rocky coastline was a tiny fracture in the beak.  

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Mum, Phil, Me & Peter 

Swimming in Tidal River. 

Tidal River. The tide is currently out, but the beach was still lovely... I was surprised at how little sea-weed was on the beach. 

Squeeky Beach. This particular area is set aside for conservation. 

OMG has it really been over a month since I last posted?! It seems like only yesterday we were pushing cars around the bush! Since my last post, we had our 'family holiday' at Venus Bay. I had work and other commitments, so I could only come down for a few days at a time. That didnt stop me from making the most of my time... I decided that we should really visit Wilson's Prom while we were down there, so we all piled into the car and drove to Wilsons Prom for a picnic. After eating, we went swimming at Tidal River, and on the way home stopped for a look at Squeeky Beach. The sand at Squeeky Beach is soo fine that it actually squeeks when you walk on it. Quite amazing really... hehe
The second time I went down to Venus Bay, we just went to the beach that was there... It has such a fancy name too, "Venus Bay Beach 1". Maybe they were feeling very un-inspired when they discovered Venus Bay. I had a swim in the water and rode the waves on my body board. It was all very tireing though, so I went back to the shore and lay down in the sun.... **FATAL MISTAKE** I fell asleep in the sun and managed to burn my legs and all up my back. I was in bed for the next couple weeks, and Mum bought all the creams and sprays on the market for sunburns.
I also got a sore throught at the same time, so I visited the doctor. She seemed to think that I could have Glandular Fever, and she sentanced me to bed rest... at least until my blood test came back. When the test came back, it seems that I dont have Glandular Fever, but I am slightly low on iron. Interesting, because our family eats more red meat than anyone else I know! So now I am all better, taking some iron suppliments and trying to eat more iron. Maybe thats why I was tired???
Anyways, I'm sure that everyone dosent want to hear about my health problems... something more exciting is that I finally took the plunge and bought all the stuff I need to wirelessly network the house! (how exciting!!) After about a week of setting up, it finally works... and along the way I learned how to make cat5 data cable... (I should say, I learned how to "crimp" the ends) and I learned a thing or two about how to configure IP addresses to work together... even if that was with the help of the lady from netgear.
I hope everyone has a fantastic Valentines Day, and that your special someone knows you care.

A couple days ago, I went camping with a couple friends from school. We all went up to Bunyip state park, (that's just past Gembrook) and stayed the night. Plan A was to stay for 3 nights, but not alot of people could make it if we stayed that long, so we ended up staying just the one night. It was alot of fun, and it was good to get into the outdoors with friends.
Our little sleepover ended up being more adventurous than I anticipated. Chris had planned to come up later because he was in the city with friends. He was the only one coming up by himself. Somehow he took a wrong turn and ended up on one of the tracks that had big speed hump things across it. I think they are to help the water drain away, but they were most un-helpful if you are in a car. Chris' car got stuck on one of the humps, and he tried to push it off for about an hour before deciding he was well and truely stuck and should try and find our camp on foot. Using just the light of his phone, and the map I had photocopied him, he managed to find our camp! (I think maybe we were being a little loud) We got into Camerons car and raced off to try and save Chris' car before a 4WD plowed into it! We tried everything, but the wheels couldnt get any traction, the car was balancing on it's underbelly with the back 2 wheels off the ground! In the end we managed to free his car, with 4 people pushing it, but I think maybe the underside is a little scratched.
The next morning I took another look at the map, the track where the car got stuck wasnt marked as a 4WD track, meaning it was supposed to be ok for cars. I think maybe I should write to Parks Victoria and ask them to review their maps, or to review how high they make the drainage bumps.
So that was the highlight of the camping trip, not to mention that we enjoyed perfect weather and a wonderful campfire.

From left to right: Richard, Philip, Michael, Ashley (Michael's girlfriend), Andrew, Peter, Nicole, Shane, Nyssa (David's girlfriend) and David. 

David and Nyssa (David's girlfriend) spent christmas morning with Nyssa's family, and christmas night with the Wheatland gang.  

Mum and Dad, infront of the christmas tree. Mum is wearing her new apron she got from Santa. hehe 

Mum held onto a package from Grandma And Grandpa Lamb, thinking it was christmas gifts, but it turned out to be birthday gifts for Peter and I, what a nice surprise! This is one of the shirts I got for my birthday. :)  

Here I am, sitting in a new camping chair that Grandma and Grandpa Lamb gave me. It's really comfy. 

Phil got heaps of tools for christmas from Mum and Dad, so he spent most of the morning putting them all away into his new tool box.  

Peter, Mum, Philip, Andrew & Lance, on christmas morning.  

Peter, Phil & I, infront of the tree... Phil decided that he wanted to be the same height as Peter and I, so we had to hold him up. 

Merry Christmas, and a happy new year.

Last time I posted, I had no idea what my scores would be for this last semester. Now I do know... I got a distinction in maths, and credits in my three other classes.
Leading up to christmas, I have been working quite a bit. I worked all the public holidays after christmas too, so its been very busy. for christmas we went to Uncle Mark's house for dinner. It turned out to be a really aussie kind of day, with a bbq dinner and everything! It was great to see the whole family in one place. We spent alot of christmas day on the phone to family in America. Luckily enough, we got to speak with everyone over there.
New years eve was the next big event worth mentioning. I went down to the beach with some friends. Mario was kind enough to let everyone stay at his family's beach house, so nobody had to drive home straight away. We were on the foreshore at Rye, watching the fireworks at midnight, and I think that it was possibly the best start 2005 could have had!
Hope you all had a great new years and christmas.
-Andrew