Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Christmas time

Merry Christmas


to
all our mates
have a ripper
Christmas and
a ripsnorter of a
Boxing day
Test match!

From
all the Sandgropers
Carl, Tania,
Jacko, Sarah, Harrison
Oscar and little Chase

Monday, December 14, 2009

Visit from Nana n' Pop


Nana n' Pop














fruit bat n' Possum



Nana Paul with the Notso little fella Chase.













Pop Paul with me little princess Sarah.




















Pop and Chase with Harrison acting like the little neville he is.















Nana n' Pop with Sarah, Jacko and the little ratbag Oscar.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Bike repair time




Well it was time to catch up on all the little jobs around the house, and the first one was the little fellas bike. The bike had seen the better side of it's life years ago... but with a little bit of maintenance and a tight ass Dad, you'd be surprised how many years you can get out of those little cheap bikes from K-Mart!






Harrison loves getting his hands dirty and if i'm lucky he'll be a ripper mechanic, which will come in handy when his old man's car brakes down. Gotta think to the future!









OUCH!!!! (not happy jen) The poor little sod looked to me for symphony oooohhhh, but all i could offer up was 'get use to it sunshine'. Well life's hard for a five year old changing his first tyre, so go on little fella suck it up!



Then in a flash he had the tube out and the new one in, strewth he's a beaut little worker. He said we would take off the training wheels, and give it a go 'The way nature intended'.















Then it was time to change the frount tyre, and we also replaced one of the peddles that had broken off. And on with a cool bike stand..... cool stuff mate. And then it was time to give it a go, he was so on a high..... he's first time without training wheels, and he was going to give it all he had. I'll tell you what i wish i had a video in my hand at the time, he kicked off went left... then right... then left and straight into the fence! ha,ha,ha funniest thing i've seen in ages (thanks mate), but after giving it a fair few goes we decided to put them back on till the next time were out in the open. That way he doesn't keep riding into our car, our house, our fence, our gate.... you get the picture hay. But he is getting better and it wont be long before the wheels are off, and giving his older brother a run for his money.

Friday, November 20, 2009

A trip to Heathcote Reserve










We finally made it to the pirate ship at Healthcote Park, and trust me it's not the easiest Park to find. See after Megan and her mob sent an e-mail saying about the Park, I thought it sounded like something that the little nevilles would love to play on. But each time we drove past the area we couldn't find it, but we did find a psychiatric hospital near the area (not thinking that it would be their!). But it was as I found out finally... see the loony bin shut down years ago, and to fix up the park they popped a real beaut pirate ship playground. Heres Sarah and Oscar inside the ship 'shiver me timbers' or as Chase would say 'shiver me nappys'.











As we went for a walkabout around the Park we found this sculpture thingemebob, which turned out to be a chess table sculpture made for a ripper aussie actor, our very own Heath Ledger. Who at the age of 28 should of been bigger then Mad Max, but unfortunately he sank a few too many Panadols and it was 'Goodnight the fox'. He use to come to this Park as a little neville himself, his old girl said in the local rag that 'He truly loved it there'.


And here is our own Harrison Paul with the centre piece of the three sculptures, which incorporates (big word) a yin and yang design reflecting Heath’s spiritual beliefs. Fair dinkum it's located in a real ripper place as from here you can have a gander along the Swan river, or have a stickybeak across to the Perth skyline. As for the chess stuff it turns out that Heath was right into the game, and was that good he was about to become what they call a 'Grand Master'.







So after some beaut chips from the Bluewater Grill which is just opposite the sculpture, we went back to the playground and all its play thingummyjigs like this shark after Oscar. Come to think of it... Oscar would make a nice little shark biscuit!




But back in the pirate ship it was all the rage, this boat playground is a real friggin' ripper. Wish we had stuff like this to play on as a little kiddie, instead of the steel swings at the end of Brighton Ave. The Park has some good free BBQ's if you want to heat up some snags, or you could just sit back and enjoy a squizz at the scenery. And by the way i'm not just talking about the yummy mummys, the sights looking over to Perth are just unbelieveable mate.





But all good things come to and end and this was the last photo of the day, with Harrison and Jacko walking the bridge of the ship. Fair dinkum this is probably the best Park in Perth for the kiddies to get lost in, but atleast they can have a ripper time doing it!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Trampoline of DEATH!










Well what do you get a bunch of ruff-nuts, who are on first name bases with the nurses at the Swan District Hospital? You've got it A TRAMPOLINE! And as you can see the twins Harrison n' Oscar were the first to lay their bums on it.








Then it was little princess Sarah's turn to act like a spastic spider! Now what happen is the minster for war Tania, was reading the local paper when she came apon a little notice that someone was giving away a trampoline. And fairdinkum it is in a ripper condition, so as quick as a flash she was on the phone and presto.... it's in our back yard. But it was a bit soon to become a Christmas pressie, and can you imagine rapping the bugger!





Then came the monster boy Jacko, who by the way has gone to the top of the odds board for the first hospital trip. Fairdinkum hes at 2/1 with Harrison close behind at 3/1, Oscar 5/1 and Sarah 7/1. You might of noticed a new ladder in our sidebar of our blog, with the number of times the kiddies have come a gutzer.











And last but not least the little fella Chase, i can see him thinking 'You've got to be joking dad'.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

School photo time

Well it's that time of year when all the little nevilles come home, with their hands out saying 'Dad give me $30 for some school photos'. And of cause you don't want to look like a tight ass, and so part with your hard earned moolah! And here are the finished product....





Well this was Harrison's second photo shoot with his school.









And this is his mob that he hangs out with all year.











Then comes princess Sarah, which now has gotten to the old age of seven.















And this is her mob in Year2 ,ain't they a happy bunch of Vegemites!










And finally we come to the old fella's mob Jacko, and his group of misfits (ha,ha) Year 3.










And here is Jacko from his year3 school photo, and next year you will be able to see Oscar's very first school photo.... some thing to wait for hay.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Update on the Nevilles



















Ohhhh the two little brothers















'how did I end up in this mob'












The fabulous four Sarah, Harrison, Oscar and little Chase boy.















'Strewth my God where did all these monsters come from, it must be feeding time at the zoo'






















'HELP ME!!!! get me outta hereeeee'

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Jessica Watson



Well this post doesn't have anything about the kiddies in it, but me and the little nevilles have been watching a young aussie sheilah named Jessica Watson. She's hoping to be the youngest sailer to circumnavigate the world non-stop and unassisted Strewth!













Here's her sailing boat the 'ELLA'S PINK LADY' which is a S&S 34 which is the same boat that Jesse Martin used for his history making solo circumnavigation. It's length overall is 10.23m (from bum to the pointy bit) and the Bean: 3.08m, a bit of sailing talk their!






So to give the kiddies an idea how long it would take them (if they ever feel the need) to sail around the world, we are having a gander at her web page http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/
to see what happens.... if she wins and get's all the way around, or if she becomes a shark biscuit.







You've got to give it to this sheilah hay only sixteen and not only being able to sail a boat by herself, but going out into the big blue never never.... bugger that! I love the sea but from a armchair on the beach, me i'm a old beachcomber not a seacomber.


So we are keeping a track on this sheilah from reading her blog and where keeping track of her trip in out sidebar, with a little map to tell ya where she is (all close enough) so keep a look out for her.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Sunday drive to Meckering



Well time for a nice sunday drive into the outback, and this time it was to the central wheatbelt town of Meckering. So with the commodore packed to the rafters with the kiddies, we set of for the 130 kilometers day drive.








Now why drive into the outback to this little bush town I hear you ask? well mainly because it's the home of one of Australia's biggest earthquakes. That's right I was a little tod of one when on the 14th of October 1969, a 40 second earthquake measuring 6.9 on the richter scale destroyed the town. Now when I say Destroyed the town well their was only one two story building around, and with a population of only 240 Meckertians It's not like the one that hit Newcastle.








But still it made $5 million dollars in damages and hurt 24 people, and scared the shit out of about half a million sheep! And also left a massive faultline of 37 kilometers.... strewth! but the best thing is that nobody was killed. Here are the kiddies having a feed at the park, behind them is a part of the old train track which was damaged in the quake.






Here's Oscar feeding his face, his most favorite pass time! But getting back to the quake the local publican Gordon Berryman, had the beer and the equipment moved over the road to the shell roadhouse and the establishment was known as The Quake Arms Hotel. But the local truckies were known to call it the Shake-Inn, It was open for business 24 hours after the quake selling beer that was reputed to be all 'SHOOK-UP'.






Here's the kiddies on a section of 30" steel waterpipe that was damaged during the quake, it must of been a real friggin' ripper quake hay.

















Here are the little nevilles on a steel kangaroo that is in the park, and Harrison is showing off his best little mate Autobot Bumblebee. And that was about it for our day drive to Meckering, we had a look around town then it was a nice drive back to Middleswan.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Sandkarategropers



Well the sheilahs in our mob (and Jacko) have become even more tougher! Strewth as if Sarah really needed to be more of a tomboy, but at least she can defend herself against the bully's at school.













That's right Tania, Sarah and Jacko have joined the BURRIDGE MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY, to be trained in the art of self-Defence.











Heres Jacko'son showing his inner peace! So why didn't your's truly join up also I hear you ask, well I was sick as a dog that day in fact I had the Kung Flu.... ha,ha,ha. (sorry)










They all have started with a white belt which is known as 'The Beginning', It is the colour of the winter's snow that covers the newborn seed.... ooohhhh!























So what are the little rats up to, well they learn basic movements, horse stance, punch, frount kick, side kick. Also sparring, defence methods like one step punce, wrist grab and long stance low block.










p.s What do you call a pig that does karate?
.... Porkchop! ha,ha...