Thursday, 31 October 2013

Quobba Station pics

Loading Nigel up with a few ewes

Sheep in the yard

The old shearing shed and the yard

Homestead Beach

Homestead Beach again

Glenn walking Homestead Beach with Yasmin and Sienna in the backpack

Typical beach find

Anenomes (say it fast three times!)

Parrot swimming out the front

Deaded, cooked in the sun (probably eaten out by an octopus)

Homestead Beach again

Watching fishies swim around the tidal rock pools - clear water!

More beach views

Sienna and her sand toys

Glenn and Yas digging for gold (or China?)

They found this instead

Glenn makes friends with just about anyone these days!

Steep beach

The little swimming hole (just below the rocky outcrop) that's good for kids

Typical coastline shot

Another typical coastline shot

More fishy spotting

Foamy white contrasting against red rock and blue ocean/sky

A little bit wow

Wild, unpredictable

Lots of shells!
Sleeping beauty

Close up

Selfie

Our first Quobba home - Smithies
Rabbits - there are hundreds (if not thousands) here!

Sunset view of Homestead Beach

Lucy and Yasmin

Sun making its way down over Homestead Beach

Looking up at the rocks from the water's edge

Sam and Sienna hanging out under a rock ledge

I found all these colours in about five minutes!

Pretty

Wow, the setting has such a magnificent glow here!

Getting lower...

Shearing shed bathed in sunset light

Dawn - transporting stock

In the race

Loading them on

Sienna helping out

"Baa"

Sara, Tim and Bob

Sienna playing in the sand

Meg watching the sun set

She has such a regal expression!

Yas and Lucy

The boys fishing off Two Mile

Pippy

Cool shell 

Watching the fellas fish as the sun just about disappears

Sara, Tim, Lucy and our girls

Lucy, Yasmin, Sienna, Sam

View from Camp Rock

Check out the guns on that!

More picturesque coastline

The wreck

Still more amazing scenery

Ancient coral fossils

Glenn trying to look comfortable fishing outside of a boat

More wow

Hypnotising watching the water crash over the rocks
View from the top

Driver man (Gold shirt, Gold can)

Poser

Mustering in the dusty dusk

Yas in front of Smithies

Kids playing for Sam's 11th birthday

Glenn supervising

Party girls

Sam's rocket

Yasmin and Sienna miss their baths - they loved sharing this one with Sam and Lucy's little cousin Adelaide

Sam's birthday cake (cheesecake, courtesy of Lucy)

Going

Going

Almost gone

Tiny bit left

Gone! (Glenn and I watched the sunset on my birthday)

Evening glow over the station (view from the dune)

Evening glow over Homestead Beach

Same, just looking the other way

My birthday cake

Blowing out the candles

Sienna mustering again

Cute

Damara lamb

Cute little critters

Yas is pretty pleased with herself

Sheepish cuddles

Shearing shed and the gals

Smithies bedroom

Smithies hallway

Smithies dining room (we didn't know what to do with all that space!!)

Kitchen

Cheeky smile

I did not encourage this!

But, she does look like a natural!

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