5 minutes away from my house can take you pretty much anywhere on a small 5km x 8 km island.
I heard of a photography challenge once that asked people to walk or drive exactly 5 minutes away from their house then when the timer went off, stop and take a photo of what you see.
Here is a Sunday in our lives (not a typical one as there is no such thing, each week is completely different)
Lets start with bacon and egg wraps for brunch 5 minutes away down the hill at Ball bay.
Even though we can hear the waves crashing from our place, the kids mentioned that we hadn't been there for a while to play.
Lots of cows at Ball bay today checking us out.
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| ♪Kids to the left of me, cows to the right. Here I am stuck in the middle ♪ |
We only got a quick play there when we got a phone call to say Brandt was coming back to the Kingston pier. He has worked out at Philip Island for the past 3 days and nights building things for the National Park.
So another 5 minutes away gets us down to Kingston.
Welcome to the new arrivals coming for a holiday, welcome back to any locals on the plane.
What a scenic view they have flying in.
Our friend Mark surfing
There was plenty of fishing activity on the pier today.
A perfect day out on the water.
one of the prettiest fish I have ever seen.
Darren from Advance takes some of the kids friends out to Philip Island for a few hours.
My kids spot a shark or two cleaning up the fish waste thrown off the pier. Good recycling.
My little buddy Zephyr with some of the catch from his uncles boat
It is such a nice day, we decide to go for a swim at the beach. We forgot to bring swimmers, but its no problem to pop home and get them as we are only 5 minutes away.
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| This is why they call it stockyard road ☺The stock really do rule the roads, they have right of way. |
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| The clearest waters at Emily bay |
Miss 11 looking so grown up now next to her dad.
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| That's a lot of toes out on the raft |
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| Time for the plane to leave back to Sydney. We hope you had a great time here on Norfolk Island |
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| Dad gets pushed off the raft |
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| A beautiful brother sister moment |
And then the competitive games begin
Sometimes you do a double take and wonder how they are growing up so quickly.
Both are gorgeous inside (most of the time) and out.
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| And then the day ends with an awesome view like this... all 5 minutes away |
Our friend Mark surfing
