Birds Talk To Me

We enjoyed a lovely weekend away at Fitzroy Falls in the Southern Highlands. Kerri made the great choice of selecting Twin Falls Bush Cottages for our stay. Our cabin was fully self-contained with kitchen, bathroom, and wooden fireplace, located amongst the trees of the bush, and within minutes walk of Fitzroy and Twin Falls. It was also the scene of the Start and Finish of the Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon and 10km Fun Run on Saturday morning. Kerri only had to slide out of bed, throw on some shoes and stumble up to the start line. She was much too professional for that nonsense though, so was out of bed an hour early to register and observe the marathon runners get under way at 8am. I was a good boyfriend and managed to make it out of bed in time for the 10km start, and was given photographer duties. I thought i was doing a pretty good job, but messed up by completely missing Kerri's surge towards the finish! She attracted my attention at the last moment, and considered stopping while i fired up the Canon, but thought better of it. Nevermind, i don't hold high hopes that Kerri will update her blog with the piccies anyway :-) Later in the day we went for a leisurely bush walk over Fitzroy Falls and deep into the bush, and were in awe of the amazing wildlife and fauna on display.

On the Sunday we stopped by the Bradman Museum in Bowral. Despite the cold weather and intermittent rain, the local teams were strutting their stuff out on the oval. Would have been great to relax in the pavilion and take in the game, had it been a little warmer. The museum itself was most impressive - i didn't realise what a long and rich history the game of cricket has to offer. The most memorable part of the exhibit was the real 30's/40's news reel footage which was on display in a mini-movie theatre. It made me wonder what it would have been like growing up during this time in our history. If you're in the area and at least moderately interested in cricket, i would definitely recommend you spend a couple of hours to take a look.

I just wish the weekend went a little longer :-)