In true Aussie style, we celebrate our first Australia Day with a trip to the beach for the weekend. This time we stayed at Noosa with some friends.

Mornings on the beach and afternoons by the pool - perfect! Then the babysitters arrived and we got out for a few hours of freedom.

On Sunday we hired a boat on the Noosa river. The kids thought it was great to be able to jump out in the middle of the river and swim on the sandbars. We pulled into a little island in the middle of the river for a barbeque lunch and some more swimming and fishing.

As we were leaving, Bella howled in the back of the car "this is the most beautiful place I have ever been to and I never want to leave". Repeat over at least 1000 times. At last she made us promise to take her back there, which wasn't a difficult promise to make!