01-17-2022, 05:26 PM
Last weekend, we went away for my birthday, and brought Amelia & Jo-Meg along.
Jo-Meg was impressed with the size of the flowers in the greenhouse
![[Image: 135854_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135854/135854_760.jpg)
Amelia likes the flowers that match her hair
![[Image: 135245_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135245/135245_760.jpg)
A BBQ on the back deck
![[Image: 135945_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135945/135945_760.jpg)
There were none this afternoon, but we did see kangaroos hopping along the ridgeline other days
![[Image: 136885_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/136885/136885_760.jpg)
Burgers for one, hot=dog for other
![[Image: 135162_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135162/135162_760.jpg)
After dinner, Amelia decided to try panning for gold in the dam
![[Image: 136621_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/136621/136621_760.jpg)
![[Image: 136294_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/136294/136294_760.jpg)
No gold, but she did find a precious stone
![[Image: 135518_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135518/135518_760.jpg)
(We did a tour of one of the mines in Bendigo - The Central Deborah Mine - and you can pan for gold in one of the buildings. I listened to the spiel going on the screen & heard that you could find "precious stones" with a hole in them if you didn't find any gold, and I was lucky & found one
)
Jo-Meg was impressed with the size of the flowers in the greenhouse
![[Image: 135854_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135854/135854_760.jpg)
Amelia likes the flowers that match her hair
![[Image: 135245_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135245/135245_760.jpg)
A BBQ on the back deck
![[Image: 135945_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135945/135945_760.jpg)
There were none this afternoon, but we did see kangaroos hopping along the ridgeline other days
![[Image: 136885_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/136885/136885_760.jpg)
Burgers for one, hot=dog for other
![[Image: 135162_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135162/135162_760.jpg)
After dinner, Amelia decided to try panning for gold in the dam
![[Image: 136621_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/136621/136621_760.jpg)
![[Image: 136294_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/136294/136294_760.jpg)
No gold, but she did find a precious stone

![[Image: 135518_760.jpg]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lejays17/31724718/135518/135518_760.jpg)
(We did a tour of one of the mines in Bendigo - The Central Deborah Mine - and you can pan for gold in one of the buildings. I listened to the spiel going on the screen & heard that you could find "precious stones" with a hole in them if you didn't find any gold, and I was lucky & found one
