Weekend adventure

So yesterday morning my partner informed me he wanted to go back out to Gunn Point to go shooting. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy shooting and Gunn Point, but we'd already gone out there the weekend before and the build up at the moment is at full swing. Its an hours drive on a dirt corrugated road, 35C with 80% humidity and not much breeze. So I passed and instead took Miss 4 and my dads wife out the Litchfield National Park for a swim. We called into my mates place who lives out at Rum Jungle and he came with us.

Car ride to LNP

My mate & Miss 4

Water was divine and cool. Miss 4 took off on an adventure of her own and we fixed up our dam again.


Dads wife & I

After we'd cooled down and had lunch we headed down the Adelaide River. Explored around the WWII underground bunkers and bushland at Snake Creek.


WWII bunker at Adelaide River

Miss 4 at Snake Creek


















Ended the evening at the Adelaide River pub where we had some dinner and drinks.

Dinner at Adelaide River pub

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Car ride to LNP
My mate
Dads wife & I
WWII bunker at Adelaide River
Miss 4 at Snake Creek
Dinner at Adelaide River pub

Miss 4 tantrum. December 6th

Miss 4 found the Christmas presents wrapped and hidden in my cupboard (obviously not very well hidden), and decided to open them all. So she was sent to her room and after 5 minutes I checked on her. This is my Miss 4 tantrum...

Miss 4 tantrum

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Miss 4 tantrum

Feeling French. Decmener 3rd

Miss 4 and I had a fantastic lunch in my air-conditioned bedroom. Feeling very French.


French lunch

After eating, we did some arts and crafts.

Arts & crafts with Miss 4

Made another poster.

Poster

And dinner.

Pepper steak

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Feeling French
Arts with Miss 4
Poster
Pepper steak



December 1st

Made up a bonsai given to me by my dad. Added moss with orchids, sourced from Howard Springs pine forest.


Bonsai

Made an easy but delicious salad for lunch.

Easy salad

Then went out for my daughters Year 6 graduation dinner. Was a very proud moment. She was awarded her certificate, her class sang 'Best day of my life' by American Authors and there was also a sideshow with baby pictures of the graduating class.

Graduation dinner

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Bonsai
Salad
Graduation dinner


Ginger beef with mushroom & kale

Ingredients
Marinade:
1/3 c. Soy sauce                         1/2 c. Vegetable stock
3 tbsp Rice wine vinegar           2 tbsp Corn flour
2 tsp Ginger, minced                 1/2 tsp Pepper

Stirfry:
500g Steak strips                       2 Garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp Olive oil                          300g Mushrooms, sliced
2 c. Kale, chopped                    2 Spring onions, sliced

Method:
Mix marinade ingredients. Put steak strips in a ziplock bag, add marinade, leave for at least 15 minutes.
Heat oil in a fry pan. Add meat (save marinade) and garlic, sauté until brown.
Remove steak, add mushrooms, kale and marinade. Cook until kale has wilted, sauce has thickened, mushroom is cooked.
Return meat to the pan, mix.
Serve with rice. Garnish with spring onion.

Ginger beef

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