Cartwheel Bend

Family Trip 2013

Saturday March 30th. Thirty two family members for Saturday night...two of Spud's chooks and three roasts. Good weather, great time, no fish that I can recall.

Liza does Whitney's hair with advice from Lottie

Matt was in charge of cooking...and enjoying the job

Pat and Len drove up and stayed at the Golf Club with Scott, Sara and Ava. Jack, Matt and Kris also stayed at the Club and came out through the day. Pat, Len, Spud and Josh did over the pokies....

Matt and Michelle camped with the girls (Lottie, Kaiah and Lainie) - in separate tents. We were kept up at night by the giggling in one tent. Matt and Michelle promised not to do it both nights!

Lottie and Whitney gave Liza advice on braiding. In, out, around, in, out, around...
The secret to good cooking is in the detail. Get close, then closer....according to Matt.

Not allowed to reveal the onions secret. Oh, alright! Add a 1/2 glass of Boags at the critical time. Still giggling a bit from the night before

And Josh, Matt says we need 6kg of bacon rather than 3kg

What? Whaddywant? What???

Sam, Len and Josh discussing what has happened through the day. Seems like a satisfactory day I would think. Josh bought 5 Zebra Finches which we released to populate the block. Three now back in Barham; the other two undergoing forensics at the moment.

Some of the main entrants in the indigenous art competition (Lottie, Tom, Eric, Whitney, Lainie). A local indigenous judge in the background

Fierce competition over a day around the Cartwheel Bend indigenous Art Award. Pat organised the paints, brushes, discs - Glenys and Sara helped with competition design and rules - and the kids went at it. Judged by Pat Glazner, principally, and also via a sophisticated whole camp voting system which Whitney tried to influence!

Aboriginal Art on CD Discs

An outstanding quality of entrant....Kaiah (South Gippsland tribe) was the eventual winner, in a very tight competition. Kaiah is the Cartwheel Bend Art Competition Winner (2013)

Pat, Glenys and the other art coordinators planning a bigger and better showing next year (paint a didgeridoo?), but we have to wait to see what it is.

Attendees for the weekend:

Matt, Michelle, Kaiah, Lainie, Lottie, Pat, Len, Pat, Keith, Josh, Sam, Thomas, Meredith, Ella, Tyler, Andy, Ceri, Whitney, Rohan, Eric, Kris, Matt, Jack, Ava, Scott, Sara, Spud, Glenys, Liza, Mel, Jill and Stephen and Diana and Hugh (Friday night)