away...

For the first time ever

all four Sams Creekians ventured off to the big smoke of Sydney for a couple of days...

 In fact this was a trip of firsts:

first train journey for the kidlets....

... their first ferry ride and first glimpses of Sydney icons...

 

and visiting big ships 

on a late summer's day Sydney is as pretty as a picture 

and Taronga Zoo is not only a good place to spy animals...

 

while in town I managed to introduce the kidlets to the Art Gallery of NSW...

where I had my first glimpse of a wonderful piece by Janet Laurence...

 

(me likey very much)

It's almost impossible for all four of us to get away together - 

it took something pretty special...

you see - our littlest gidget fishlet qualified as the youngest member 

of the South East Swimming Association 2013 team 

for the Speedo Sprints State Titles at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre

(I told you she is little but she is mighty... )

there she is waaaaaaay down below - her name up in lights

it was quite an experience for a small gal from the bush

(and I don't just mean EJ!)

....