The Holt Family

Believe it or not these four beautiful people are my children.

From the left; Vicki, my favourite daughter, Alan, Bruce, Marcus,
my favourite sons.

You are observing history here folks, the very first known photo
of the six of us together, and not a weapon in sight!!

Just to prove it wasn't an accident here's another one, mind you
I did have to weed out about a dozen with rabbit ears and other
rude gestures in them.

A proud mother with her children.

An equally proud father with the same children.

Almost as historic, these are the first photos of all four kids
together for about twenty years (did I mention Australia is a
big country?)

Also for variety a change of location.

Bruce brought the house down with his version of the end of so
many cartoons... "That's all Folks"

Please go to the link to see it live;

http://holtpress2.blogspot.com/2007/03/thats-all-folks.html

Jenna's Wedding.

This was the venue for Jenna and Craig's wedding at Caversham
House on March 10th in WA.

On the banks of the beautiful Swan River, an idyllic setting.

A magnificent waterfall has been created to add to the charm.

Craig and Jenna chose to have a garden wedding and the day could not
have been better

With parents of the bride and groom.

With Aimee, who was a lovely bridesmaid, Lyn, Craig, Jenna and Alan.

Alan was in his own version of heaven with his family all gathered
around for the great day

Jenna has never looked lovelier and Craig looked good too in
his black shirt and white suit.

Peter, Vicki and Alan... hey we looked good too.

This photo was at my request as I had the same sort of
grouping at my wedding to Jacqui.

Cutting the cake and stealing another kiss.

Westward Ho!!!

This is a picture of the intrepid travelers before their journey
westward across the vast mysterious continent.

Most of the pictures will look better if you click/enlarge them.

Marcus and Peter at Stacey and Jake's wedding.

Our first encounter with the wildlife of Australia.
This tiger snake was in the driveway of grandson Daniels farm at
Wudinna, it was already dead and starting to swell in the heat,
which accounts for the explosion when I ran over him, under
normal circumstances he would have just wriggled away a
little annoyed at being disturbed.

A midnight fuel top-up, this enabled us to keep traveling through the
night.

I am using poetic license here as it was pitch black when Marcus and I
passed this icon I took this photo on the return journey, travelers on
the Eyre Highway have been adding bits and pieces to this "Bottle
Tree" for years now.

This sign in the window of the Madura Service station is strong
evidence that Australia is a dry continent, I think they would
probably give a parched traveler a drink?? but don't under any
circumstances ask can you wash your car!!!

Still at Madura, the first town (small) west is Norseman 529 klms
away, while to the east it's Ceduna 676 klms away the other 9
places marked consist of very lonely Service Stations a few with
very basic accommodation facilities.
The sign also shows the distance between Adelaide and Perth to
be 2705 Klms and believe me the route we took does not include
many populated areas, but we enjoyed the chance to bond.

At Norseman they have a tribute to the camel trains that serviced
the huge goldfields at Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie to the north
during the very early 1900s.

Leaving Norseman we entered the loneliest stretch of the trip
300 klms without a sign of habitation.

As we approached Hyden this sign caught our eye so Macus
searched around until he found it... you can just make it out
between his thumb and fore-finger.

Ever the adventurer Marcus surfed Wave Rock which is also
just outside Hyden.

A couple of examples of Australian ingenuity and humour, the
first depicts an early example of a motor-home (RV)

And this one shows a fine example of "Shed Art/Humour" these
sort of things are to be found everywhere in the outback, they
are usually made of scrap metal and provide valuable welding
experience to farmers who must do their own repairs on
machinery that is becoming ever more complex.
"I Salute Them"

Stacey's Wedding

Stacey and Jake married on March 3rd in the garden at Jake's
parents lovely home at Glenelg SA.

Stacey looked radiant as brides are wont to do.

The happy couple, very much in love and looking grand.

The garden setting was magnificent and the day was perfect.

Mr. and Mrs. Broadhurst meet their guests.

Stacey and Jake with Rex and Vicki.

Stacey and Jake with Stacey's colour co-ordinated grand-parents

The Foster family (and the newly-weds)

Vicki and Rex.

Jake, Stacey and a proud GP.

Tricky Vicki

This sequence of photos was taken on a recent trip to
Montville in SE Qld. and features my favourite Daughter and
her slightly strange Father, the action was caught by
Son in law Rex.













Montville is a "Craft Village" located just off the Sunshine Coast in
SE Qld. and is a tourist destination favoured by people like Vicki
who are shop-a-holics.
In defence of Vicki, they live in the outback of Australia and she
normally has to wait for a trip to the city, Adelaide, to ply her trade.