Zig Zag Railway and Friends of Thomas

Hi anyone,

Last Saturday was the long anticipated "Friends of Thomas" at Zig Zag Railway day. Our family group included, us, Zane, Airley, Brad and Cindy and both sets of grand parents. Mariana, Renato, Luca and Marco along with Jeff and Kitty came as well.

The day started early as the Zig Zag railway is 2 hrs west of Sydney. The weather in Sydney has been hot lately, so it was a bit of shock the 9c temp that awaited when we arrived. Very chilly, but we were in the mountains (>3500ft).

The "adventure" includes a ride up and down the now historic Zig Zag railway in some rickety old carriages pulled by "Thomas the Tank Engine". The ride up and down lasts about 25mins, and you spend an hour between trips in a shed full of fun activities for kids and hot coffee or tea for adults (very much needed on this day).

After returning to Clarence Station, we had a picnic lunch - still chilly but luckily it had warmed a little.

I can fully recommend this to any parent with kids into Thomas. Train buffs might like it too!

See you soon.

Airley Jade Goodridge arrives...

Hi anyone,

Birth notice of sorts... for my brother Brad and sister-in-law Cindy.

Airley Jade Goodridge was born at 11:26am the 28 June 2008, her dimensions - 3.58kg (7lbs 14oz) and 50cm's (19 ¹/₂ inches).

Both doing well and back at home. We went over for a quick visit last night, she's a cute bub, though not very interactive yet as you'd imagine!! :)

Zane has a baby sister, and Aimee a new cousin.

Congratulations to Brad, Cindy and Zane.