Showing posts with label Malcolm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malcolm. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 November 2014

Swine Shenanigans

A story of a swine feast in pictures, one that took days of preparation...

The clam shell purchased especially for the pig, not for sand or water, much to the disappointment of the children

Coke bottles took a while to collect, but was done with pleasure!

The tool box came out. Things must be serious

A family affair. Extension cords needed to be untangled

The custom made, engineer designed sprocket

There was no shame in using child labour

The all important water wheel coming together

Because we are all about OH&S. Swimming goggles as protection. Tick

Time for action

Cutting to length

Attaching the water vessels

Shouldn't move...

The swine arrives! And fits into its temporary home

Back up help has been called upon. Peel 46 cloves of garlic please

The swine gets a rub...

...before being injected with the garlic citrus secret juice

Time to assemble the spit

This is when we're glad mum and dad has so much junk lying around...

Oma is here to tell us how it's done

The day has come. The potato trays are in place. Coal going in.

Poking the pig

Securing it


The anaesthetist could be a surgeon too

Final touches

Setting up the water-wheel mechanism

The pig turns!!!
The ingenious contraption using the power of recycled water!

The pig is done. Enough to feed 25 people for a few days!

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Happy Birthday Malcolm

To divulge Malcolm's age would be divulge my own...

We have purchased a National Parks Pass for the year determined to enjoy what Australia has to offer. With 2 recent big trips and needing to finish things off with the house, we had to save for our next international journey. The plan is therefore to camp...

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Equipping ourselves for camping!

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Happy Father's Day!

Teppanyaki art

We all woke up early to surprise Malcolm with pancakes, blueberries and maple syrup...but the man chose to indulge in Breadtop and a haircut instead! So off we went to our usual Sunday breakfast fare of Asian bread with Hong Kong milk tea, followed by a haircut by our Korean style team. With two members of the family looking ultra spunky we headed for church, and then met up for lunch to celebrate father's day with my parents at The Pymble Hotel. We think it is a little gem by the railway. Nicely decorated inside with $11 lunch specials! We filled ourselves with steak, schnitzel, sausages and rolled home.

The kids didn't complain about going to Breadtop

Ham bun...mmmm

The Pymble Hotel

Atmospheric interior

Lara eager to show off her new haircut

We had to prepare for dinner at a Teppanyaki restaurant. Malcolm had bought coupons on WhyPayMore a LONG time ago. Much to our frustration, the restaurant has made it as difficult as possible to use the coupons. We were unable to book using their online system if we wanted to use our vouchers. However no one would pick up their listed phone numbers. After leaving message after message, we finally got through only to be greeted by a very rude lady who informed us that we were only able to use on Tuesday lunchtime! This was not what was written on the voucher. Reluctant to be beaten by the stingy woman, Malcolm argued the point. She hit back with a "if you want the weekend, you'll have to wait". The husband persisted and asked for the next available weekend slot and finalised the reservation. That was more than 3 months ago! Yesterday, we received a text message trying to tell us that we couldn't use the voucher as it was Father's Day! Unbelievable. Undeterred we went. The food was actually decent! We had a good time as a family. Would I go back? No way. And I don't think Malcolm will be buying cheap coupon deals over the internet in a hurry in the future...
The restaurant that was so hard to make a booking for...

Delicious prawn and fish

Miso beef and teriyaki chicken

Elliot on his way to catching the flying egg

Lara, unfortunately, missed

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Happy Birthday Malcolm!

A short break from the trip blog to celebrate Malcolm's exit from the marketable 18-34 age group in real time! Happy 35th Birthday Malcolm! I will join you shortly...

An Indonesian Birthday Feast. Thanks Mum!

Krupuk

Fried chicken...Mmmm

The all important sambal. Can't leave home without it
Noodles for long life
Even Poppy likes it