Gwenny and Rosanna get a birthday dog!

Paul eventually weakened and bought a little dog we called Lily for Gwenny and Rosannas birthday.

She is a Maltese-Shitsu cross.

Rosanna is 15 today

Rosanna turned 15 today whilst we are camping at Douglas Hot Springs.

ShirleyAnne passes away

Paul and Craig's older sister ShirleyAnne lost her battle with cancer at first light on this day.

ShirleyAnne found out she had cancer mid 2006 and initially we were given the impression by doctors that it wasn't too serious but things rapidly got worse and later last year she knew that it was very serious.

Paul had a lot of support from his employer (Batchelor Institute) and was fortunately able to spend a lot of time with her both when she was still quite mobile and then at her bedside.  He made quite a few trips and was able to stay for weeks at a time sometimes.   A lot of people were able to go with Paul on these trips to Wyndham to visit ShirleyAnne including Gwenny, Craig, Aunty Wendy, the Possinghams, and Peterboy.

 

Paul and ShirleyAnne's sister Bronwyn "Bowie" was with her when she passed away peacefully in her bed.  Her last few weeks were spent in a coma at home and she was not responsive to anyone.   We were amazed by her courage.

The funeral was held a month later on the 4th of April 2007.  It was a beautiful rainy day and a lot of family were able to attend from Darwin and elsewhere.

Craig leaves for Perth

We had a going away party at Mum and Dad  Parkinson's tonight for Craig as he was leaving for Perth to live.   A lot of friends and family turned up.

Pauls goes to Penrith for work

Paul spent the week Nov 27th - Dec 1st 2006 at Penrith at the University of Western Sydney.

It was for an IT conference about IT and Higher Education.  The conference and facilities were really good and they had many activities including a tour out to the Three Sisters.

2006 Queensland holidays

In the Hinterland on a long walk

We flew down to Queensland for holidays in October in 2006.   We stayed at Coolangatta in a nice unit (except the air and road traffic were quite noisy all night) and spent a few days at the beach.

One day we went for a drive up to the Hinterland on the QLD/NSW border and visited Gwenny's Uncles farm near Murwillumbah.

We also visited Dreamworld.

We hired a nice XR6 car when the rental people offered it to Dad for only a few dollars more a day when he went to pick up his hire car.

Lee and Susanne's wedding

Lee Harley and Susanne Ezzy were married today at the Community Church.  Photos were taken at East Point.