Taking a real holiday always reminds me to try and think of the last time we had a real holiday. (Over three years ago)...wow has it been that long. You know becoming a mom, I have finally realized what a REAL holiday means.

• No excuse to have a holiday around a conference or business opportunity.
  
• Limited checking of blackberry and not always taking calls.
• Catching on so much sleep, we have to stop ourselves from the guilt of slobbing around.
• Actually chill out and rest the brain from ideas and unplug for brain downtime.
• Realized that the world keeps going and hopping off the rollercoaster is fine, you just hop right back on when you get back.
• You are in nature.
• You don't care what the place looks like or sand everywhere.
• You tell your husband, 'lets just chuck (throw) everything into bags and all our clothes into one mammoth suitcase...' (a very unusual experience) ...I am just too organized when it comes to packing, it took a while for Clay (after asking 'are you sure we are going to just chuck stuff into bags and hurl'em into the boot?') to start hurling stuff into the boot -hehe

yes I can say it was a REAL holiday, with lots of funny memories and showing our little man nature...and saw all the real things, like Ba Ba Sheep, Turltes, Crocodile, Parrots, Kokatoos, kangaroos and plenty more wildlife...

I guess I can say I was on a country holiday, when we heard about our national wildlife hero had past away. You were a top bloke, Steve Irwin, may you smile and cheer in peace and the rest of the world rally to keep your conservation dreams coming true.