Category: Family Day Out

Having had such a good time at Supanova the last two years, we decided this year we’d attend both Sat & Sun. Athena & Christy also decided to make their own outfits for cosplay. Athena was inspired by Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls (Thea’s friend Harriet went as Mable Pines) and Christy was Princess Luna from My Little Pony.

  

We arrived before opening on Saturday…. to a big crowd. But once the doors opened at 10am it wasn’t too long a wait to get in.

There were quite a few people people we wanted hear talk this weekend.. starting with Graham McTavish (from Outlander and The Hobbit). Loved him. He was such a great storyteller.

 

Athena and Harriet went off by themselves but also spent some time with us and Athena was so excited finding other cosplayers from their favourite shows.

And this guy from Mad Max.

After we had some pizza for lunch and checked out some more stands Kevin & I ended up going to talk by two guys from the Power Rangers. Not huge fans of the shows, we still really enjoyed this. And were quite shocked to find they had been payed so little they couldn’t even afford to by a car and hence left the show (which was making millions).

While waiting (yep, the weekend involved quite a bit of this) we enjoyed chips on stick.

Christy found another pony. We later found out she actually made this costume – wow!!

 

 

Time for the cosplay competition. I don’t know who won because we left before the judging.

A few more photo ops. Christy had been so thrilled earlier when someone had requested her photo.

 

Back again for round two on Sunday. We decided to arrive just after opening – which worked well and we avoided the line and just walked right in. But it seemed a little quieter today anyway.

We went straight away to line up for Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) and Bonny Wright (Ginny Weasley) from Harry Potter. We waited almost an hour but at least it meant we got to be right up near the front on this huge crowd.

 

Another great session but Jason really stole the show.

More photo ops for Athena.

 

There weren’t many food choices so it was pizza again for lunch (though we had to wait about 10mins for another delivery). Then it was off to the Brady Bunch Panel. With 3 guests I think this should have been longer, but it was fun anyway.

Athena & Christy wanted to try out the game Magic. Looks a bit too complicated for me.

Christy had been to the same shop about 6 times trying to get a Discord (from My Little Pony) and tried one last time before we walked out the door. She was SO HAPPY they had finally put them on the shelves.

After two fun filled days it was time to say goodbye to Supanova for another year. We will be back, and maybe for the whole three days next year….

 

May saw us start back up a  Family Day Out or time together each weekend. We decided to take it in turns choosing what we do. Christy kicked things off with lunch at the Hogs Breath Cafe. We haven’t been here in ages and it was really good. They finally have added about 4 or 5 vegetarian dishes to the menu.

I had a salad with fried mushrooms. Delicious.

Then it was time for some bowling.

It was good fun, though I struggled a bit with sore hands.

One night while watching TV, Christy fell asleep like this.

There were lots of morning spent watching the Giro with my cycling buddy.

We all got hair cuts, and the sad news our hairdresser Chris is moving to Melbourne :-(.

Christy got her hair cut and curled.

May also saw a return to more regular big weekly grocery shops by myself.

Still working on moving towards a plant based diet.

I also scored tickets to Robbie Williams (a birthday present from Mum & Dad).

Made a new food discovery – the vegetarian schnitzel was delicious.

Some flowers bought by Pop, when he took Athena driving.

Another family day saw another lunch at Schnitz…

followed by a trip to Spotlight – so the kids could get supplies for their cosplay costumes…

and seeing Tomorrowland at the movies…

The Giro was so exciting this year. Lots of great racing. And won by Alberto Contador.

Athena finally got a new quilt cover to finish off her revised bedroom.

 

While I was well for most of the month, there were a few bad days and a few nice baths to help with the pain.

We have started having some family time each Sunday, with everyone (Kevin opted out) taking a turn to choose what we do. This week it was Christy’s turn but with Kevin and myself not feeling the best, she had to select something not too physical. Eventually she decided on lunch out, then a visit to the Science Center.

It was a gorgeous Autumn day out and it was lovely see the trees in the “city”.

We had lunch at Zambrero‘s and I had a delicious rice bowl.

Then it was off to the Science Center. There are so many memories here and the kids enjoyed remembering all the things they had loved when they were younger.

We saw two shows in the plantetarium, and had a bit of time to kill before the second one, so had some afternoon tea. I opted for tea and a cookie.

Then Kevin decided to have a lie in the sun.

On the way out the kids bought some giant microbes. Check the vlog below if you’d like see what they chose.

For more details of our day check out my vlog :