Life is a Journey – Page 253 – The life and times of Libby Withnall

Family Fun Day at Luna Park

Posted on August 23, 2010November 13, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Since we were already in Sydney for the Organic Expo we decided to use some vochures Amy had recieved for her birthday to visit Luna Park. This was THE theme park when Kevin and I were teenagers. It has been closed down and reopened a number of times, reopening in 2004. But I don’t think I’ve been since I was about 15.

With the car parked at Darling Harbour we decided to get a water taxi (a first for us) over to Luna Park.

As you can see it was a perfect day for a trip on the harbour.

Luna Park is to the left hand (or North) of the Harbour Bridge (which Kevin & I will be climbing in just 2 weeks :-), so it’s in a magic location.

It’s free to walk around but you have to pay to go on the rides. The girls already had tickets but it was $40 each for Kevin and I. I only went on two rides so did NOT get my money’s worth. You can buy single tickets ($10 each). First up was Coney Island which was exactly as I remembered.

Gotta love the funny mirrors :-).

I took a lot more video than photos (to show the rides in action) and put together a video but am having trouble uploading it to YouTube.

Just love this photo of Amy on the wild mouse :-).

Sydney Harbour really is a magical place. We are so lucky to live close-by and even luckier that we don’t have to deal with traffic everyday :-).

Sydney’s Organic Expo

Posted on August 22, 2010November 13, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Just a week or so ago I discovered there was going to be an Organic Expo in Sydney. It’s apparently the 6th year but I’d never heard of it before!! Luckily we had the Saturday free so I booked tickets for us to go, not really sure what to expect.

It was really good and much larger than I thought it would be. There were lots of stands about all things organic. And lots of food samples. We discovered some delicious brown rice crackers and were impressed with these super sprouts. Kevin decided we should get the WHOLE set :-).

The girls enjoyed it too and were extra happy when they discovered the animals.

Before leaving we had an organic lunch from the cafe. I had a lovely vegetable pie. Delicious!

We’ll definitely try to get to return next year.

Finally….

Posted on August 18, 2010November 11, 2026 by Libby Withnall

… I’ve started to get back into scrapbooking. I really missed but after not doing any for over 2 months I’ve found it very hard to get started again. So I’ve made myself sit and do at least one (simple) page a few day this last week.

And today I made a start of the 1,200 photos I printed from our trip :-).

Muffin Tin Monday

Posted on August 17, 2010November 13, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Well it’s been some time since we participated in Muffin Tin Monday but I thought it might be fun to get back to.

Todays muffin tins (shared by the 3 of us after school) included rice crackers, boiled egg with mayo, crackers, corn relish dip, babybell cheese, carrot, banana coconut loaf, watermelon, some Aussie m&ms and some milky way stars (from the UK). The pickings were a little on the slim side as I only decided to this in the morning.

This is definitely a fun way to have afternoon tea. And Christy even OFFERED to try some babybell cheese :-).