April was awesome, really awesome!

It started in Port Douglas while we were on holidays…and I wish we were back in the tropics..in the warmth and humidity.

Anyway, we are now back home in suburbia and it is time for a Monthly Rewind…this is what we did…

Four-Mile-Beach-Port-Douglas

We celebrated our 14th Wedding Anniversary…couldn’t have chosen a better spot to be…

Us-in-Port-Douglas

We discovered the rock stacks on the Captain Cook Highway…

Elllis-Beach-Rock-Stacks

We went to the Port Douglas Market…

Port-Douglas-Market

And discovered what is now our favourite chai from The Tea Chest…Daintree Chai Vanilla…I am actually drinking a brew as I write this…

The-Tea-Chest-Daintree-Chai-Vanilla

Had some close encounters at the Cairns Zoom and Wildlife Dome…

Cairns-Zoom-small-croc

And I wrote about the gorgeous little chapel, St Mary’s by the Sea…

St-Marys-by-the-Sea-Port-Douglas

I shared where we stayed..absolute heaven in paradise…with a view to die for…

Island-Point-Villas-No-4-Balcony

And I got hit with the post holiday blues when we got home…I really want to go back…

Port-Douglas-Sugar-Wharf

I was so excited to get back the films I took on my vintage Yashica Mat-124 G…this is one of my favourites…

Wonga-Beach-Medium-Format

In terms of fashion, I overcome the fear and wore some two piece bathers for the first time…ever!

Swimming-in-the-Sea

I was kindly gifted the Versatile Skirt from Zippy Skirts, and I wrote a review about this clever skirt..

Zippy-Skirts-outfit

The weekly What I Wore editions continued with this outfit being the most popular for the month…

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And I had a major hair change and am now a blonde…still getting used to my new look…

Zinc-Moon-Blonde-back-view

I reviewed a couple of books…Gut.. a must read if you suffer from any gastrointestinal issues…

Gut

And Chapter One…a book about how the not-for-profit Thankyou came about, and how everyone has the power to change things…

Chapter-One

I wrote about how the newspaper has returned into our home…

Reading-Newspaper

April also  saw one of the most moving dates on the Australian calender…ANZAC Day…a day when we remember those who have fallen while serving our country.

I wrote about going to the Dawn Service…we have been three times now and it still is an amazing experience…

Dawn-Service-Shrine-2016

I shared a recording of my husband playing the Last Post

And I showed some images of the Shrine taken in the 1930s…

Melbourne-Shrine-of-Remembrance-1930s

And while I am on historic Melbourne, we discovered some vintage traffic lights…

MarshaliteTraffic-Signals-Melbourne

I had a bit of a heart attack when I thought I had lost my beloved silver bracelet…

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And we finished the last of five talks about my husband’s liver transplant journey at a boys school…it was a very rewarding experience, and were very touched when they presented us with a plant, complete in a pink pot, to represent the Gift of Life…

Pot-Plant

What was your favourite post for this month? Please share in the comments below as I would love to know!