Royal Adelaide Show 2018

We decided to refinance our loan and my husband picked BankSA as having the competitive rate (3.66%). At the time we were charged to 3.9* by Bank Australia. Anyway, this is not about the loan but it was about BankSA promo of free ticket to Royal Adelaide Show per new bank account opened. So we created a joint account with them and since it is only 1 account they gave us only one ticket. I still had to pay $24 from tiketek. My daughter is still free.

We arrived at 12:30 pm. For lunch, I gave Georgia cheese sandwiches and fruits cause she wont eat the ynag chow rice. Pete and I bought subway sandwich on the way to the show. It was her first time and base from her facial expression she was quite kilig :)
I encouraged her to walk but she wants to "sit down" and enjoy the very stimulating environment.
In the end she fell asleep while we were walking and taking a look around. We went to all the expos of stuff like plant and cakes etc. then ended up buying a new silk embroidery art work from one of the show's expo vendor (King Silk Art - http://kingsilkart.com). It is expensive and I hope we will not regret buying it lol. All the artwork were sold out so we ordered and expecting it to be delivered in 3 months time. The actual design is this one http://kingsilkart.com/king-silk-art-87028/

Cherry Blossoms

We went to the show bags area to see if there were any Sukin but they weren't participating this year. Also the Fruchocs were all sold out except for the biggest show bag which was $40+. Those were the only 2 we really want to buy but didn't this time. After that we went near the front gates to look for the Maxiplas stormwater storer as requested by Judy to get a discount flyer. Then went to the Smurfs area where Smurfs movie was playing. The whole area was full of smurfs statues and a bouncy house and some bean bags where you can sit while watching. Then Gerogie woke up....

Snack time when she woke

She just woke hence the eyes.

Scared of the little smurf statue

We went inside the botanics area where a lot of plants were showcased.
Took a look of the knits and cakes as well just after the plant expos.

Just finished changing her nappy and on our way back to the Smurfs

After that we went straight to the baby nursery area and I was planning to take Georgia to the grain milling area but they already took the machines away.. :( They have an area where kids can do the milling and creation of oats there, too bad maybe next year!

Extremely thrilled and kilig to see the animals

Then we watched the DMax show at the showground. Me holding my phone and my toddler while capturing the video

Then we went to the kids rides so Georgie can try the carousel. She was very scared and tried to hold on to me so I had to sit her on my lap then distracted her a bit so she wont be as scared. After that we went to see some adult extreme rides just to hear them scream lol.

Bye bye see you again next time!

Australian Passport application

When we formally took our oath as new Australian Citizens with Mayor Gillian Aldridge, we were able to get our Australian Citizenship certificate and sign up to be part of the electoral roll.
Since we are travelling back to the Philippines in the coming months (Nov-Dec 2018), we needed our Australian passports ready by that time. My husband took the liberty and booked us the tickets after the oath taking so, it was my turn to get them done in time.

I first created an account here www.passports.gov.au to draft 3 applications (my daughter's, husband's and mine). For my husband's and my application, after finishing the form and submitted, it generated an additional checklist for us of what to bring and present to lodge the form. The checklist worked on all the answers we put in the form. The checklist was used later on as a guide on what we needed to bring with us to lodge the form. So the checklist includes ID, foreign passport, Australian Citizenship certificate, Marriage Certificate, medicare card, Council Rates bill, credit/debit card. My husband only brought his driver's licence as identification. I just recently lost (I am suspecting my daughter threw it in the bin) my "Proof of Age" Id which equates with the driver's licence so I needed to bring some utility bills and debit card as other proof of identification and to check our address. The form for my daughter's application is different from ours, and a guarantor was needed to sign the form as well as her passport photos as proof that she knew her. The guarantor also needed to be in the electoral roll and have to disclose her address and contact number. After sorting out all the forms (signed and checked) and original supporting documents, I booked an appointment in one of AusPost shops in Tea Tree Plaza on a weekend. My husband's and mine got the clear and paid for it but my daughter's got rejected. It got rejected because I mistakenly printed her forms in 2 sides. But the girl processing our application was kind enough to verify the information I put before we left. At least all the information were checked before we left, so next time there should not be any problem.

Passport+protective case, flyer, and a mini booklet about travel

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Things you need to do and prepare to lodge an application:
https://www.passports.gov.au/passports-explained/how-apply/lodging-passport-application

Passport fees:
https://www.passports.gov.au/passports-explained/passport-fees

Auspost Locator which caters Passport service:
https://auspost.com.au/locate/?services=18

Passport photos:
https://auspost.com.au/id-and-document-services/passports/passport-id-photos