Saturday, December 22, 2007

Maleny Photo - This is what brings us back to Australia

A photo taken on the road to where we will build our new house on Maleny Stanely River Road - 45 minutes drive from Brisbane. This is an early morning photo with the Glass House Mountains rising up and the Pacific Ocean in the far distance

Merry Christmas from the Hadley's

Christmas Scene from Alex's Window

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Alex's School Photo - November 2007

Nick's School Photo - November 2007

At Nana's House in July

Most recent Photo's of views from Maleny where our house will start in March

Alex Nana & Nick - July 2007

Aunty Kath Alex and Nick - July 2007

Nick and friends Luca and Niccolo

Front Door of our apartment


This is the front door of our apartment - built in the 1920's. Wrought Iron, glass and carved limestone - you will not see one of these in Australia

Anne on the road back to Bucharest

Vlad Tepes Prince of Wallachia - (Dracula)




The sometimes visitor to Bran Castle - see picture following

Bran Castle View



These photos were take on a two day trip that we took with Chris Hardwick who used to work with Robert in his Westpac days

Bran Castle Bell Tower

Inside Bran Castle

Bran Castle

Peles Castle - Stained Glass Windows

Peles is Romania's most beautiful castle built in the period from 1873 to 1883 by King Carol 1 of Romania.

Mural at Peles

Cuppa Tea Time

Peles Castle - Magnificent

King Carol the first built Peles castle - the Castle is rather Bavarian in style and was built by craftsmen from Germany, Austria, Italy - Romanian's provided the hard labour. King Carol was well known for his playboy lifestyle and as a leader is now much loved compared to the awful history of the communist period.

Peles Castle



In front of Peles Castle

Above Brasov

Brasov is one of Romania's large cities near the ski resorts and famous for its cathedral - The Black Church

Chris Hardwick visits



I worked with Chris at Westpac Bank before leaving Australia. She came to visit for a few days and we went on a trip to the mountains. Anne and Chris are pictured at Peles Castel on the way to Brasov

Nick turns 15 - August 2007

Hotel Rooms in Romania!!



We stepped back in time some 200 years when visiting this small Hungarian speaking village in Romania near the Olt river

Nicks Birthday at Marriott - August 2007

Nick's Birthday Party with friends

Nick invited all of his friends from school to his birthday party at our house. They were a lovely group, they ate, talked a lot, watched movies and went for a walk in the cold of the night.

Romanian countryside

The Romanian countryside is a stark contrast to the ugliness of cities such as Bucharest.

Beautiful Romanian Countryside

Anne & Robert in Rome

Alex at top of Spanish Steps Rome

Alex at the top of the Spanish steps - St Peters can be seen in the background. We had an enjoyable historical and shopping tour of Rome

The Pantheon - Raphael is buried here

Colosseum Photograph

Monday, November 05, 2007

Nicholas and Friends

Nicholas and his classmates - October 2007

Birthday Boys - All turning 18 in Bucharest November 3rd Party


From left Daniel Zisman: Mike Lambrianos: Alexander Hadley

Nicholas and Friends at Alex's 18 Birthday Party


Lara with the devil's horns and Denisa at Alex's birthday party. Nick was entertaining the girls - as usual!!

Alex and his friends - Daniel & Mike


These are some of Alexanders best friend at the American International School of Bucharest - Daniel, Mike and Alex all turned 18 and enjoyed a great joint birthday party at Mike's pool house with 100 school friends