Adventures
Curlew birds
We just had one of the friendly grey nomads come and show the kids a nesting bush curlew bird. She is sitting on her eggs and the kids were told to stay away as the she will bite to protect her eggs. Here is her mate lurking rock still next to the next van Then … Continue reading
Yeppoon (where? I had to Google it!)
Yesterday was our departure from the oldies park. On the way our of Hervey Bay we found Dan’s for a stock up!! Jim Beam Zero is harder to find in remote bottleo’s – you get funny looks! Geez QLD love roadworks. The park owner warned us that the usual 4 hours to Rocky would take … Continue reading
Yeppoon
Woke this morning in Yeppoon, about 50km north west of Rockhampton and the gateway to Great Keppel Island. We are right on the the tropic of Capricorn (yay tropics at last), and I woke to a tropical shower, our first rain since Melbourne except now I can already feel the humidity rising. Love the tropics. … Continue reading
Travelling north
Yesterday saw our departure from NSW for the last time so start the meandering journey north. While had set an aspirational goal of Rockhampton, we were just going to take it as it comes. What i can say is broadly QLD drivers are sh1t and quite rude – deliberately failing to keep left, varying speeds … Continue reading
The week in review
How time flies!! We have been away for a week now and if this week is anything to go by, we are in for a great holiday. I know that we have already blogged every day but thought I would re cap some of my highlights. I really enjoyed the first caravan park we stayed … Continue reading
Say good bye to the Tweed Coast
Well today we leave the Tweed coast and Hastings point to continue our Adventure North. We have had a wonderful time here, made so much better by the family that visited us, but… now the Adventure begins. Who knows what the next leg will bring because we don’t have much of a plan beyond point … Continue reading
Forgot to post pics from Dad’s house
You will notice fun in Grandpa and Nonna’s pool, Clare covered in stickers and Grandpa geared up for Pies v Kangaroos. Turns out we lost (no hunger) and that was the afternoon Nonna almost cut her thumb off slicing potatoes. A trip to hospital later, stitches and almost askin graft, all is on the mend.
Last 2 days
Wet n wild was excellent, the kids had a ball though poor Clare was wrecked by the end and fell asleep on me. The biggest kid really was Craig!!!!!! Today has been relaxed mostly. For Craig and myself it was a trip this morning to Tweed Heads to get two new van tyres for me, … Continue reading
A fun holiday .
We saw an Ibis it was awesome we had a fun time we went to the water park. There was a bucket that fell down on us 14 minutes it was fun
