s/shine on sunday

We were up early to go and collect the twins from Sarah,s.
Its quite a long way there, about 45mins and more if the traffic is heavy.They live the other side of Brisbane, very near Lone Pine.
So we arrive and Sarah had gone out, but Jason of course was there. We just got the boys to get their shoes on and we were off.
This is skittles,and she loved a cuddle from auntie Lynn.

Of we went to Fig Tree Pocket road. We had a lovely morning with the animals ,the twins loved it.
Of course the highlight is always the Kangaroos and the Koalas.But there were lots of othere things to keep them happy too.
Like the chickens, Jarvis has got the knack of picking them up so i thought i would give it a  go

It was a nice morning.

The boys go for a sleep about 12 so we made our way back to  Sarahs.and said our goodbyes. We then headed of to Joe,s place..

We had all bee invited to Lunch,when we got there Lou and Diana were there and Joan and Peter so we managed to get to see them all again from Johns party which was nice.

The meal was spatchcock and veg.and pretty good it was too,then fresh fruit,blueberry,strawberrys etc.

and a lurvely choc. cake.

There were tons of red wine to wash it down with. They live in a big farm house, and they are still renovating it. It was a lovely afternoon.

We left about 5 and on our way back to Johns we stopped at Mt Coota lookout, which overlooks the city of Brisbane.

I think we were all pretty tired after the Lone Pine and then an afternoo eating and drinking.But somehow we managed to eat a pizza later on before bed.!

Sunshine on Sat

After a long and leisurely breakfast outside in the shade we all had to say our goodbyes. Jenny and Paul left, and after we had packed s few things, we headed back to Brisbane.
We called in on a baby shop on the way, i could have spent time there but the boys were twitchy.
By the time we got to Johns place, Chris was there.
The plan is to go into Brisbane by the city cat have some dinner and come back the sme way.
It had changed so much from when I was last there.It was buzzing.
People in the cty beach water, just sitting around ,eating, drinking .such a lovely atmosphere..It was about 5pm when we got there.
Anyway we had dinner, and it wasent the best.
Then walked all the way through the city back to the city cat. called in at the Pig and Whistle for  alast drink, before we got on the Cat.

What a beautifull city it is.......

sunshine on friday

After yesterday, we thought we would give the beach another try !

We went down about 10.30 John took us this time and when we were ready we rang him and he came to pick us up.
It was a beautifull day this time. so we made camp slapped on some cream, we took a walk round to the rocka to watch tha surfers.It also kept us out of ths sun a while.
We had a  from a walk the full lenght of ths bay, got dumped dumped by big waves in the sea ,they dont look so big from the edge,and are not too far out.
They are so powerfull,when you look at the rolling up close behind you its scary.
I guess we had a couple of hours on the beach, we then went to the surf club for some lunch.Lee had battered flatheads ?
and diamond chips.Fish and chips to you and I .
I had an Asian salad.
By the time we had finished our lunch it was 2pm. so we rang John and he came to collect us.
Jennt and Paul were already there. They are some friends of Johns who stayed with us back in 88. and than when we went to Sydney in 96 we stayed with them.
It was good to see them again. John cooked a good meal again, for all of us. We had champagne and plenty wine.
And a good old chat.

sunshine on a thursday

Today, John asked if  we want to go to a shopping centre at Maloolaba and then go to see another dive centre. he shouldn't have had to ask Hey.
Anyway off we go to the dive centre first and they were more accommodating even though the story was the same, I have to ring on Monday to see what the state of play is.But i felt a little more hopeful.
We then headed of to the shopping centre.It is a new one apparently, and nice it is too.All the usual shops but nice to look around. Lee got his phone sorted, even they didn't find it easy.
Thing is We got a PAYGO sim to put into johns old phone just as an emergency,BUT NONE OF US COULD GET IT ACTIVATED.
anyway Kyle did

When we got back to Johns,Lee an I took Johns car and went into Noosa to go on the beach. It was sunny at the time ,but as soon as we sat down the dark clouds came and we didn't really got any sun after that. It was about 5pm so we gave up and went home.
We went into the sea for a while jumped a few waves. We even sat on the beach in the rain !