Day 16 Monday 20/6/2022 Yelarbon, sunny 7 – 21 It’s a warm morning and Woody is up early to do the washing in the little garden shed. While the washing dries, we all sit around reading in the sun. It’s … Continue reading Breakdown Blues, Day 16 – Meeting a Mankiller
Day 15 Sunday 19/6/2022 Narrabri to Yelarbon, sunny 6 – 22 It’s a warmer morning. It’s hard to comprehend that 6 degrees here is fresh and a little nippy whereas in Melbourne it would be miserably cold, seep into your … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 15 – Queensland, just
Day 9, Sunday March 24th Palm Beach It’s warm, wet, and humid again! We assemble the bikes, do a lap of the park and have a swim to wash off the sweat. We all meet for a farewell BBQ lunch … Continue reading One word, Seepage
Day 8, Saturday March 23th Palm Beach A magnificent morning, we gulp down our breakfast and drive to Burleigh Heads. Our sister-in-law the Very Good Golfer has recommended that we do the walk around the headland. The humidity is high, … Continue reading Burleigh, bikes & a birthday bash
Day 7, Friday March 22nd Palm Beach The weather is warm and steamy, very steamy with intermittent showers, phew! Woody the Elder and the Very Good Golfer join us for lunch in the caravan park under the shade of the … Continue reading Palm Beach, Qld
Springbrook National Park, Qld, (Gold Coast Hinterland) Aug 2016 After a stroll with my sister-in-law down through the rainforest to the base of Purling Brook Falls and a serious trudge back up again I didn’t expect the birds to come … Continue reading Purling Brook Falls and Feathered Friends
We were staying at Cape Hillsborough, Qld in July 2016 and poking about the nearby area. In the local park at Seaforth, we chanced upon a bunch, sorry flock, of funny-looking ducks who followed us about. They were probably looking … Continue reading Radjah Shelduck
Theresa Creek Dam, Qld, 2016 The other day I noticed sparkly little shreds of nylon hanging from the stitching on our caravan awning. Birds! Bloody birds! They hang upside down, they beg for tucker, they tiptoe back and forth across … Continue reading Blue Faced Honeyeaters
Emerald, Qld, 2016 These cheeky little guys were bouncing about the rocks in the Emerald Botanic Gardens. A place so filled with horticultural delights that I almost lost myself chasing butterflies. I’m quite sure that many visitors only see the … Continue reading Gray-crowned Babbler
Theresa Creek Dam, QLD, 2016 Rainbow Lorikeets. Noisy, colourful and very cheeky. You can’t help but smile when they’re around. Continue reading We’re Only Here for the Beer
