Brisbane #4

Our posts have slowed down of late but we have been keeping busy.


Our van repairs have commenced and will be finished by early next week.  We have elected to have an additional water tank fitted to the van at the same time so we now plan to pick up the van and head west at the end of next week.  When free camping, we have found that we run out of water before battery power so this will extend our stays away from town.


In the mean time we have welcomed a new granddaughter, Grace Edith. She is beautiful and healthy and is already settling into a good routine. Mum is also well and came through the birth Ok.

 Proud Grandma.Grandad, Isobel,Madelaine, and Grace

 Four weeks old already

Grace's big sisters both love her and want to help look after her.

We have also caught up with Fabian and Brendan and their families over the Easter Holiday period. That was great as they are all healthy and happy.


I also got involved in a couple of projects in the last few weeks with the most enjoyable being the conversion of the girls cubby house into the same style as the old Queenslander of the main house.  The cubby travelled quite well from Dysart and has found a new home on the caravan pad in the back yard (a hint there me thinks??).  We added battens beneath the veranda, drop down pailings from the roof line and painted the cubby the same as the main house.  We also removed a narrow deck and garden between the pool and the house and covered the area in a new deck.  A couple of days hammering on my knees reminded me that I ain’t as fit as I used to be.

 One nice Cubby

We watched the ANZAC Day march in Brisbane which was moving as usual.  There aren’t many old diggers left but the ranks of Vietnam Vets are strong and good to see.  Isobel and Ben marched in their local march with the school.  It was small but very convenient at the end of the street and a short walk away for us. It was good to catch up with David, Shaneen and Will after the march in the city.

 Isobel and Ben on ANZAC Day

 City march

We spent a nice relaxing weekend at Crystal Creek over a weekend recently and gave Barry a bit of a hand with mowing and painting. You can just hear the serenity from there.

I have still been playing with the camera and got a couple of nice shots of the city from Southbank during a full moon recently.

 City centre from Southbank

 Uni with a full moon

We have taken a road trip to Yeppoon for the weekend to visit Carol’s Mum and check the storage shed to leave some last stuff behind and retrieve a few things that we can’t do without (including a bloody great heavy sewing machine!!!).


Till next week when the postings should return to their regular weekly report from the road……….