Sunday, August 30, 2009
A cake in the oven and other mundane acticities..
It's nice to be back in the country home but.... because there is a a big BUT: slow internet! It takes so long to download and open any pages that I have not been reading or writing much this last few days. I'spose I have to get re-use to it, for now, anyhow. As for what next: we're seeing some...
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Back to normal...
We're now back in our country house: the quiet of the place is soothing and calming.I had a good night sleep and would probably have slept longer if my Mann had not called me this morning to let me know that he has arrived at the apartment and was ready to go home; could I please come to pick him...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Baby factor!
That's it: we're back in Canada! The flight back was not as long as the flight to go to Australia, but somehow, it felt longer. For one thing, we had to wake up at 2h30 am to take a bus from Sunshine coast to Brisbane airport. So, not much sleep then. Then we took a plane from Brisbane to Sydney...
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Last day on the Sunshine Coast
That's it guys; last day in Australia. It is 36oC, sunny, a gentle breeze...And it's WINTER! We're leaving tonight (or tomorrow morning, if you prefer. We're taking the bus to the airport at 3 AM, so!). The plane trips themselves are going to be shorter than on the way here (24 vs 29 hours) but we...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Picnik in Heaven!
As one of our nieces is going today to Newcastle, we decided to spend to whole day together with family. So, we went to have a nice picnic by a small stream on the range, on the land of of friend of my bro-in-law. It was beautiful, gentle creek (that can and do overflow regularly, like most stream...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Another fantastic day on the Sunshine coast!
Another great day at the Sunshine coast! We went driving on the beach again to the colour sand and the red canyon. It's fantastic: there are 70 diffrent colours of sands there! From white to orange, red, black... Just beautiful with the sun shining on it. The first time I drove on a beach was there...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
3 bros and a new page
The second brother of my Mann has arrived yesterday with his wife from Newscastle. It was nice to see them again; it had been 4 years since I saw him back in Canada and almost 9 since I saw his wife! The whole family, the grand-m'ma, the 3 bro. their wifes and 4 kids, went for diner in an Indian...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Three fishermen in a boat
The tide was not quite low yet this morning when I woke up and there were three men standing in a small dingy boat, fishing. There was another small boat close by with 2 men, also standing up, fishing in the river. It was very calm water, no waves, not much tide movement, and no wind. The perfect...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
A peaceful island in the Maroochy river
We kayaked across the river to the island today and it was beautiful. We went during the low tide, so as not to have to paddle too far, and the beach was fantastic. The island is now a park and no buildings are on it. It as natural as can be, with the mangroves growing all around on the shoreline,...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
So much Sun in this sunny country!
Why is it that there are not more Aussies using solar panels? We went to visit two couples, friends of my bro-in-law, who have been using solar panels for 20 years, probably more in the case of one of them, and to our surprise, they both told us that, nop, once installed, the systems don't need much...
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