There was not a lot of sorrow entangled in leaving the Gold Coast. It’s a fun place to stop, and we were thankful for a protected place to anchor – but the helicopters flying overhead every half an hour were starting to do my head in. As I’ve written before – the foreshore is full …
Our first day here, anchored with 52 other boats in Bum’s Bay, was sunshiney and gorgeous. And then the past five days have brought an EPIC weather system that has included more rain than we have previously encountered, high winds (though we are well protected from them) and crazy seas. If I had organised a …
I delight in the fact that Queensland does not have daylight saving. I do not delight in waking up with the sun at a quarter past five every morning, but I’m learning to cope. But today, even at that early hour, I could tell that the day was going to be a hot one. Fact: …
The past weekend was a blast, albeit a rather tiring blast. At West End Markets (where we travel to by dinghy) we scored fruit and veg bargains… Bananas – $1 a kilo Pineapples – $1 each Avocados – 3 for $6 Vine tomatoes – $3 a kilo Green beans – $1 a kilo Plus GF …
Unintentionally we arrived in the school holidays, meaning there were library activities aplenty… but there was also the scourge of the homeschooler – Other Kids Everywhere. We like the other kids, we do – but in horde proportions? Only just tolerable. Yesterday, however, Queensland children Went Back To School. We…went to the State Library, the …