A trip back

Friday September 6th:

Saw us head to the Gold Coast to see some very special friends Ann & Mick Lavin. Ann & Mick live near our old haunt Sanctuary Cove, they have recently moved to a brand new appartment not far from Harbour Town, a huge area and growing very fast. We had a lovely lunch with them and after lunch Mick took us for a drive back to see how Sancturay Cove and the surrounds had grown and expanded - we didnt recognise it at all. Caseys Road where we lived at Sanctuary Gardens is now blocked off and the area of land that ran along behind Sanctuary Gardens is now all new housing & appartments with a very flash name "The Address" ummmm go figure that one out. We headed back to Harbour Town where we had a nice coffee at coffee club with Ann & Mick then walked around for around 15mins before it was decided that it was too cold to walk any more so a hasty retreat back to Ann & Micks and a bit more chatter before we decided it was time to head back to Calamvale. We arrived back around 1710 had a great run on the MWay back way better than going down. Was great to be back in our old area one we really did like.

The guys went for a walk & when Ann & I looked over the balconey here they were sitting trying out the sun lounges by the pool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where we once lived the entrance to "Sanctuary Gardens" lovely complex safe & secure, beautiful grounds, pool,gym, we moved from here up to the Sunshine Coast.

Below photo shows some of the expensive boats at Sanctuary Cove.

Ann & Mick acting as our tour leaders

Below photo shows part of the Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove where I worked.

Calamvale Walkies

She loved her walk to the park & we or should I say Brian gave her a good run or did she give him a good run - LOL 

Calamvale 4

Jedda follows Brian where ever he goes, however if I walk outside or past her she doesn't bother
but if Brian moves her eyes are on him. She is a beautiful dog (Neapolitan Mastiff)

Calamvale 3

Graham is an avid bird breeder, of Goldian Finches - they are very colourful. There are two types
Red headed & Black headed there are also some lovely singing canaries.

Calamvale 2

The house has 4 bedrooms, bathroom, separate loo,laundry. There is a very formal dining room & lounge, however we just use the everyday family room for eating & watching TV.

Calamvale 1

The grounds here are very beautiful with some gorgeous plants & hanging pots, there is even a
lovely pink Sasanqua Camelia growning happily in a pot. Will take a photo when the flower is out.

Heading to Calamvale

Sunday August 31st:

Well our day had arrived as we were to farewell Terry & Patricia at the van park as we headed toward our next house sit down at Brisbane South - Calamvale. Sunday August 31st dawned fine & sunny as we needed to pack up the last remaining gear, we certainly did not want rain as we had to store it all away inside the van while it is at the storage area at Woorim for 2wks. We farewelled the Moyse Kampong around 1030 & headed to the storage compound while we are at Calamvale. We had a great drive down to Brisbane & being a Sunday the traffic was also in our favour, most traffic was heading north. We arrived at the property around 1230pm & were gladly greeted by the big woofa - Jedda.

Letting ourselves into the property we duly went to the back slider where Brian very cunningly had some doggie treats in his hand which Jedda smelt with great enthusiasm & scoffed them down in no time at all - with the greeting over we proceeded to empty the car & settle in for our stay. The house is a nice colonial style home in a very affluent area,there is a nice covered outdoor area and gardens, lots of room to sit in the sun & enjoy the birds singing in the aviary.The home-ownerr is a breeder of Gouldian Finches, they are very colourful birds & currently there are babies in boxes & alot of eggs still to hatch along with some Quail due to hatch also.

9 Holes Caddy

Wednesday the 13th August was a lovely day & Brian suggested he would go to the Golf Course and play 9 holes. Terry was going to go with him but they had friends from NZ - Governor's Bay actually

Zephyr Tce (small world eh) therefore he could not go. I suggested to Brian that I come & caddy for him. He promptly said ok - we headed off to the course around 2.00pm and there was no one there, it was a great day weather perfect, & no wind. Brian worked it out that we walked almost 4kms - great exercise & our legs let us know that evening that they were tired, we slept like babies.