27th June 2014
Well
winter has arrived here in Qld - I know I know it's nothing compared
to the cold like back in home in Christchurch, however believe me we
do remember the cold there in fact we have a house sit lined up for
Victoria next year - yep in WINTARR as the ozzies say, we will
experience a real winter down there - but more on that later. We have
not done alot really of late, still going to Caloundra on Thursdays
for our line dance class, & and we have improved greatly that we now
stay on for the next class where they do more experienced dances & and
the steps are a bit tricky at times - great friendships made there & and
they are great fun to be with. The Mazda has been running rough since
our trip last year where we had it into Mazda twice at Swan Hill to
fix the problem - and yep it came back the same so Brian took it back
to Swan Hill Mazda & as we had to move on we decided to just
leave it. Nothing wrong other than running like a tractor from cold
start. Again the car was taken this time to Ford at Caboolture Monday
just gone, we decided to try and get things sorted while we have Margaret's (home-owner) little Mazda 2 to use while our Trib is
being fixed, got the phone call yesterday to say it's ready to go and
appears it was a manifold allowing cold air to get in something to do
with the cold idle - Brian told the guy if it was still playing up he
would be bringing it back, collected the Trib today & she sounds
like a completely different vehicle, 2 new rear tyres next week, and the aircon & window fix & she will be all good again.
Brian
developed his usual winter chest infection a couple of weeks ago, now
well on the mend however he was out of sorts for a while - hence the
winter sheets went onto the bed, we have our own linen,
blankets,doona inner &; cover as back up, however as all the linen
here is spotless all we are using are our own pillows and winter
sheets - they sure do make a difference.
Brian
has been trying to do a bit of fishing off the pontoon - has not
really caught anything big enough to keep so they have all been going
straight back in. I have been pottering in the garden, keep things
tidy and ; ship shape, its great to get out and do a bit of trimming
etc - will look good by the time the home-owners arrive back - they
started their cruise from Holland to Budapest yesterday - lucky
buggers.
This
arvo while it was nice & warm Brian decided it was time to take
the cover off the pool & scoop a couple of leaves out of it, with
the cover on it keeps it pretty clean - the pool temp is 22c bit too
chilly for us to swim now.
We
have seen Terry & Patricia quiet a bit down at the van park at
Worrim they are fine have a great sunny spot - we pop down to have a
chat & a cuppa, will be catching up with them more in August when
we move to the van park for 12 days before our next house sit. Well
folks take care & catch you next time.
