Grey Nomads in our poptop caravan, based at Caloundra but travelling, doing some house sits which still allows us to travel and see the country without always taking the van.
30 March 2017
Battening Down
Thursday 30 March:
We are staying inside no venturing out today, very heavy rain showers and storng wind gust coming through. Worst to come this arvo. All schools closed, businesses advised to close and shut up shop at midday, a precaution to get people off the roads and streets incase of flooding and flying stuff. Brian has drained the pool in readiness for the heavy deluge that is expected this arvo. We have moved the Guinea Pigs in under cover of the back area and covered the bird aviary.There is a small leak coming through the roof near the front door so we have a bowel catching the water it's not huge but we cann't let the water go all over the floor. We back onto the Sunshine Coast Airport and all planes are still coming and going not sure for how long though.
Holy Terror Snowflake
Yep she climbs the screens not an issue until we squirt her with the water bottle.
Up Up Up she goes.
Marcoola 1
Arrived at Marcoola on Tuesday, met at the house at 3.30pm as arranged with the home owners. They would all be home from school by then. Once all the family had arrived they packed the car and headed south to Coolangatta where they stayed the night with family before flying out on Wednesday morning for Japan. We have a mini zoo here to look after. 2 small dogs and Terrier of some kind and a mini Foxie, a 13wk old Ragdoll kitten, 3 Guinea Pigs x1 male x2 females - lol, lucky fellow and 2 budgies in an outdoor aviary. A nice home in the beachside area of the Sunshine Coast, just a short drive north of Marrochydore. Had a phone call yesterday from the Bribie Island folk to advise they are away on April 21st so that's all good, catch up with Terry and Patricia at Worrim as they relax in their accoms on the beach.
Little Miss Snowflake
Indy the Terrier she is a real scruffy one and very dominant
Guinea Pigs
Jammin for Jason
Some of the stalls for the fundraiser around the side of the sports ground. I was disappointed there was not a produce stall, no fresh veg or fruit, no pickles cakes or jams.
The local team is in the Pink jerseys.
More Bikes
Lots and lots of Harley Davidson's, all makes and models, girls and guys riding and passenger's on the back.
This one is for you Yasmine
Black Dog Run
Black Dog Ride began in 2009 as one man's ride to raise awareness of depression, developing into national suicide prevention charity involving thousands of Australian motorcycle riders who've raised over $2,200,000 for mental health services, fostering mental health awareness around the country.Remember, depression is an illness, not a weakness and effective treatments are available. It's important to seek help early and with the right treatment most people recover. If you are concerned that you or someone you know may have depression, talk to a doctor or another health professional today. If we talk about depression and work together we can make a difference.
Below Photo is an Indian Motorcycle
Below Photo is a Royal Enfield
Onward to Beerwah Sportsground
Headed out to the Beerwah Sports Ground for a week in the caravan until our next house sit at Marcoola came up. At first the weather was amazing very warm and humid, thankfully there was a local swimming pool next door that we could use, the Sports Ground also gave us a double voucher for a free swim - bonus. $20 a night with power and town water, great showers plenty of hot water. Sports practise twice a week Tuesday and Thursday very busy always a great turnout. We also had the Black Dog Motorcycle run turn up the first Sunday we were there. Black Dog are a fundraising club that raise awareness of Depression and Suicide. There were over 100 bikes, the sports ground put on a BBQ for them an amazing sight with all the bikes old and young, big and small all makes and models. Another fundraiser "Jammin for Jason" was put on for a young local fellow who died from an Asthma attack leaving a wife and 4 young kiddies, the fundraiser for this was held last Saturday all proceeds from the day went to the family. They had stalls and a womens Rugby team the local Beerwah Bulldogs and another team from Brisbane, they had a couple of bands playing, the club kitchen was open for the most amazing hamburgers, coffee,etc and also the bar. It all ended about 1000pm so was not a noisy night other then the bloody trains heading in and out of Brisbane. Below photos show our spot in the dry and in the wet, thankfully we were on a huge concrete pad, so no mess inside for us. The only downfall with that was there was no shade, however when the weather turned which it did for 5days pouring rain and mud we did not bother about shade - lol. You can see how wet it had been by the potholes full of water. It can become very busy with caravanner's, RVs etc, there was also a local caravan club staying they were there for 5nights and thought they owned the whole bloody area. We are booked back in here for 3nights at Easter before we head to Bribie for our long house sit we do each year, heading back to Bribie on the 18th April.
Misc Sippy Downs
This Blue Indian Ringneck Parrot has become resident at Helen and Davids, he is too timid to try and net ( I tried that) the vet said he would not survive - wrong he is doing very nicely thank you and is very dominant of the seed letting other birds know they are not welcome.
We advertised him as lost but as he has no leg ring hard to prove it belongs to those that tried to say it was theirs. Currently he is still there in residence and doing ok.
We name this bird "Clacker" as that is the noise it makes - know as the Snake Bird due to it's long snake like neck, common name is an Australian Darter.
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