Caloundra Big 4

The day had arrived for us to leave Sunseeker Village and head down into the centre of Caloundra to the Big4 Waterfront Holiday Village. It is a nice park right on the Pumicestone Passage. We have a corner site in behind the office. We can the the water in between the two cabins opposite us. We are here until February 3rd when we head down to Kallangur and start our first house for 2015.We had a few days of showers which unfortunately made the humidity really uncomfortable - thank goodness for the aircon and the pool. We used to make a cuppa and go and sit over by the water near the Coastguards building and jetty there was always a nice breeze coming off the water.

And so I return

Well it was my turn to leave a week later on the 14th feeling not so good and upon returning have been pretty crook with Bronchitus something I have never had before and man it has made me feel pretty bloody lousy, on the mend now as I have drugs. We spent a week at Sunseeker Village our usual place to stay when we need a few nights somewhere. On the 18th we moved to the Big 4 Caloundra Waterfront Holiday Park where we currently are until Feb 3rd when we move to Kallangur and mind a friends house for 3mths while they head away in their caravan. Its a nice area one we have not frequented so will be good to have a look around. The rail line to Brisbane is 5mins away so a trip into Brisvegas by train is well on the cards. The summer has been a scorcher thank goodness we have the aircon in the van as it certainly helps to keep the inside more comfortable especially at night time making sleep more comfy. I had a lovely quiet birthday thank you Angela and Yasmine for my beautiful cards and gifts I never opened them until my birthday. Brian and I went out for tea at the local Bellvista Tavern for my birthday, 2 meals for $30 pretty good value. The Big 4 is right on the Pumiceston Passage and we have a great spot with daily views of the water, Pelicans and many boats. The van park emptied out on mass on January 26th Australia Day Public holiday as the rugrats return to school today January 27th, where we are in the park we are sitting on a patch of ground all on our own so peace reins. Tomorrow off to see the home owners for morning tea at Kallangur and collect the keys to the house, we will be taking the caravan with us as we can put it on site and give her a good clean and get ready for our trip south at the beginning of May when we head south for the winter at Tocumwal, actually really looking forward to it, yes it will be a shock to the system however we love that part of the country. Went and had a meal with our good friends Helen and David before we left Caloundra and this little Waterdragon came in for a feed.

The Lemon Tree Cafe

10th January

The Saturday before I left I along with Rory we took the Black Peril back to Ang and Martins,where Ang and I then walked outside looking at her beautiful flowers. It was then time for us to head into town to the Lemon Tree Cafe where we met Yasmine and had a catch up before Yas took me back to her place. Angela told us about this lovely little cafe it is so quaint and was really lovely with so many old things from an era gone by. We had a lovely coffee and bite to eat before we said our goodbyes.

Goodbye Grandad

Brian flew home a week earlier than I did. As we were to be house sitting for our friends Helen and David Waldron, however they had a glitch and that never happened so Brian headed back to take the van to Sunseeker Village for a week before we moved to "Big 4 Waterfront Holiday Park Caloundra. The day arrived to take Brian to the airport where we said our goodbyes.

Almost time to leave

Well with Christmas/New Year over we are starting to think about returning back to Aussie. We have had a brilliant time catching up with most of the family which was great, once again thanks Martin and Ang for the loan of the Black Peril appreciated it so much. One of the highlights was catching up with my old Governor's School friend Vivienne Gaggler (Sprosen) we are in contact regularly as Vivienne and her family live in Melbourne,  it was so great that Viv and her husband Hans were able to meet up with Brian and I at the motel. They had to come up from Timaru to meet their daughter at the airport as they were all spending Christmas/New Year with mum in Timaru.

She Cafe

Yummo Chocolate Highheels what else!!

Man that hot chocolate was good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Governor's Bay and the "She Cafe"

8th  January

We made a couple of trip to Governor's Bay to the cemetry. Brian and I made a trip over before Christmas then Yasmine,Rory and I went over another day, took his fishing line for a play around. The weather was not brilliant and the tide was out but he played around and fossicked along the rocks picking up shells and Yas driftwood to make her garden hangings, we saw them at Akaroa and they were just shells and driftwood and they wanted over $50 for them, I said to Yas you could make your own,so fossicking for bits we did go. It was then time for lunch so we made our way back up the hill and parked outside the school where I saw the most amazing sight some native Woodpigeons feeding on some plums in the front garden of a house, what an amazing sight, the "She Chocolat" is always a stop off for us when we go to the Bay.

Akaroa 2

A day trip to Akaroa

January 4th 

Yasmine took us over to Akaroa for a day it was stunning the weather was top notch and to add to the fun Rory managed to catch 3 fish on his new fishing rod that Grandma Rose and Grandad Mark had given him for Christmas. We had a great lunch of fresh cooked fish and chips so cheap compared to Aussie and enough for 6 of us. On the way home we made a stop at Barry's Bay where I picked up a couple of cheeses to bring back with me. A great day had by all very tired at the end of it, but as we had not been there in years it was a great day. We had fresh Fish and Chips for lunch and sat under the Pohutakawa trees that were in flower beside the wharf. After lunch Yasmine,Rose and I went for a stroll through the shops while Rory and Grandad went fishing. Rory got a fishing rod for Christmas and he caught 3 fish, he was so excited.