Well this last week has been very eventful and fun. First we finished our housesit in Rocky last Wednesday morning. Then for Wednesday morning to Saturday morning Andy did some bush clearing up at Mt. Morgan about 75 mins from Rocky. He was offered the job by the couple who had taken us boating to Humpy Island the first week we arrived in Rocky. Excellent that he had some work, but there were no pit toilets or anything on the property. I didn't want to stay up there for 3 days. So I stayed at the Walford's home with the wife and daughter. Though I did really miss sleeping with my hubby! It was weird I felt single again. Don't really enjoy it.
Last Saturday we headed to Alpha, west of Rocky. It was to a homestead on Pine Hill, called Rocklea. Basically it's like a big farm, but Oz style which is much different than Canada. The couple Lawrence and Pat are the parents of the man that we housesat for in Rocky. They invited us out to their property. It was fun. We saw the cattle and gave them hay, I rode Junea the mare, and Andy and I went for walks along the dusty dirt tracks (of course minding the cow pies!)
The cattle are so funny, when you approach them on the road, they look like they'll trot toward you but then they run into the bushes. Hehehee.
After Alpha we had a night in Taroom, then we had been invited to stay in Brisbane with a couple we had met camping back in early May. Patty and Andy are a couple our parents age and have a beautiful home in Forest Lake (Brisbane suburb). It is so clean and tidy and very big too. The guestroom was so nice and the bed so comfy. And though it is getting pretty cool here at night and in the morning (12 or lower degrees) they have heating in the rooms. So it chases the chill out. They also have two lovely dogs Champ and Chilli and we walked them both mornings. On Wednesday we went to downtown Brisbane and shopped around. The first time Andy and I have really shopped together here in Oz. And after 4 hours I was pretty tired of it. Andreas is so happy he didn't marry a shopper :)
Thursday we left the McFarlane's house and went to the beach in the afternoon. Just to relax and read. In the late afternoon we headed to Markku and Sirkka's place. They are the Finnish couple we stayed with in May, on our way up North. We will be here with them for another day and a half. So exciting to find their little sauna in the backyard is working again. We did a sauna on Thursday and Friday evening. Great way to warm up in the cool evenings :) Yesterday Andreas and I went to the Mt. Coot-Tha Botanical gardens. They were so beautiful. It was a perfect day to walk the gardens. Cool catci, Pine and Fern trees, Herb garden and Azaleah garden.
Then today we went on a fun hike with Markku and Sirkka and their friends. It was about an hour and half away, parallel to the Gold coast but up in the mountains. It was cold! We left early in the morning and it was probably 7-8 degrees during the hike. Good we all had enough layers. We went 12 kms and there was beautiful scenery and waterfalls.
Pictures will be uploaded in a day or two.
Heading to the Hunter Valley (Wine country) and staying at a B&B next week for our 6 month. Yay!
Last Saturday we headed to Alpha, west of Rocky. It was to a homestead on Pine Hill, called Rocklea. Basically it's like a big farm, but Oz style which is much different than Canada. The couple Lawrence and Pat are the parents of the man that we housesat for in Rocky. They invited us out to their property. It was fun. We saw the cattle and gave them hay, I rode Junea the mare, and Andy and I went for walks along the dusty dirt tracks (of course minding the cow pies!)
The cattle are so funny, when you approach them on the road, they look like they'll trot toward you but then they run into the bushes. Hehehee.
After Alpha we had a night in Taroom, then we had been invited to stay in Brisbane with a couple we had met camping back in early May. Patty and Andy are a couple our parents age and have a beautiful home in Forest Lake (Brisbane suburb). It is so clean and tidy and very big too. The guestroom was so nice and the bed so comfy. And though it is getting pretty cool here at night and in the morning (12 or lower degrees) they have heating in the rooms. So it chases the chill out. They also have two lovely dogs Champ and Chilli and we walked them both mornings. On Wednesday we went to downtown Brisbane and shopped around. The first time Andy and I have really shopped together here in Oz. And after 4 hours I was pretty tired of it. Andreas is so happy he didn't marry a shopper :)
Thursday we left the McFarlane's house and went to the beach in the afternoon. Just to relax and read. In the late afternoon we headed to Markku and Sirkka's place. They are the Finnish couple we stayed with in May, on our way up North. We will be here with them for another day and a half. So exciting to find their little sauna in the backyard is working again. We did a sauna on Thursday and Friday evening. Great way to warm up in the cool evenings :) Yesterday Andreas and I went to the Mt. Coot-Tha Botanical gardens. They were so beautiful. It was a perfect day to walk the gardens. Cool catci, Pine and Fern trees, Herb garden and Azaleah garden.
Then today we went on a fun hike with Markku and Sirkka and their friends. It was about an hour and half away, parallel to the Gold coast but up in the mountains. It was cold! We left early in the morning and it was probably 7-8 degrees during the hike. Good we all had enough layers. We went 12 kms and there was beautiful scenery and waterfalls.
Pictures will be uploaded in a day or two.
Heading to the Hunter Valley (Wine country) and staying at a B&B next week for our 6 month. Yay!
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