Long Sunny Days

Our course went well - quite interesting, but the thing that really amazed us were the people attending the course and some of the stories they told.  Night life in Townsville is probably no different to night life anywhere else, but it is certainly different to when I was young.

We have resumed our normal routines again. R goes off to work in the morning and I potter through the day, taking walks to interesting places.

This was the sun peeping over the hill yesterday morning.  Must still be a lot of smoke in the air.
I went out to get myself some lunch and decided to walk through the gardens on my way home, but they had the sprinklers going, so I wasn't able to go far.  A little panda was sitting on a rock all by himself so I stopped to say hello.

I did some more work on the crochet blanket I am making.  I sit in the unit with the door open listening to the birds and planes.  There is always something to watch around here and I don't get bored at all.

This morning there was so much fog or smoke about that we could hardly see Magnetic Island, but when we returned from our walk, there it was. Still in the same place..

We walked over to South Townsville and along Palmer St with all the restaurants, then back across Victoria Bridge and up the hill to home.  The air was so still and it was calm and peaceful. One or two stragglers on their way home, but quite a few early morning walkers, bikers and joggers too. We came across a huge parking area empty apart from one car and one bicycle.  Obviously gets full of vehicles sometimes, but we were please to saunter through and watch the sunlight filter through the trees

It is hard to believe that we have been here for over 2 weeks now and in another week will be winging our way back to Brisbane.  I am looking forward to seeing Mark. He is flying over from San Diego and will visit with us for a few short days before flying on to Sydney.  I just hope that Quantas can get the baggage handler strike sorted out and that it doesn't stop us from getting home in time to see Mark.

I hope you all have a pleasant weekend. Don't eat too many sugar buns. They are addictive you know and you can't stop at just one. (giggle)

Thanks for joining me in Townsville. I'll see you again soon

San Diego

Just received an email from Mark. They have no power in San Diego because a transmission line running from Arizona to California failed Thursday and power could remain out through most of Friday.  I hope you are all ok over there and you get your power back real soon.

We were having trouble finding a place to stay in Townsville because a lot of places are fully booked due to the school holidays.  However, R and I googled accommodation in Townsville last night and have found a lovely place to stay.  The lady sounded really friendly over the phone, so I am looking forward to a good experience.  Kt has already booked airline tickets for Kz to come and stay with us for a few nights over the school holidays.  She really does not like vacation care and who could blame her really.  So at 11 years old she is taking a flight unattended and I have to pick her up at the airport. I am already planning some wonderful things to do and see and we will have such fun.

I still have lots of packing to do and even K has sent me her list of things I need to do before I go. 

This is Mr Turkey from the wonderful Bungadoo Country Cottage.  He just loves children and will happily make his gobbling noise for ever as long as the chidren make the noise back to him. He really loves their company and follows them about.

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