A lazy day. Jamie and I had a swim in the pool whilst Toby napped. The we all went for lunch at a restaurant called the Quarterdeck at The Ville hotel. Lovely food and wine and relaxed conversation...
A lazy day. Jamie and I had a swim in the pool whilst Toby napped. The we all went for lunch at a restaurant called the Quarterdeck at The Ville hotel. Lovely food and wine and relaxed conversation...
Up this morning and Penny has said she would take us up to a creek where we could have a swim. The creek was called Crystal Creek, or Little Crystal Creek to be specific. This took us about an hour...
Penny & Eric flew off to Cairns for the day today so Penny lent us her car so that we could venture a bit further. Last time I came to Australia we visited a wildlife sanctuary called Billabong...
With Penny having to work today we set out to explore what Townsville had to offer. Walking down ‘this hill into town we soon came across the stand which is the main road running along side the...
During breakfast, Cowboy arrived for our promised Grand Tour. While we were preparing to go out, he took Toby to sit on a horse called Woody. And gave him a compulsory cowboy hat to wear! We set off...
Coffee and breakfast. Then we had a visit from an interesting gentleman who works closely with Penny and Eric at the farm. His name is Cowboy. We were immediately inclined to like him based on his...
After a spectacular breakfast, with ham, eggs, fruit and bread, Jamie and Eric set about fixing the boat winch so that we could take a tip out to the Palm Islands on Eric’s boat. Penny and I...
Early start, car to the airport, paid for the overweight baggage, flight to Townsville. Penny met us at the airport in Townsville as about 1pm. Penny and her husband, Eric, lived in the UK in the...
This morning Jamie had to set his alarm clock for 5:45am to be up in time to get across to the Opera House for a backstage tour. A quick trip on the train from central to Circular Quay, a short walk...
An early start. In fact, we had to get up before it was even bedtime in the UK. Ug. We headed down to the collection point for our tour out to the Blue Mountains. Apparently blue mountains got their...