More school hols action

Day 4 - a rainy day. We got out for a walk at 10.30am. The trail has some historic markers on it. The last tram ran through here in 1968 - like a cracked record, seems all cities are the same.

Got some milkshakes at a local cafe afterwards. Afternoon pool swim.

































The boys at the bar of the kitchen window.




















The big mansion up the street from Zareena's.
















Day 5 - first day of school. We walked Yohan to school early for band practice.

3 choppers roll overhead. There's a military base nearby in Enoggera.





We decide to roll into town and have a walk around. Parking is $6 for 4 hours, the bus is $13 each way, so we drove. To park, put your license in the meter, and add a credit card. The city is really pretty.

The shops had feather jackets, and it's about 30 degrees outside. We've been running the air conditioning sometimes at home.

Saturday 14th April, Sunday

Saturday, we roll into Bris by bus to meet up with Fred, and see a circus show. Turns out he's been practising this kind of thing for a few weeks. The kids put on a great old show. We roll to Fred's for lunch, the kids run around the backyard.

Sunday, I'm up at 6.10am, so decide to ride to the football. This way, everyone can squeeze into the Prius. It's about 30ks to Sandgate, but the ride turns out to be lovely.


This is the bridge nearest to Nirav and Zareena's, along the Breakfast Creek and Enoggera Creek.




Next stop Eagle Junction.






Rolling through the lovely Sandgate, on the way to the water at Brighton.














The water along Brighton, fronting onto Moreton Bay. Very beautiful.






Then over the bridge towards Redcliffe. And a group shot at the beach after Ray's footy game. Finally, a shot of everyone out at low tide looking for pippies. Just a beautiful thing to do.

April in Brissy

We keep rolling north, and it takes all the day long. The road from Ballina on is the same as anywhere. As we roll along Surfers area, signs tell us the Commonwealth games are on. I marvel at the size of the parking lot at the theme parks. Huge eh. The sign for the city of Logan is not enticing. It's 2.30pm, not many people live here, but the congestion here is a disgrace.

One more turn, and we're on one of those winding Brissy roads, then a right, and we're on their street. The home they have is huge, beautiful old wooden, and a nice pool out the back.

Night one (I think), we head off to see Yohan training at Toowong. The grass really is greener on the other side here. My beer comes in a cosy. Louis asked for a bag of chips and got it for free. Wouldn't happen often in Sydney.

Day 1 - we go to a local oval for some fun cricket, a swim in their pool, then for some dinner at Eat St.

Looks like a bit of screen time in there as well.



Eat St has big traffic, big car parks, heaps of places to eat in what looks like a half open airplane hanger. We see Bill, Sharn, Evie and Millie. Tom's on camp or something. Nice food,  nice night.

April 2018

So, what to report for the April of 2018? I suppose the biggest thing to happen was the school holidays. We went up to Queensland to visit Nirav, Zareena, Yohan and Rayan. I've got a load of notes about it somewhere.

Meanwhile, I cut out sugar and real milk from my diet. I lost 3kg just like that. In this shot, I hit 2.5kg roughly above what I was when I was a teenager. I still have a little spare tyre, but probably wasn't in awesome physical condition then either!



So what else? We're in the middle of an insane building boom. Can't stop progress, can't stop the economy booming on, can't stop the relentless drive towards wherever we're headed. Does not seem well organised, or recognise the downside of all this resource use.

This shot is at Lane Cove, where I grew up. I spent a lot of time walking around here, including this old car park on the side of a hill. Now the hill has gone, plus after they went down a level or two. There will be a park, which is good. It's in the middle of some busy streets, and that's not so good.

So what's news with the cat? I keep saying she's getting socialised, as this picture shows. Poor Ollie gets regularly hissed at, but often can hug her fine, particularly when he's putting out the cat food.

Here's the first shot of the school hols, at Nambucca Heads. Drove as far as we could after being picked up at work, then rolling with all the peak hour fools.

Went for a nice walk in the morning, followed by a very nice breakfast. The people in the hotel are v good.