The social calendar is all in place now for us to catch up with friends. The last few days have been busy with catching up with our good friend Russell who goes back to our first time in Brisbane in 1992. Russell often use to come over to the Calgary office for work and we … More Reacquainting Started – 26th to 28th February 2019

Nick treated himself a day off from work as today is his birthday – we won’t tell you his age except it is between 57-59🤪. The day was his to plan, so it commenced with a leisurely breakfast after he had returned from the gym – that is dedication to go to the gym on … More Birthday Boy – 25th February 2019

Nicks brothers’ partner Jamie popped in early this morning on his way to Perth. He is a steward for Quantas and was just finishing a long stint where he said he had been twice round the world in two weeks. He resides in Perth but is based in Brisbane so was waiting for a seat … More Out and About -24th February 2019

Struggling with the humidity created by the cyclone off the coast of Queensland which does not look like it will make landfall now which is a good thing. Nick, Carlo and Fraser headed off to Southbank at the ungodly hour of 6.15am on a Saturday morning to join in the Brisbane 5k Park run which … More Park Run – 23rd February 2019

After yesterday’s hike from Tamworth to Brisbane we were both exhausted. A much needed sleep in along with catching up with washing. We did go downstairs for a swim in the pool which is about 20 meters in length, so cut a few laps each. In the evening we went out to see The Basis … More R&R – 22nd February 2019

It was a fond farewell to Wallace Park and on the road for our 600k trip north to Brisbane. You can see the devastation of the drought on the land all the way up to the Queensland border. With three short stops it took us nine hours in total and were very tired by the … More Brisbane Bound – 21st February 2019

Having checked out of “Bates Manor” where we had a short but fantastic stay, we drove around to our old home that we lived and renovated between 1995-2003. We were cheeky enough to knock on the front door and introduce ourselves to the second lot of owners since we sold it. Stan and Sandra have … More 115 Brook Street, Muswellbrook – 20th February 2019

Kerry and Craig kept telling us of things that we had done with them whilst in Muswellbrook and how we shared labour on our renovations. When Kerry had the twins we had made a lead light fan window for them to go above the door into their nursery. We had totally forgotten about doing it. … More Mines, mines and more mines – 19th February 2019

Farewells this morning to Pat and John and promises that next time it will not be 16 years before we next see them again!!! Our route up to Muswellbrook today took us through some very tiny towns and what you would call the mid west ranges of New South Wales. The state has been in … More Bathurst to Muswellbrook – 18th February 2019

Our day started off with walking down to the tennis courts to watch the kids play a game and also look around the neighbourhood where Pat and John had moved to since we last saw them. We managed to get a photo of Pat and John with their daughter and a couple of their grandsons. … More Hoon Head – 17th February 2019