So forgot to mention a little bit about the town of MacLean that we stayed in last night. As we drove into the town we noticed that most of the power poles had a tartan painted on them with the name of the clan listed. It all looked very effective and relates back to the … More Hello Maitland – 8th and 9th March 2019

We spent Wednesday around Nicks apartment getting washing up to date and setting up the next two weeks of travel. In the evening Nick, Maree and the both of us went into the city to a restaurant under the Story Bridge. The food was Greek of which we shared all the plates and it was … More Farewell to Brisbane – 6th and 7th March 2019

The last two days have been a bit of a blur. Our stay with Ben and Bronwyn was brief but very rewarding. To be able to stay in such a tranquil setting was relaxing and wish we had made more time available to stay longer with them. It was then down to Noosa Beach which … More Noosa Area – 4th and 5th March 2019

Our plan for today was to head north of Brisbane to the area called Noosa as we were going to visit one of Di’s sisters and some old friends from Lake Louise in Canada. Nick meantime rose rather early to head out to the airport for a flight to Sydney as he was going to … More Country Bound – 3rd March 2019

We knew today would involve food but not quite that much food. Nick, Josef and Fraser headed out for their weekly Park Run down at South Bank and all returned having bettered their time from last week. All three of them though were requiring nana naps as soon as they fell in the door. They … More Spooooky – 2nd March 2019

Last night we visited friends Ian and Petrina and their three well grown up lads who we knew from our Muswellbrook days. Ian was in IT at one of the mines where Di worked and he had this aversion towards computers. He felt if you could work it out with pen, paper and a calculator … More Playing the Tourists – 1st March 2019

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