Ready, Steady, 60 … Part 2

Heron Island – where there are no herons, and which isn’t an island.

You know that time you saw a photo of a tropical island and thought, “The water can’t really be that colour”? Well, yes it can. And it is.

Somewhere over the Rainbow

Badtjala Country

While on our holiday at Rainbow Beach last year, I saw a sign for helicopter joy flights. This sounded like a great way to see some of the Fraser Coast and views to K’gari (Fraser Island) – the world’s largest sand island. And so it proved.

Shake, Rattle and Rolling Stock

The Mary Valley Rattler is a heritage steam train experience that has long been on my wish list of things to do in south-east Queensland.

On our week away at Rainbow Beach, our daughter had one day of Uni which she was able to do online in our holiday house. This turned out to be a Wednesday, which worked in perfectly for the rest of us to head to historic Gympie station for the 3 hour trip to Amamoor and return.

Scattered Memories

I’ve been particularly slack and have posted very little in the last year, so time for some catch up.

Last October we were supposed to take our grandkids to Fiji. Well, we all know what happened to international travel, don’t we?

Instead, we spent a week at Rainbow Beach. While we were there we’d also arranged to scatter Dad’s ashes in the same spot where Mum’s had been scattered 6 years earlier.

The Lighthouse of Tragedy

Oooh look, I’m still here. 

 

And what I have been doing? Well, amongst not may other things, a friend and I have started a Facebook group for Cemeteries and Memorials From Around the World. Here’s a sample of a post from the group.

 

Bustard Head Lighthouse is unofficially known as The Lighthouse of Tragedy, and has its own little cemetery.

There are 2 unmarked graves in the cemetery. Both are daughters of one of the lighthouse keepers but it isn’t known which is which.

Central Queensland staycation in the time of the pandemic

Hello! Yes, I’m still here. Are you still there?

Kookie’s bad hair day

A bird in the bush … can you see it?

Merry Australian Christmas … Please send rain!

A couple of these are from last year. You’ll know which ones. They have a hint of green in the grass.

A VERY long weekend … lounging around!

When you live in Australia and your friend in London says she’s having a girls’ weekend in Paris to celebrate a “significant birthday”, you know it’s too far to go for just a weekend.

And so I decided to go for 7 weeks, starting with 5 nights in Paris and accompanied only by our travelling toy, Cassie the Cassowary, who will feature in some photos.

A farewell drink at Brisbane International Airport. We may have had more than one.