The storm had passed so we decided to take the kids to Macadamia castle but it was still clearing up from the storm and was closed to the public until they had cleared it. We had a drink in the cafe before we set off to a play ground in Bangalow. Alice and Elsie played… Continue reading Byron Bay – 5th June

Stormy weather over night and still at it in the morning. Up at 6:30 and more snuggle time with Elsie. After breakfast I took Elsie shopping for birthday present as she was going to a party in the afternoon. We also stopped of to have a baby chino and raisin toast. When we got home… Continue reading Byron Bay – 4th June

My alarm was set for 6:30 so I could get Elsie when she woke up. Fortunately, she was happy to come and have cuddles in my bed for 45 minutes giving me a chance to wake up properly. Once I was up and ready I said goodbye to Jon, who was off to Sydney to do… Continue reading Byron Bay – 3rd June

Up before 8 am so I could go to Bangalow again to the CWA. Today I helped them by sewing buttons onto hand towels, threading draw string bags, finishing another square for their blanket and helping another lady with her square. After lunch of left over pizza I hoovered up. Before heading back to Byron… Continue reading Byron Bay – 2nd June

I woke up early this morning to have a FaceTime with Liz and Lynne, it was lovely to chat with them and hear their news and catch up. I shall be seeing them soon.Then I was off to the CWA international day. There were pupils from the local primary school with their head teacher. There… Continue reading Byron Bay – 1st June

This morning I spent a leisurely few hours having breakfast and packing up all my stuff so I could leave it at the hotel after check-out. Once I had done this I walked down to North Pier. The walk way was also the cycle path and it took you under the road that had been… Continue reading Brisbane/Byron Bay – 31st May

So when I woke up this morning I realised that I was without clean underwear. Fortunately, the apartment had a laundry section and I was able to wash and dry a load of washing before going out. While the washing was doing I had a leisurely breakfast, watched some terrible daytime tv, knitted and planned… Continue reading Brisbane – 30th May

Happy Birthday to me! Had a lie in until 6:30! Tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t so I got up and got on with my packing. I received a couple of messages, wrote a couple of e-mails and got myself ready for breakfast at 9am. I enjoyed a pot of tea, a mushroom… Continue reading Cairns/Brisbane – 29th May

So today was a free day to decided to do what we wanted to do and for me that meant another day on the reef. This time I booked a trip on a smaller boat that took us to three different reefs. I went on my own as no-one else wanted to do another reef… Continue reading Cairns – 28th May

Breakfast was cereal again plus some irresistible pastries with a pot of tea of course. After breakfast I walked over to the Tourist Information Office and booked my tour for the following day. At 9am we had a short coach ride to Cairns station for a journey on the Kuranda Scenic Railway. We travelled first… Continue reading Cairns – 27th May