Friday Update

The weather is beginning to warm up and we had a very pleasant 25 degrees at 9:30 this morning. This was accompanied by a strong north westerly wind which made the 13 k bike ride a little more challenging this morning.

The wattle is well and truly out at the moment and trees such as these can be seen everywhere on the estate. It is still not as spectacular as the wattle we used to see when I was teaching at Hoddle's Creek at the back of the Dandenongs (near Yarra Junction) 30 years ago! The wattles were truly spectacular there.

This link below will take you to see a few more photos from our day trip to Pomona and Noosa we made on Wednesday. You may need to click on "Back" to return to this page. It takes you to a slide show of the 7 pics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomfam/sets/72157601495248645/show/

If you run your mouse pointer over the slide being shown the letter "i" appears. Click on this for a brief description of the slide being shown. Hit the "X" to see the photo without the description.

On Thursday we drove to Maroochydore and the biggest shopping complex on the Sunshine Coast. We spent a couple of hours there before heading to the Maroochydore RSL for a $6-95 lunch. I had a chicken curry while Trish found a lamb's fry dish to her liking. It was very pleasant and a much better meal than we had at the Tewantin RSL the day before. Toasted sandwiches did us for tea!

Friends from Melbourne (Max and Margaret - from my VFL Park days) are currently caravanning in Brisbane. Max's daughter Kylie lives in one of Brisbane's northern suburbs. Max worked in the building industry and is a skilled and versatile tradesman. Kylie's house has been undergoing some renovations courtesy of her dad! The renovations are almost completed and Max and Margaret are bringing the van up to Caloundra for a few days before heading home to Victoria. We expect to spend some time with them later next week.

Congratulations to our daughter Kim on her new employment initiative!

Rain continues to be forecast for Saturday night and into Sunday. The lawns and gardens here are due for a good drenching!

Our daughter Kate and her two children Charli and James are all suffering from heavy colds at the moment! It is not a happy household to be in right now!