Childers yearly Festival

Sunday the 29th July 2012 was a lovely day spent at Childers Street Festival which they have every year. For a very small town, it was a hugh success. There were people from all over Australia and the World there enyoying the day with lots of food fun and fair. Many stages with many entertainers performing all day. We only stayed for 3 hours, then headed back to Maryborough. Had a great time though. Note the three arms on the bubble faerie. No there was two of them, faeries I mean.

The day at Rainbow Beach

SYD loves to play anywhere. Even in trees.

 He was hoping more little children would come along the path. He loves it when they pat him. On the way back along the path he searched for little critters to chase but was kept on a short leash. He was in a National park after all, and that is a big no no. But he is a very good little doggy, very well behaved.


This is the view from the platform up at the Sand Blow above Rainbow Beach.

House to live in for a little while

 

 

 

This is where we are living for a little while (year or two) but only signed a 6 month lease and the house is for sale, so who knows how long we will be here. Bus is out the front for sale. Once it is sold, we will decide what and where we will be then. The house is very old upstairs and very new down stairs. It is also very comfortable too and non toxic with the last of the carpet being removed very soon. That room is closed off for the time being.

View from the top

We climber this timber fire watch tower on the first day of this new year. The view from the top was awsome. One of the rangers took us up there and into the hut and explained how the map/fire locator worked. Sorry I don't remember the right names of these things, but it was awsome and very good luck to have that experience. We even took SYD the dog with us. I had to carry him, he was not happy with the narrow steps and the height and easy to fall between the steps. I certainly got a workout, so did Derek, he carried our complete camera bag just in case he wanted to change lens's.

 This is the view looking north, north west.

This is the vew looking down at our car and the rangers 4x4 truck.

Back to my blogs

Here we are in Hervey Bay. That is the Boat Club in the back ground with the marina behind it. We get a lovely breeze flow through the bus and do not need to run the aircon at this stage. I think it will be turned on if the air is still. My little red shelter is now moved to the rear of the awning and a new green larger shelter is in it's place. Photos to come. We went on a boat cruise up the western side of Fraser Island all the way to the Light house. Derek climbed the sand dune to the light house while I stayed in the cool water catching lots of fish (darts). Too small to eat and I don't think you can eat dart. Anyway, more blogs to come.

Wow, what a difference a hair cut can make. This is SYD after me attacking him with my clippers. He sat there without any complaints through 15min of tidy up work on his long scruffy hair. I think he likes it too. His little doggy friends he plays with in the park also liked his new look.

New addition to our family

Derek is loving his new little companion "SYD".
He is a rescue dog and is around two years old.
He is not a yappy or naughty dog at all.
He is very obedient and polite and loves the bus.

The nights are still very cold and so I made SYD an emergency night coat which he wore without any fuss at all. He has since had a hair cut and wears a knitted roll neck jumper. Now the nights are a lot warmer in the past couple of nights so I think jumper will go away till next winter if we have to be south for that time of the year again. We think he is a Jack Russell x with a silky terrier, maybe.