June 2010, This is one of our photos we too immediately after the tornado hit Lennox Heads. We were parked only 40 mtrs behind where I stood to take this shot. We of course were huddled in the caravan park's office where we thought we would be a lot safer. These permanent vans were unoccupied at the time. Thankfully, us and the other park guests were untouched. We all did a mass hitch-up and leave within an hour after the storm. Scarey times.

Red Claw feast on Australia Day.

This lot was in one cray pot, the other pot was empty as always. Maybe it is time to sew up the big gaping hole.

We only put the pots in every couple of weeks. That way it is a real treat to eat them. 

Yes, yes, we have television to watch again.
We have finally bought a sat dish so we can get more than two stations out here.
Derek and I spent two days rewiring part of the 24v and 12v wiring so we have less plugs running off the 240v power.
So that means I spent two hours under the bus again, running wires from one end to the other, so to speak. I think I know the underbelly pretty well now. Boy is there a lot of grease nipples under there that will be needing Derek's handy grease gun. Just gotta get him under there to do it.

We took this photo from the little cabin we stayed in at Broken River. The cloud is now all around us and it is 8am in the morning and I am wondering just how slippery the Steep drive back down this mountain will be in 10 minutes time when we leave here.

No worries, I just drove at 30k's all the way down.

There are many excellent walks up here on the mountains. This is not the area to bring an old car or tow a van, due to the extremely steep and tight corners road up there.
The coolness of the mountain air is well worth it on a hot summers day.

This is the view at the point called Sky View, up on the mountains just after the tiny town called Eungalla.

This is low tide at Long Beach in Mackay near the Airport. We stayed at the Resort right there on the beach. Low tide makes for a great walk out on the sand to see all the tiny crabs.

This is one of the beautiful tall trees that grows up on the mountains west of Mackay, Qld.
We stayed in Mackay for two lovely ocean front nights. Then up to Eungella and stayed at Broken River Resort for another two nights.

Two nights at Broken River

That dark spot in the river is a Platypus. It has come up for air and to eat it's catch from the river bed. It eats worms and prawns and other fresh water spineless creatures. we took this photo from the bridge with the large lens. It was quite a distance away from us, but no matter, we saw our first Platypus in the wild. 18th January 2011

Health is improving every day

Today is a rest day here at the Dam. Derek and I did all the mowing yesterday due to club members arriving here tomorrow, Friday for the weekend. After the 2 hours of mowing I did I thought I would be stuffed and not be able to move today. But I woke up and did our usual morning things until lunchtime before I realized that I was not at all sore or achy from yesterday's workout. I have however been drinking Organic Aloe Vera juice that I order in, due to not being able to buy the top quality Aloe juice any other way. And I am 100% sure that it is giving me the energy and strength and now even the wellness to cope better with airborn toxins.
I wish some one told me about Aloe Vera Juice 2 years ago, better now than never. Here's to good health!
http://www.aloelife.com.au/503696
If you want good health also, just click onto the link above to order your own Aloe Vera juice to be delivered to you monthly. Cheaper that way. Derek and I go through a litre a week, so we get 4 bottles a month. Much better than poppin man made vitamin pills. You are worth having the best of health. That's for sure.

This is an interesting book to read on your Amazon Kindle and it is only about $1.10
Cheap hey.
I have read 6 books so far and they are all about improving your health.
Derek is on his 12th book, he loves the novels and they all cost around $10 each. That is the new releases, the older books are a lot cheaper still or free even.

This friendly fellow comes and listens to me every day. I don't know if it is a male or female so I named it "Charlie"



That same view, now the 8th of Jan 2011.

The water level is now down to where we can drive on our road again.

The Midgies and Mozzies are very fierce and not scared of our non-toxic repellent.

Lake Maraboon during the rains and full flood. This is the view from the Water Sports Club house balcony.

This is the same view after the rains have stopped. Lake Maraboon is a very beautiful man made lake. Well known for the Red Claw and great fishing, also a top spot for water skiing.

Our road is still underwater, thank goodness we have our shopping trolley (Suzuki 4x4) Nugget, to drive through the rough bush track up the back way in and out for "must do" trips into town.
We can't wait till this road is open so the rubbish truck can come and empty a months worth of club members garbage. Boy does it stink and we have to live near it. The birds do love the maggots that wriggle out from under the big lids though. Yes I know, disgusting.

Water level is now dropping slowly in Fairbairn Dam. Still have no road to drive out on but it is dropping.