Author Archives: committedtravellers

We took ourselves out for lunch at Ladybird, an Asian-fusion restaurant in the former Palazzo Versace building, now the Imperial Hotel. The venue and service were excellent, but the food only good as rated by us. We drove there but could have caught hopo, the Gold Coast ferry service. After lunch, we walked around theContinue reading “Lunch at Ladybird”

Using the puffer stopped me coughing overnight, so I finally had a decent sleep. I had more energy, which was fortuitous as I had to walk back from the Toyota service centre 350 m across the main road. I took Bluey for the drive, visit to the cafe, and the walk home. I had BlueyContinue reading “Finally on the Improve”

Today I forced myself to do some jobs. I swapped the empty 9 kg gas bottle for a full one, but struggled to lift it into the back of the Toyota! Five minutes of weeding was my limit. Anita was in the pool, clearing out hedge trimmings left by our thoughtless gardeners. I cleared debrisContinue reading “Still Struggling”

Finally, our fatigue and Covid cough have started to slowly subside. Bluey has eased back on his need to have constant physical contact, and Tilly has become more sociable.

The hideous coronavirus is still affecting us, me more so than Anita. All I can do is rest and listen to audiobooks or watch the test match, and not think about the projects I would like to finish. Anita subscribed to Kayo, and the main benefit is the volume level remains constant as there areContinue reading “Saturday Thunderstorms”

Anita put through some washing and the under sink plumbing withstood the test. We drove through the botanical gardens planning to get coffee from the kiosk, but an unwelcoming “no dogs” sign put us off. Instead we drove to Bumbles at Budds Beach to have lunch overlooking the Nerang River. I gave Bluey a trimContinue reading “Hot and Stormy”

Three plumbers arrived on time in three vehicles. We left them to get the job done and went to Alfons for breakfast. As we could not use our toilets, we had to stay out at shops. Our next stop was Bunnings at Southport to buy 50 mm pipe to join a short piece onto theContinue reading “Pipes Fixed”

The plumber came today – on time, neatly dressed, knowledgeable, and personable – rare characteristics for a tradie in a dirty job. He jetted out the pipe and used a camera to discover we have 4 m of disintegrating clay pipes connecting our entire drainage system to the main sewer, going down a considerable depth.Continue reading “Clay Pipes”

Just what we needed on top of Covid is a blocked drain! Our laundry sink filled with water from the washing machine. It didn’t overflow, but the U-bend leaked a little because it remained full of water. We removed all of the trees from our garden, so suspect our neighbours’ tree roots are the likelyContinue reading “Blocked Drain”

Anita had a long-term dry cough that disappeared when she started taking phenergan to avoid seasickness. We thought the phenergan had stopped an allergy-related cough. We both decided to stop taking phenergan Wednesday evening so we wouldn’t be affected by the medication when we were driving home from the airport on Friday. On Thursday AnitaContinue reading “Covid”