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We left Yelarbon just after 9am. There was nowhere to buy a coffee so I had to wait until we got to Goondiwindi. Anita went to Visitor Information to check road conditions, while I took Bluey to the Milk Bar for coffee. When I was a kid the only drinks available at our local milkContinue reading “Yelarbon To Moree”

As we packed up at home we discovered Tilly has not been using her clean kitty litter for about five days. She has been outside a couple of times most days, but not often enough to explain the clean kitty litter. At least in the car and caravan we will know if she uses eitherContinue reading “Home To Yelarbon”

Rather than carry our breakfast ingredients upstairs from the working fridge, we had our toast downstairs. Bluey saw the crust go onto his plate so he also ate downstairs. I thought he might not cope with this change to his routine, but sourdough toast crust is hard to refuse. For coffee we joined a groupContinue reading “Final Preparations and Packing”

We had more visitors and their adopted elderly dog. It was great to catch up with our friends, but Bluey was not keen on the 14 year old dog called Butch. Little Leo returned a couple of days later, and Bluey was happy! They chased each other around the house where Leo could duck andContinue reading “Busy Week”

Tilly was reluctant to wake up yesterday, somehow snuggling on my lap cuddling three of her paws. As we had a breakfast catch up scheduled for 9am she was left by herself. We met our friends at Stanley’s Barn Restaurant at Upper Coomera. The large rustic style barn was built using 100 year old recycledContinue reading “Two Social Days”

Bluey came for the drive to pick up the Bushtracker from our friends’ horse farm. We had a side trip to Beacon Lighting for a specific bulb, and dropped off some donations to the Animal Welfare League Op shop. Of course Bluey was given attention, cuddles and cheese treats, while the humans enjoyed coffee andContinue reading “Bushtracker Home”

I spent half the day making sure the bottom flyscreen rail will fit on the new veranda wall. The aluminium vertical rails had to be cut down a couple of millimetres, and that was a tedious job. I started with a hacksaw, but could not go close to the wall. An electric multi function toolContinue reading “Tedious Job”

We took Bluey to Manalos Cafe at the Isle of Capri. He was trembling when we got him out of the car, possibly because his crate was lower than normal in the back of the Toyota. He didn’t like walking up the escalator either! I had the delicious porridge with fruit coulis and stewed apples.Continue reading “Seafood Dinner”

With afternoon rain and storms forecast, first thing this morning I applied the second coat of paint to the veranda wall. While that was drying I did the final coat on the window sill. I was able to finally put away the painting tools, after the time consuming task of washing the roller. My fairlyContinue reading “Finished Jobs”

The window sill needed touch up filling so I did that first thing, before tackling the front veranda wall again. I drove to a specialist paint store for further advice about improving the texture finish and was sold a special roller to apply the render finish. The container said not to apply the product inContinue reading “Jobs Day”