HIDEAWAY up date

Sorry we've been non - bloggers for so long but since moving in to  the Hideaway it's been hard work from dawn till dusk. It's also been a communication problem.

We are at last are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel after we removed four truckloads of scrap steel, one very large hire trailer and two box trailer loads of rubbish.

The place is overrun with Lantana so have been pulling that out (in our spare time) and have revealed a beautiful hill at the back. The front is a lot denser with the bloody stuff but luckily the owner has agreed to pay for a bobcat to rip it out.

Annie has been more than pulling her weight ( and more than her fair share of Lantana ) so consequently we have both lost weight , but both in top form after all the exercise.

I ripped out a wall in the shed and we have extended the floor space with the intention of enlarging the interior.  We bought  some brand new faux timber wall panelling at an auction place to line the inside, so hope it will be attractive, ( if that's at all possible using fake panels ).

Annie has been planting gardens and they are beginning to flower and look pretty good.

We are presently at Marcia's in Cairns. When we get home the man is coming to set up our satellite dish for our wireless Internet and also a Tele aerial.

Having a great time here at Marcia and Mark's having arrived on Tues morning. We will be here a week and then back home.

Marcia and Mark are busy on the weekend and it's also Corrine's birthday on Sun, the big three oh!.

On Monday we hope to go to Deeral for a barbie and a swim at my brother's place.

We will blog re our week in Cairns when we get home. 

 

  

 

 

Chaos

It does get better! Things are looking considerably tidier. Steve's daughter, Nicole has moved to number 2 house, which at the time these pics were taken was occupied. She and the two little ones, Jamaika and Indie, are now settled in their new home along the track. I will post some pics of the little girls when I can catch them.

The Big Move

Almost three weeks ago we loaded up and headed south to our new home, the" Hideaway''.

Anyone having seen the movie, The Fringe Dwellers, will  understand how I felt. Although we didn't have chooks on board, we had Harry the budgerigar who travelled well. He is not a very friendly bird and I was secretly hoping he might not last the distance. Travelling in convoy, I was following in Miss Magna and was able to keep the trailer in sight as the table legs were always in view, bouncing around on top of the load.

Before and After

These are the "before" pictures. Watch for the "after" shots.

The dog doesn't come with the shack although she seems to think so.

Ma and Pa's Tree Change

Hi All

Well if you don't know already Annie and I are departing the city and taking up country life. We intend to live ( if you could call it that ) in the shed in the picture that is called ''The Hideaway''.

We are looking forward to going there - can't wait actually - but are held up here at Chinderah until we are paid for our van, which should be around the 20th-23rd of this month. In any case we will definitely be gone on the 27th.

Life should be a challenge there setting up and so-on, but it will definitely give us something to do and also be a lot of fun.

The lady who owns the place has given us free rent in return for my labour one day a week so we'll have the other six days to improve our living quarters and set the place up as we like.

The property is set out with several paddocks and horse yards so horses will become a part of our lives.

Annie will be able to have a cat - and possibly a dog - which she was unable to have here.

The property is about 15mins from the beautiful south coast so will have the best of both worlds.

Annie is looking forward to hunting out stuff at garage sales to with which to decorate our shanty.

Until next time,

Yee Haa!

Ya all come back now, ya hear!

A lunch with Paul

Hi All

Annie and I drove to Nerang for lunch with Paul today.

Paul shouted us lunch at the Grand, a golf style resort of which he is a member.  If you look closely in the pictures you can see the golf course behind us.

Paul and I had A half dozen oysters as entree. Oysters Kilpatrick is about as good as it gets for me.  Annie and Paul had Red Emperor for the main course and I had a Caesar salad. We had beer and wine too. And coffee. And Sticky Date Pudding - which we shared three ways.

Paul took us to the golf shop after lunch and let us pick some clothes. I picked a pair of  red shorts, a blue sleeveless pullover and a magnificent green shirt with a fine black herringbone pattern. Annie got a couple of pretty tops, one white and one a coral colour.

Talk about a millionaires day out.

Getting back to the car park to find our car parked in amongst Mercs, Beamers and would you believe, earlier - a Roller, seemed to somehow deflate our mood. Ah well, I suppose we've got our health. The trouble is as someone said '' What's the point of being in hospital - dying of nothing''. 

 

 

 

TOMMY

As we often do, we paid a visit to the Pet Superstore at Tweed yesterday to see the kittens that the Friends of the Pound have for adoption.  After talking to Trudi from the organisation we discovered that a foster carer was looking for a replacement to care for "Tommy" as she was going away for a couple of weeks. Of course, we jumped at the chance to take him. He is an oldie at 10 years of age and not likely to be adopted. The cats and dogs not likely to be rehomed are taken by the Friends and placed in foster homes to save them from the unmentionable fate. They are still available for adoption and are cared for by the fosterers. A great scheme! Check out the Friends of the Pound website (Tweed) www.friendsofthepound.com/adoptionpage.htm