Tim McGraw in Townsville

I made my way up to Townsville with 2 other friends to visit Janine for the weekend (only 6hrs drive) and to go and see Tim McGraw in concert. It was great catching up, proper shopping, checking out the uni lifestyle and going to the concert for the afternoon/night. We had great seats very close to the stage which made it even better.

Wildlife spotted at Chloes

Thought Chloe would love to see this one

Florences Birthday Bash

Here are some pics of the 13th birthday sleepover held last night. What a blast!

Where Am I?

Clues are that the water is very salty (tastes and smells), Im standing on sand, and I can hear cows in the background. Usually this lake is bone dry, but because of some good rainfall its almost full at this stage.


Not sure if you will be able to read this map too well, but it may give you some idea of the kilometres we traveled one week a few weeks back. Started off in Emerald on Tuesday morning, then up to point B where we valued a very large property (79,000ha), staying overnight, then up to Point C, where the photos above were taken, then to Point E, which was Richmond, where we stayed Wednesday night. On Thursday, we made it to Mt Isa, where it was really cold and rainy, which I wasnt expecting 12 degrees in the middle of the day in Mt Isa of all places, so I kinda froze, but we were only there a few hours, before we hit the road again, and made it to Winton that night (Point G). Friday was heading home, but we had about 11 houses to value between Winton and Emerald, which was why we made the detour to Tambo (Point H) before getting back to Emerald late Friday night. It was a very long week, and including a day trip to a property south of Springsure which is located on the northern edge of the Carnarvons on Monday before we left.

A normal week isnt usually so busy, but we have done a lot of kilometres this last month.

Oh yeah, the lake is called Lake Buchanan, located high up on the Aramac Range in pretty much the middle of no where. It is a lake where a number of creeks drain into it, but there is no outlet, so when it dries up, all the salt is left and contaminates the waterso it is too salty to drink, even for cattle. Its very unusual to see it full, especially at this time of year.

news from the far north

The cleaning lady from down the road just arrived . Note the outfit she is wearing. We had a sleepover last night in the shed for youth group...skating, basketball, movies, music,etc

Mitchell is still recovering.

Christened the spa bath this afternoon ..Kimberley thought it was alright...not quite big enough.

THought I'd post a few pictures on our recent happenings.

new shed, cubby house paint, guest room view etc

Love to all

Merryl

Sister Love

                                 

News from the north

Hello everyone,

The camera battery is flat so sorry I haven't got any photos to attach.

Mitchell now has his learners licence.

Doug has his new shed

Merryl has just seen the cleaners drive away from the new section of the house...it's time to move in.

After 10 years of waiting patiently, some of my kitchen gear will be uncovered from the shipping container. I no longer have to dive into a plastic box on wheels for my groceries.

Doug finished the kitchen Bi-fold window today...sawdust over the clean house of course!!!

I am not going to complain as he has done a wonderful job with all the joinery.

We are having a youth group sleepover next Friday night. They are all bringing their wheels to have a skate night in the new shed before the dirt and diesel move in.

I'm sending Doug to town tomorrow to pick up the new bed so I can be assured of some sleep next Friday night. Kimberley is having twelve girls sleep over the next week for her birthday.

In The second week of the holidays I'm helping Mary in the kitchen at a scripture Union camp.

Hope all is well in the south

Love Merryl