Jimmy Stynes funeral

 Pat n Pete at Young and Jacksons,home of the portrait of beautiful nude Chloe, opp Federation Square,Melb

 A Jimmy fan

While we spent time at the Quinn's we actually spent time doing maintenance on our Wedgie.Our eagle transfer was peeling off so we sanded it, re painted and re lacquered it now it's beautiful.Are still waiting for our loo s.o.g. which will make that end of the situation much better!

We went to the most fantastic show at the Outback Spectacular last Sunday.Now they have a tribute to Phar Lap in the spirit of the horse show.A yummy 3 course meal, plenty of grog and as we went with our lovely Irish friends, great company!A must see for all.

Brissie

We, with much sadness left mum,dad and Surawski's on Straddie and returned to Brisbane.A few little jobs had to be done on the Wedgie so in between we have had fun catching up with more family and friends.Helen came visiting with our beautiful niece,Maddison, she loved investigating the new surroundings.We are currently parked up with our lovely Irish friends Angela and Seamus at Burbank, they have 6acres mostly bushland backing onto Mt Petrie. Our leisurely stroll turned into a gruelling hike however once at the top too overgrown to enjoy the 360 deg view!

Straddie

 Pat worming at Main Beach,I caught my first worm,most rewarding,very good bait.

 Mum killing our spanner crabs.

 Oh... What a feast!!!

 Dodgie in his beach hat,below enjoying a relaxing spa!

P.S new cow ruggie

Jacque,customising my new cow ruggie.

Above you will see my beautiful new cow hide that fits perfectly,ty Jac and Pat! 



Staddie stuff

Our trip to Moreton Is mackeral fishing was very exciting. Above in the photo holding up a big mac is the captain, John Gomer Gleeson. I was first mate. If you know John you might know why he is called Gomer, but I'm not telling. I lost a mac beside the boat, I was devastated and hooked something so big I couldnt get it in. After half an hour John grabbed the rod and we just couldnt get it to the surface, so the capatain decided to cut the line presuming it was a shark. Barry's boat is in the picture, a long time friend of ours and the Tooth family. He used to baby sit the Tooth girls and calls Fiona, Widdler, a nickname she doesnt really like but Barry dont care.
A few good Dart caught along Flinders beach and plenty more since. Heaps of fun to catch and taste yummy in the smoke box. Another good haul today, about 20 and having another crack this arvo.
Canoeist headed up Wallum Ck, Amy and Sal, very hard going against the tide but had I listened to Daniel, my brother in law, we would have been going with the tide up the creek and with it down the creek, anyway lots of fun especially when a group of school girls headed up the creek too. Im sure they were trying to target us but I think they were much less experinced that Amy and I. We saw heaps of mullet jumping around, eagles and dolphins all over the place. Hand feeding is becoming very popular at Amity these days, will probably end up like Tangalooma on Moreton.
As you can see mum and dad are fine and really are cruising at Amity and why not?
Lovely to see our baby girl this week after having Jacky boy last week. Starting a new job very soon, we wish her all the best. Even Ames caught a Dart when she was here, very exciting. Probably wont see our kids again until June when they go on their holiday to Europe. Pop and Mor are heading up to Emerald to house sit for the Volks at Easter so they will enjoy the grandies for a week or two.
Ok thats it for now, will try and keep up with the blogging, lovce 2all
                   Pat & Sal

Straddie

 Mackeral fishing off Moreton Island

 Dart caught off Flinders Beach,Amity

 Sunset at Amity

Patrick with his big haul of Dart! 

 Mum and Dad on front verandah.

Our mate Barry fishimg off Moreton Is

Amy and I on our way up to Wallum Creek(with paddles!)



catching up

The last couple of  weeks have been full of catching up with family and friends.We stayed at the Redcliffe showgrounds and spent time with Jacque,Al and Hammer.We had to have repairs done on the Wedgie as we wipped out our awning on a low lying sign post somewhere along the way,nice resting place! Our beautiful son Jack paid us a visit,i can tell you i didn't want to let him go.We spent a nice afternoon at Fairfield with Helen and Mark Jack and Luke going out for Chinese for dinner.While with Jacque we went to skin things and finally got myself another cow hide, hooray!Working on photos, back soon.

Ikatan spa

The sky was a green we have never seen b4. Full of hail, rain and angry winds which tore roofs off houses and businesses in Cooroy. About 80ml was dumped on us and as it passed we were able to make our way to Ikatan. On arrival we were welcomed with tea and a schedule, instructed to wear our disposable undies, like the ones u get in hossie, haha. Not really like them, much nicer. We were covered with a spicy mud, wrapped in foil like a kebab, left to sit while we had a lovely scalp massage. We started heating up as the mud set then coconut milk was massaged into the mud then sat a bit longer before showering. We would have tasted delicious if we were baked at 180 for 30 minutes. This was followed by a massage using macadamia nut oil which left us feeling hydrated, vigorated and ready for anything, lovely. Thanks so much to Anna for this gift

Storm day

I was fortunate enough to receive a rather late 40th birthday present from my beautiful sister Anna. A bit over a week ago we had a Balinese boreh wrap and massage at a day spa near Noosa,Ikatan.We left Anna's all excited, however when looking skyward we saw the nastiest greenish stormy sky, so quickly