After enduring Australian tv for 15 months we've finally given in and installed Foxtel. It's very similar to Sky (it even has the same remote control) and there are lots of the same UK programmes on with a few American ones thrown in.
We can also watch Sky news from home and keep an eye on your weather over there!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Scottie Dogs in Kilts
Paul and I took part in the RSPCA's "Million Paws Walk" a few weeks ago at Miami. It's held every year and is a bit like a sponsored walk, but for dogs, to raise money for the RSPCA. As you can imagine we saw dogs of all shapes and sizes. Here's a picture of Paul clapping some westies dressed in kilts. Their names were Hamish, Bonnie, Tommy and Mac!
Palm Beach After the Wild Weather
Remember the wild weather I wrote about at the end of May? Kenny and I had a walk on the beach at Palm Beach the other day and we could still see the erosion it left. Lots of houses at the beach had much smaller gardens due to erosion. I bet the owners were s@#$$@*g themselves!
Oops how did this one get in here?!!
Oops how did this one get in here?!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Rainforest Attire
Today we went for a drive to Springbrook National Park. Our silver wedding anniversary is coming up soon and we're on the look out for somewhere to spend it. We'd seen some lovely log cabins in the rain forest at Springbrook on the internet so we decided to have a drive up there and take a look at them.
Springbrook is only 38k's away from us so it didn't take long to get there. We had to drive up some windey roads though with scarey drops over the side at times.
Turns out the cabins were not as nice in real life so we decided against them.
On the way down we stopped at Purling Brook Falls. The water falls over 100 metres into the valley. We also stopped at some lookouts to take in the view of the rainforest.
After one of these stops I felt an itch on my foot and looked down and saw a leech having a munch on me. Panic set in and I demanded the car be pulled over while screaming at my feet. Kenny managed to flick it off but it took me about an hour to calm down.
That'll teach me not to wear flip flops on a rain forest walk!
Springbrook is only 38k's away from us so it didn't take long to get there. We had to drive up some windey roads though with scarey drops over the side at times.
Turns out the cabins were not as nice in real life so we decided against them.
On the way down we stopped at Purling Brook Falls. The water falls over 100 metres into the valley. We also stopped at some lookouts to take in the view of the rainforest.
After one of these stops I felt an itch on my foot and looked down and saw a leech having a munch on me. Panic set in and I demanded the car be pulled over while screaming at my feet. Kenny managed to flick it off but it took me about an hour to calm down.
That'll teach me not to wear flip flops on a rain forest walk!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Winter Has Arrived!
1st June is officially the first day of winter in the southern hemisphere. This time last year we were still in holiday mode and laughing at all the winter woolies in the shops. This year we're feeling the cooler temperatures a bit more. Doesn't take long to acclimatise!
We were at our friends, Angela and Peter, at the weekend as they were having a barbie to celebrate their first year in Oz. The temperature really dropped about 7pm and we all had to rug up to keep warm. I even had gloves on! Before coming to Australia I wouldn't have believed that I would need gloves here. Mind you, I wouldn't have been able to sit outside in winter in Scotland without a few layers and a winter coat on!
We still have UK summer temperature's during the day - averaging 24 degrees - so it's not all bad. Shorts and t-shirts are still worn during the day but I usually get the joggers on in the evenings. Needless to say the pool hasn't seen much action for a few weeks!
We were at our friends, Angela and Peter, at the weekend as they were having a barbie to celebrate their first year in Oz. The temperature really dropped about 7pm and we all had to rug up to keep warm. I even had gloves on! Before coming to Australia I wouldn't have believed that I would need gloves here. Mind you, I wouldn't have been able to sit outside in winter in Scotland without a few layers and a winter coat on!
We still have UK summer temperature's during the day - averaging 24 degrees - so it's not all bad. Shorts and t-shirts are still worn during the day but I usually get the joggers on in the evenings. Needless to say the pool hasn't seen much action for a few weeks!
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