Tuppaware

Well tonight was my first experience of a tuppaware party...... it was a nice get together and was great to meet other people.... as for the tuppawear stuff welllll..... all I can say is that I aint paying that bloody price for a plastic container!.....

Well the reason I am writing this, is because as I was browsing through the booklett of containers and melon scrapers I came accross a childhood memory.... it was a Shape-O!!!!! It was blue and red with two yellow handles on each side, if you pulled it opend up so you could let all the shapes out.... then you would let go and it would close up again! Then you would put the plasic shapes in the correct holes! Hours of fun!!!



Now what can I say apart from how cool is that?? does that mean that our mums got these from tuppwear parties when we were young?????

Amy gave me a keyring..... as I was so excited....


Thanks Amy!

Dream World

Today Jade and I took a trip to Dream World, while poor Si worked.... ahhhhhhh.....

We got there early to miss the cues, but alas we forgot it is not like Alton Towers, and that there were none.... oops..... anyway here ya go....




We both checked out a few of the rides..... the first one to go on was the drop..... it is a bit like the play station where you all sit and it takes you up slowly.... up up and farther up and then waits until you are least expecting it..... and then drops..... arrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



tee hee.... then we had a couple of silly pics taken.....








Then it was some more rides.... and then to feed the animals....




we even visited the tigers.....


Then we came accross some Crocs... now there was something not quite right about this picture.....



Can you guess what it was???.................

Well let me tell you if you have not already guessed!!!..... if you look closer you can see an object by the side of it......


A little pink thing..... yes a dummy..... a todler dummy...... now does that not worry you what they feed these crocs for breakfast?????

We quickly left that one .... but we were not quick enough....!


tee hee lucky this one is fake.... but the one with the dummy was not..... errrrrrrr quick ruuuuuun x

Bunya Mountains - Road Trip

It was a last minute desision.... Si was up at the sunshine coast with the boys fishing..... so I decided to throw the tent into the back of the car, pick up a couple of my friends and go for a road trip to Bunya Mountains!!!.....

8:30am was set off time, I picked Hilanda up from Wellington Point and then on to pick Lis up from Caloundra....after a lunchtime snack we were off!!! We had the tunes set up.....RnB, House, Dance, Rock,..... we had it all!.... sweets, crips (chips) as the Aussies say.... mmmmmm this is the life.....

Any way the trip took us through the Glass House Mountains, then Mt Mee!! what a awsome drive I can tell you! If any of you take the trip to come and see us down under then I am more than sure this is one of the places we will take you!

Any way as I was driving and taking in the views.... cars in front started to slow.... this was not expected ans I wondered what the problem could be. As we finaly drove to a halt, I could see that there had been a motorcycle accident! I had a medical kit in the boot of the car and thought it could be of help, I grabbed it and ran to the scene.... Lis and Hilanda parked the car and came to join to see if they could help.... it was quite comical as when Lis started running towards the accident she was stopped by a man who told her that she could not go any further.... to this she replied "its OK I work for a aged care company"... where the hell this came from I have no idea ha ha ha ha.... of all the things she could have said.... it was hilarious!

Any way.....lucky there was a doctor on scene and gave us a hand.... we provided towels, water and temp medical supplies until the ambulance came. The passanger had broken her arm and I think that the bone had penatrated the skin as the wound was wide open and bleeding badly.... we poured saline on it and wrapped a bandage around it to try stop the blood..... Its was a biker couple who had come off, but they were OK apart from broken bones (arms and legs).... I think we did a very good job at keeping the couple as comfortabe as possible until the ambulance came.... Hilanda held the umbrella over for shade.....Lis let the woman squeese her hand and I provided water, supplies and kepped the two talking.....Wow what a start to our road trip!!!! The amulance came and assured us that they would be OK... and off they went to be fixed up!

Back on the road.......

I think we were still in shock about what had just happended, and what we had done to help... I am so proud of us all!

We carried on driving for the next hour and came to a tavern, where we decided to get alcohol! Packed this into the boot of the car and up Bunya Mountain we went!

Time was ticking and dusk was approaching fast....once we got to the top and after great discussion as to whether we would stay in a B&B or came we decided to camp (judging by the fact it was $75 for the B&B fo $4 to camp!).....

Lis took the pics while Hilanda and I pitched up the tent...







Lis took a pic of herself ha ha ha...


After set up we decided to have some tea mmmm were were starving!



Lis loved the torch!!!


We had a right laugh..... and then it was lights out..... night night....




to be continued..........

Mount Mee - the pancake run

Today Si and I woke early.... another beautiful day! Why don't we go for a drive??

In the car we got and headed for Mount Mee....

The first stop would be Woodford for breki, it took about 1h 15mins to get there but boy was it worth it!.... A recommendation had been made to have breki at a little cafe called Jallas, but not just a normal breki...... it was THE breki!

In we trundled.... STARVING, Si was suffering from a bit too much the night before syndrome so he was in desperate need for a hearty breakfast! No need to look at the menu as we already knew what we were going to have...."The Jallas Breakfast" now are you ready for this???? "The Jallas Breakfast" consisted of the following ingredients:

2 x Pancakes
Lashings of maple syrup over the pancakes
2 x rashers of bacon (on the pancakes)
2 x Eggs (On the pancakes)
1 small ball of churned butter (also on the pancakes)

Yes I know this does not sound right, but unless you have tried it.... don't knock it! We had never had this before, but so many people recommended it.... we just had to give it a go!

IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO NICE! yes I said SOOOOOOOOOOOO NICE! we ate every last scrap!

Right after this hearty breki we needed a snooze! so headed up the mountain (Mount Mee) where we took in the lovely views before laying on the grass under a great big tree....ahhhhh relax.........

It seemed a popular spot for motorbike riders, Si was livid that he did not have his! (still in storage)every winding corner we turned in the car was followed by "now if I just had my bike" and "oh sigh.... this bend would be awesome on my bike" Awwww bless him......

Any way back to the trip...... after about 2 hours, we decided to head down the other side of the mountain and into a village called Dayboro here we popped in to a Tea/Coffee shop for a cuppa and cake mmmmmmmmmmm Si had a lovely Cafe Late' with a huge slice of extremely rich vanilla cheesecake and I had a pot of tea (made with proper tea leaves) and a huge slice of lemon pie mmmmmmmmmmmm my mouth is watering as I write this!!!!

After we headed home...... on the way back we decided to pop in to a bottle shop for some bevvis and a present for Amanda (one of our friends here on Aus) it was her Birthday and we were invited over for the evening....

We decided to go to a bottle shop, which some people had recommended as cheap and lots of variety... (over here in Aus, you can not get alcohol from your local shop or supermarket, it has to be from a actual licensed bottle shop (they even have drive thru's!)). Any way, after taking half hour to find the bloomin place and then another half hour trying to park.... we finally got what we needed and headed off to Amanda's and Dan's (her man).

On arriving, there an aroma of cooked meat was wafting through the house.....Dan had put on a spit roast of pork mmmmmmmm there it was rotating over flames...... man did it taste good when it was cooked! well I tell ya.... they know how to have a party.....they have even built a little bar area on their deck to which homed a few bottles of Bundy!

Over all it was a splendid day....now we need to go for a run to burn all the pancakes, cake etc... off ha ha ha

Sorry there are no photo's as the camera has decided it does not want to work any more boo hoo........ I am sure we will do this all again tho so plenty time for pics in the future.....

Ahhhhhh and rest........ xx

Road Trip - part 3

It was time to explore Sydney........ we went to Darling Harbour, the day started off cool but towards midday it started to hot up phew..... should not have worn jeans! Anyway we dd a bit of sight seeing.....






We got chance to board the HMAS Vampire, the former Royal Australian Navy destroyer..... here are a few pics....








Si with his BIG guns.....




Then it was time to board the Submarine HMAS Onslow..... wow you would not belive how cramped it was.......










Si could not resist!




It was awsome!!!!

After we took a trip up the big sky tower, here are a couple of pics of the viws....





the sight seeing did not stop there...... off we went to the Opera House..... WOW it was awsome.... here we were sat right outside by the harbour side with a refreshing glass of white wine mmmmmm unfortunately the camera broke after the picture of the harbour bridge so no photos of the Opera House I am afraid........ only the bridge!




After a relaxing afternoon it was back to the hotel to get changed and back out for a romantic meal...... Si tried to be a cheap skate and get takeaway noddles from a bus station!!!!!!! I soon put a stop to that! ha ha ha I hope he was kidding..... we ended up back at Darling Harbour where we went for italian by the sea...... it was lovely.... followed by some cocktails at some great bars/clubs..... what a way to end the day xx

Night night xx

Road Trip - Part 4

It was time to head back to Brisbane.... so off we headed to Bondi Beach..... this was a bit dissapointing but never the less we are glad we visited..... it was very busy and a bit run down....... we dd not stay here very long.... back on the road to Coffs Harbour..... this place was lovely..... we stayed in a great cabin in a place called Timber Town.... it has a spar how romantic! any way we headed off to the Harbour, here we has the good old faithfull fish and chips by the sea mmmmmmmmmmmm it was great!!!!

We stayed the night here, then the next day headed home..... I wish the trip lasted longer it was one of the best we have done here..... we are so glad we drove down and did not fly..... we would have missed out on soooooo much, I would recoment the drive to anyone!!!!

xx

Road Trip - Part 2

We awoke early as we had a long drive ahead of us...... it was a chilly day and looked like a storm was comming......







We seemed to drive out of the storm which was good, but hit a bit of traffic due to 36km of road works.....grrrrrrrr




6 hours later we arrived in Sydney..... here is a short video of us driving over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.....




Horray we have made it!!!!! into the hotel we went..... they had the most tight fitting carpark I have ever seen!!!!!! There was enough space for one car to drive in..... if someone was comming in the other direction..... it was a matter of chicken!!!!

Any way the hotel was nice, and off we went for some tea....mmmmmmmmmmm




to be cont........

Road Trip - Part 1

It was an ealy start for us..... we were going on a road trip to Sydney!!!!

The whole journey would be about 2000km....

However it was the night before and we did not think the trip was going to take place, there was a petrol shortage and could not fill up anywhere!!!! So we got up v early the next day as we had been tipped off that there would be a tanker comming about 2 in the morning...... so away we went at 6am with about $10 petrol left in the car in hope there would still be some left...... there was!!!!!!!! the road trip will commence!!!

The first stop was Byron Bay.... (I fell in love with it!!) The beaches were beautiful, the whole place was how I imagined Autralia would be like....... Breki was the first port of call...... it was such a relaxing place (very hippie) little babies in their cloth nappies with wooden beads on....was all very cute.... (no am not getting broody so dont even think about it!!)....

Then it was time for a nice laze on the beach......

After we took a trip up to the lighthouse.... as you can see it is very high up....





Then we took back to the road towards Port Macquarie where we would be staying in a Motel! (I have never stayed in one before so I was kinda exciting........)





Because we has been out on the beach most of the day, we got quite a good tan..... Si was a bit red on the face ha ha ha you can see where he had his sun glasses on!




The motel was nice and even had a pool!

Overall a great day..... to be cont.......