I'm sure there are pixies at the bottom of our garden because the rain stopped and the sun came out and there wonderful highrise homes burst out of the ground.

The planting continues with this hibiscus that has very large white and red flowers. Bailey decided that Ron needed some assistance with the site selection and planting.

Wallen goes "Black and White" for grand final day. Denise and Dirk and some of there friends joined us for the great day. Sausage rolls and party pies were the cuisine of choice and lots of beverage was consumed. By now you probably know that the game was a draw so we do it all again next week. Hope the balloons last LOL.

We have them tooooooooooooooooo

Our local orchids are throwing spikes madly and today started to open up. We have a fallen log in the front yard which has 3 orchids growing in it.

Julie and Bailey arrived Tuesday and it hasn't stopped raining since !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the forecast for the next week is "RAIN", "Showers" and more "Rain".  At least we are not in the caravan park.

OUT

This will offend some people but this depicts what is happening around the world to gay people by states controlled by religions.

People are shot

Imprisoned

Stoned to death

Hung

All because of the way they love.

More new neighbours

We decided that the weather was so good that a BBQ down at the pool with Caroline and Mark was the order of the day. So we positioned ourselves in one of the treetop huts and look who came to put on a show. First came this couple, a mother and calf and then about half an hour later another pod of 3 or 4 adults appeared swimming from the south and then they did a massive U turn in front of us and headed back south. Great day

I don't think this pic needs any comment other than "We did buy this place because it had a great bush garden" LOL LOL LOL

New neighbours at Sunrise

First off you go see Lord of the Rings and do a tour of a Hobbit house, then you get yourself a very very big truck and put your version of a hobbit house on it.

 Ooops dam, there is this thing called a gate...............

Oh well, let's just have a look at how big that gate really is ......................................

hmmmmmmmmmmm  I don't think this is going to fit, but never fear Supertruck is here.................................

Why don't we just jack up the front and bring it over the gate ..................

Well that's the front in now for the back, up we go ..............

See it's easy, ooops who put that blasted tree in the center of the road !!!!!!!! So a roll to the left

Then a roll to the right...

and we are on our way to...

a home among the gum trees


This was the third piece of the new house that had to be lifted over the gates. This section is the kitchen and lounge area. There was some very anxious moments for the owners, architects and removelists but everything is now on the block waiting to be put back together. Our new neighbours should be at home in about a month.

Our backyard

You never know who is coming to visit. We were sitting on the deck and all of a sudden there was a thud thud thud and these two dropped in to say hello.

This morning when I was crossing to the kitchen I heard some splashing coming from the pool. On closer inspection I found this fabulous kingfisher having a wash and splash around. Ron says he has seen him before so I figure this is more his place than ours LOL. One of the problems with having so much glass is that the birds don't see it. There is the sound of something hitting the windows several times a day.

It's raining on our backyard

Good morning from a wet and soggy Agnes. Although from what I hear we are getting a much better time than the rest of the east coast. It appears that there are very bad storms happening all over the place.

Ron has a new Chainsaw and you can see in the middle of this pic some of his handy work. I did mention that we bought this place because of the great bush surroundings LOL. Actually he is doing a great tidy up of old trees and things that just don't look right. I am working on a new painting and I will give you a peek but standby for something very different - political and religious, definitely a move away from the usual Whiteman dreaming themes.

Hans I think you will love this one LOL

Good Morning from 1770

Well so far things are going quite well. Apart from the electrical appliances not working (washing machine and dish washer) most things are great. Being an eco development we have pumps from water tanks that cut in and out, so we need to do a little bit of sound proofing as they are located underneath the bedrooms.

We have now been here three days and had two luncheon parties so we haven't had a chance to get our heads around all the bits and pieces apart from the fact that this place is bloody huge and will take us all our time to keep it clean LOL.

This morning we woke to our first shower and it triggered off a whole new set of reactions from the wild life The black cockies circled overhead telling us their displeasure with the rain. The lizards and spiders all got very busy making for high ground and the Kookaburras just sang even louder and longer LOL.

 Poor ol' Miss G is locked up in the compound with the boats and trailers - how unbecoming, but just to get back on the right side of her we are organising new seals around the slide out and a new blind outside to keep the rain and salt off the slide out. She is never far from our minds LOL.

It's done

Our first night was a mixture of sadness of saying goodbye to our life on the road and excitement with what the future will bring. We spent all day ferrying things from Miss G to the house, who would have guessed you could have some much stuff in a van LOL. We finally finished at 6pm and were so tired that we grabbed a cooked chook and cracked a bottle of bubbly (made by one of our neighbours) on the deck.

It is quite surreal being here as it's sooooooo quiet at night. From Rons room you can see the lights on Bloodwood drive disappearing into the distance but from my room it's totally dark. The sky is magnificent with thousands of stars and the slow creaking of the surrounding trees. Ron did comment this morning that he had some visitors during the night, probably the Pygmy possums or their larger relies LOL.

Today was our first real day and we set about cleaning and trying to find everything we  bought in yesterday. The owners of the caravan park came out for lunch bearing house warming bottles LOL. As a result a very lazy and enjoyable day has been had.