We have booked a camper van!

I have made arrangements to rent a camper van to travel north starting Jan 8th 2018 to Feb 19th. We will pick up the van in Brisbane and head up the coast to Cairns. The van comes with everything. We will be starting the trip in the hottest time of the year but we like the heat. We have been told when we get farther north don't go into the ocean because of sharks, boxer jelly fish, and crocodiles! We will have to look for small fresh water ponds for swimming. It should be fun!

 

We have been away for the last week in Tarragindi, that's a suburb of Brisbane. We have been visiting with my son Ken and his girl friend Sharron. They took us out to Brisbane our first day there and this city is beautiful.

Here are some pictures from the top of Mount Coot-Tha with Brisbane in the background

We then went down town Brisbane to where they have a man made beach next to the river.

It a nice walk between the beach and the river.



We saw a lot of the city on the weekend

 

Laurie and I stayed at there home while Ken and Sharron went to work and did our on line scuba course. This worked out great because it took us 4 days to complete it and we are glad that part is over.

Laurie hard at work!

The front deck was a great place to do our course. It was a great view.

Some times we would have to stop and watch the Lorikeets right in front of the deck.

 Beautiful birds but very noisy!

 

After a long week of doing the on line course Ken and Sharron wanted to take us to Sharron's mothers Tea Tree farm. Here's the link for there web site.                  https://www.jenbrook.com.au/

 

But first on our way we had to stop in a small town called Nimbin. Nimbin is known for being stuck in the 60's and that's what we found. Every where we went people asked us if we want to buy some pot.

The local bar

Hemp Store



Road side shops

 The doctor was not in when we passed by!

 

 Town rules.

After Nimbin we were on our way to Sharron's mother's home near Alstonville just a few houses down from one of Olivia Newton John's homes. It was a beautiful house with a great view.

Laurie's new friend

 Standing next to the Rosemary

On Sunday we all went to the Tea Tree farm to have a look around. This was about an hours drive south in the middle of no where.

One of the workers used to live in here

 This is were they get some of there water from.

Sharron's step father Brian put some chairs in the back of the pickup truck and drove us around.

You have to cover up here in Australia because the sun is very intense.

And away we go

 

Today is Monday Dec 18 and we are back at Mark's home in The Pocket. Tomorrow we will start our in water scuba course. We expect it will take 2 days, should be fun!