Final Days at Annies Brothers (Mark) house
these last few days have flown and we have had the best time at Mark & Wendys “other” house They have been terrific in their generosity & hopefully someday we can repay it The latest Pics were taken on our journey from Marks second house to where is now rebuilding an old church (a mammoth project) Annie is about to get stuck into a local dish known as a Pie Floater !! the meat pie is sat atop very mushy peas and topped off with tomato sauce !! (mushy peas still not as good as from a Blackpool chippy!!)
Annies Home Town Adelaide
Annie was born in Adelaide and spent much of her young life here in idyllic conditions ,then she met me !! This particular blog is dedicated to her mum & dad brothers & sister The building shown is where her mum n dad used to meet in their “courting” days The vacant lot is where the Family home used to be.The tunnels are coming down the Adelaide Hills into the Town Other pics were taken in the city centre Mall
Firebug Annie & Jake cook dinner on a Bonfire
Jake is quite skilled for a young fella and showed his culinary skills utilising a bonfire ! Annie was feeding the fire with great pleasure !! Mark as explained earlier had a very large container delivered from China and we all mucked in helping to unload.He gave us a quick 4 WD of his property we are staying on and it is stunning !! Forests/Lakes/Trees/Birdlife & animals are plentiful In some area s are abandoned vehicles and even a small crane We just havent had enough time to explore it more Mark has invited us to stay here when we come back for lengthy periods BUT we will be very keen to get on the road gain ( OMG I think Im turning Gypsy ! )
Days are closing in at Anns Brothers House
Things are starting to look up The Bus will be taken to repairers tomorrow & Insurance is good.We have measured for an aluminium box to be fitted at the back to put our golf clubs in ( there’s opulence!!) and fuel tanks for the generator.It has been fantastic staying at Anns brothers.I enjoyed the bit where he let me operate his crane !! His house he is building is coming along nicely Ann visits an acupuncturist today and should be refreshed ready for our next leg of our Journey (we fly to Perth Sunday early)
Container Delivery from China
Annies brother Mark is in the process of developing houses,his wife Wendy helps in the design of the future houses & he travels to China to buy equipment using Sea Link Containers (main cargo is Scaffolding & deck) Mark also fills his container up with other items therefore utilizing the container to its FULL capacity.We all mucked in helping to unload the items (Mark also owns a very handy crane) His friend who also helped is an accomplished Chinese Doctor ( Wei Bei) and is also a very highly trained acupuncturist ( Annie was VERY ill last week & Wei Bei sorted her out with his amazing skills) It was great fun unloading the goods (reminds me of days when I USED to work !!) Jake ( Marks son) is very skilled on operating the crane They even let me ava go on the control Fortunately NO one got squashed !! I have NEVER seen a container as large as this one ! ( approx twice the length seen at ports worldwide) Being so busy with helping family I have had to miss my Didgeridoo Training (tongue in cheek !!)
Sirling,Adelaide Annual Xmas Pageant
Isn’t it great to see kids faces around Xmas time ( I hate the Bast#$25d who told me he isn’t real !!!) Just a few pics from the event Very hard to photograph because the bloody ADULTS wouldn’t sit still !!!!!!
Still in Adelaide with another week to go & Loving it !
Christmas is a coming and we attended our first pageant of the season held in Stirling .The kids faces are a pleasure to watch and for such a small community there was a huge crowd & in the excitement of Father Christmas ,s arrival I ( along with lots of little kids) started shouting with great excitement ” He’s Here, He’s Here !!” Annie had to restrain me from jumping up on his float !! The festive party ended with a BIG get together on the local oval A school rock group performed on the back of a truck & I was stood head banging alongside the Massive loud speakers ( ahhh for the old days eh?) this habit from way back is instrumental in the cause of my Tinnitus no doubt !! I particularly liked the Volkswagon with a BIG Red Nose on the front and a person on the Left & a person on the right both carrying huge cardboard made up antlers!!Representing Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (very inventive) Kids were given very large pieces of chalk pre procession and were allowed to draw on the main road (naturally it was closed !!) A very good evening had by all We were fortunate to have Wendy & Jake drive us to the event Pictures will follow
Ironbank our home place till 14 th Nov
We are settling in very nicely Having a king size bed after 4 months on the bus is err ‘adventurous” to say the least ! The house is situated on top of a hill .To get here from any given point is a journey within itself.The long & winding road ( I’m sure there is a song in that phrase somewhere?) can be treacherous if you are a nervous driver !!bends around very sharp corners on a very narrow road with a sheer drop on one side can be quite scary Night driving around here for us is a NO NO !!Mark ( my brother inlaw) has some awesome stuff on his property including a fully working Fire Engine !! Ducks reside along his swimming pool and some of the surrounding flora is splendid. We are relaxing very heavily at the moment BUT me and my new camera will venture out tomorrow in the hope of getting some great photos For further entertaining stuff & I urge you all to send Money for my future camera training please send it to my Bank!!!!
Todays Blog dedicated to Annies brother Mark,his wife Wendy & son Jake
Annies brother has given us the run of his “spare” house in the Adelaide Hills,the views are magnificent & he been an absolute positive while we here,he organised the repair caravan Co & put our minds at rest.He also loaned us his 4 WD motor !!Its cool up here in the Hills but we have a roaring log fire and window views to kill for !!! Tomorrow we will venture into Adelaide shoping for a coat & Camera’s We have this place for 2 weeks & SO relaxing !! we will not use the bus now until we return in March.
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 