for all mankind
Here I am tapping this out tonight in the basement rumpus room in the
dark at my cousin Lara's home in Gladstone being serenaded with the
chirps of our wee friends the Gecko's- ok so we weren't so charitable
to the cheeky Cane Toad who thought it would be fun to play in the
corner( he got rerouted to outside) mind you in retrospect he could've
come in handy as we spent a bit of time trying to locate the giant
cockroach that got away after my less than successful attempt to
squish him.. La cockaroacha then headed under our air mattresses yes
again no luck .. Dunno where the horrid thing is now.. Hope I don't
find out in the night either We have other wildlife sharing our room-
couple of rather large lizards as well as the chirping geckos and a
wee mouse quite a menagerie we are down here lol
Christmas day here started off quietly as Lara and husband Bevan
worked and got home after 1pm.. Their wee boys were just about beside
themselves with excitement and hyped to bits on stocking lollies so
that grandparents Michelle and Barry had their work cut out for them
childminding. Bevin got to be Santa all dressed up in red and
sweating.. Wonder if thats why wee Joel wasn't keen to sit on Santas
knee :-)
Forgot what bedlam it is watching a 3 year old & a 17 month old open
stacks of pressies but we all had fun!
Dinner was Ham and Roast Beef & and Salads and nibbles and yip
drinkies and tired the working ones were so 9pm bed... Arrhgh that's
not right on Xmas day aye?
It was indeed a wet one for the area .. Widespread flooding up North
at Rockhampton and surrounds and South of us as well with some areas
declared disaster areas so some sadly had pretty soggy Xmases
Boxing day was rainy hot and sticky and our work and toddler tired
cuzzies hit bed again early and Bevin and I couldn't sleep so at about
2am. Bevin asked me if I wanted to go for a walk down to McDonalds for
a thickshake.. Well wasted walk we could not go through drive through
without a car.. HSE policy.. damn should have taken the kids electric
car with us
Bevin & I along with cousin Michelle and Barry took a drive up to
Rockhampton .. Lovely day , very hot and lotsa water round & the
Fitroy river a torrent. Rocky has some nice old buildings too. We
headed out to Yeppoon which is a pretty seaside village that is
favoured as a popular retirement spot.
Spent a day doing bike maintenance & general bits and bobs.. Bevin has
a new luggage carrier.. Watch this space pics will feature sometime
Yesterday Bevin and I and a neighbour took a ride on bikes up to the
Awoonga Dam- the spillway working well as heaps of excess going over,
then on another road we came across 2 motorbikes an R1 & a 750
Kawasaki both newish bikes trashed after hitting huge pothole and each
other both guys ok but pretty sad I think..no insurance :-(
New Years eve we and several other neighbors got together at one of
the other neighbors to see in the New Year with with nibbles and
drinkies .. There were 13 of us 9 being Kiwis :-)
We went for a ride today out to Tannum Beach . Warm as day but did
not seem to deter people from swimming in a brown sea
Tonight at bed time, just after 9. .. Nope am not sleeping- though
struggling now lol The major excitement tonight was a domestic going
on across road.. Ugly , and no sooner had I got out that we should
phone police when they arrived,
Well I'm fading now so goodnight to all 01/01/11 out!
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Bevin & Felicity Lealand iPhone
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http://bikersfromdownunder-lealand.blogspot.com/
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