Oz

Off to Oz to meet our first Grandchild, Norah Rose, via Brunei which isn’t the most scenic international airport en-route but it was the most direct with no stop-over. We landed with Australia “ablaze” with out of control bush fires but luckily in Hervey Bay we where unaffected. Once my training was completed and with a few more days of practice my pushchair skills came on leaps and bounds out in the real world of skateboards, cycles, cars and pedestrian mobile phone users oblivious to any other human presence. So this is a pictorial assembly of our visit and I make no apologies for loads of baby pictures in no apparent order.

Proud parents
First boat ride
Brisbane tropical rain storm
Kevin…
…and Polly, who needs an alarm clock !
Pier used to load coal back in the day
Flatulent pelicans on fish watch
careful where you walk !
filleting tables provided for the big catch
With the sun directly overhead the hat is essential
learning to pose
Apparently she’s going to be tall !
you don’t say !
I know how to bore them into submission
Look close, it’s big…
”lest we forget”
Granny having a minute
Fraser Island…
…Dingo scavenging
Elkhorn and…
…Staghorn
Biggest sand island in the world.
A close shave…
Even the Pelican wouldn’t eat this old “tug”
Look close to see the Frogmouth pair…
Internet pic to see how beautifully camouflaged they are
She’s getting bored with my stories already
Flathead for tea
He went back, it’s only as thick as a slice of bread
Sharing a picnic with the honeyeaters…
…Parrots…
…and Myna birds
our resident possum thingy…
Kevin and Kate our resident early morning wake up call, couldn’t understand what all the laughter was about !
Time for coffee