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19 December 2017 ENGLISH Returning to Emerald proved to be a difficult transition; with summer having well and truly arrived it is constantly hot and humid with occasional thunder storms passing through to add to the humidity. Gaby had unsuccessfully been looking for some casual Christmas work; over here the shop hours are very different…
26 November 2017 ENGLISH Gaby flew to New Zealand in early November to attend a ‘surprise’ birthday dinner that I arranged for Mark’s 21st birthday. Family and friends were able to keep the secret from Mark and he was very happy to see ‘mum’ and enjoy a pre birthday celebration with everyone. Following the dinner…
26 October 2017 ENGLISH It has been ‘full steam ahead’ with Andrew and his new job working for the Emerald Civil Construction Company. They have been busy doing a lot of local council jobs mainly roading upgrades which has been interesting and busy. As Andrew is one of only 2 in the company with his…
8 October 2017 ENGLISH Our days are now busy with work and preparations for work. Our day starts at 5.30am with breakfast and Andrew is off to work by 6.15am. He meets with the boss and staff at the company workshop and then its off to work. A normal day ends with Andrew back home…
26 September 2017 ENGLISH We finally had the call to return to the vineyard, but it was a bit late. After waiting for 5 weeks (we had been told to be ready for work in mid August) we finally were asked to start work and what a reintroduction it was. The job was ‘leaf plucking’…
10 September 2017 ENGLISH Last weekend we went to the Emerald Recreation & Travel Expo, this expo displayed a large range of camping equipment with everything from tents to caravans. While it was interesting viewing the huge range of caravans and camping trailers, for Gaby and I, the most interesting was a presentation from Tony Harrison…
31 August 2017 ENGLISH Spring tomorrow although you wouldn’t really notice the difference here in Queensland, we have been enjoying weeks of hot sunny weather which makes life enjoyable and relatively simple. There has been a delay in our return to work on the vineyard which has been a bit frustrating; at least we have…
19 August 2017 ENGLISH It’s been a hot week, July was the hottest month on record for Queensland and August has continued with the hot weather. Considering its late winter, temperatures this week reached a record high of 34C here at Emerald and we found refuge at the Emerald swimming pool which opened for the…
12 August 2017 ENGLISH Just how big is Australia? Well we drove almost 5000km’s in 3 weeks and only saw a very small corner of Queensland. It’s fair to say that for long periods much of the scenery is the same; arid Australian bush land, hot temperatures, Eucalyptus trees and the only animals seen were…
2 August 2017 ENGLISH Our road trip around Northern Queensland certainly highlighted just how large Australia is, often food and fuel stops were 100km to 300km apart and in several areas the highway is narrow which leave little room when a 3 trailer road train approaches. Many of the road trains in the north are…
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