6 months in Oz.

It has now been 6 months since we moved out to Queensland, we can't believe it's gone so fast! But life is good and we are both enjoying it and hopefully Bradley will think it's cool when he's a big boy!

One of the things I thought I would miss about England was the seasons but as this week I have bought a big cosy hoodie and furry slipper boots maybe there is more variation in temperature than expected! But maybe I acclimatised to the warm weather as Neil is still a shorts and t-shirt man.

This week on Wednesday was Anzac Day so Neil had the day off, which was a lovely mid week treat. We decided to go to Glass House Mountain country as we've been to the coast lots lately. There is a small rain forest next to a lookout, so we went for a walk through there first. It's a great track for a taster of Aussie rainforest with really impressive trees and pademelons(small wallabies) jumping around.




Neil took some shots of the view and chatted to a local painter who was doing his own interpretation, while I fed Brads in the ute.





All this was followed by a yummy lunch in the cafe!

We did a tour around driving up to a couple of the mountains.

Firstly Mount Coonowrin,



and then Mount Beerwah.



We had an afternoon coffee and cake stop at Lookout cafe which ia a beautiful little cafe with a stunning view and really good cakes too!

On Friday, Bradley and I went to Coolum to meet our friends, Amy and Ryan for coffee and then lunch. Amy used to live in Carlisle and Ryan is a month older than Bradders, so good company for both of us not that Bradley has noticed his playmate yet!

This weekend Neil escaped the mad house for a weekend camping with the boys! It was a camp set up by a paint firm up at Double Island point which is in the Cooloola National Park. It involved sleeping under a shelter on the beach, drinking beer, fishing, drinking beer, a barbeque, drinking beer, a camp fire and drinking some beer! He had a great time but didn't bring any fish home for us!



His work mate, Yak (Storky lurking in the background)



Neil's boss Fred



A few beach shots







A small visitor which we found lurking on a plant on the patio. He was identified as an Eastern Sedgefrog by my Mum.





And last but not least a photo of Bradley smiling!