Rally day around the neighbourhood.

Our idea of our neighbourhood is roughly a 100 klm radius.  So when the Scout club announced a Rally day in and near Gunalda, we accepted this chance to see our ‘backyard’.  And because this is the I.H. SCOUT Club, normally we would have brought the Scout.  Unfortunately, our scout has leaking issues and a problem with the carburettor (which is getting fixed tomorrow), so we took the T..T..T..Toyota Landcruiser instead. 

The day started out beautifully.  We stopped for a Macca’s coffee and headed south.

Our starting point was Bill Roddau Park.  There were six vehicles in all, but only one Scout.  We arrived 40 minutes early.

 

Chris and Steve were chatting while we waited for the last few people to arrive. Once we had everybody there, papers were handed out with questions about some of the things were going to see along the way.

The road was narrow and the sky was wide.  The rains finally cleared up to a typical Queensland day.

 

 

This is one of the earlier bridges built in 1886 which was not only used for cars, but for trains carrying livestock and crops to sell.

 

 

As our car clackety clacked across the bridge, we stopped at the park on the other side and walked around having a better look.

Once our information for the rally was taken, we gathered up the crew and headed into a little tiny town called Miva. 

 

 

There we stopped at the local cemetery to get some answers to the questions on our sheets.

 

 

This little cabin was leftover from the 1800’s as well.  Many farmers build newer houses on their properties and just leave the original homestead as an out building.

 

At the end of the rally we stopped in at Theebine Hotel for a counter(a countery) lunch.  We also found another car rally group and I couldn’t resist taking their photo.  Each car was done up very nicely too.

This is our group who attended the rally.  Thanks guys for a really great day~!

 

 

We had a wonderful day out today.  The weather was beautiful, the company was fun, and the BBQ lunch was memorable.  I wouldn’t mind doing this on a regular basis.  I love exploring.

The landscaping is done.

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Hey, …I LIKE this.  I was experimenting and came across this handy little gadget.  These are pictures of our house while we were landscaping the yard.  Well, it’s DONE!  We have officially finished the landscaping.  The fence which took the longest, is completed, the garden beds are done, and the planting of many trees are done.  Woohoo!!!  We’re now waiting on the rains to establish growth.  I’ve been meaning to take some current pictures, but the weather is so bad, that it would never do it justice.  But once the weather clears up, I’ll take the finished product.  The grass has certainly covered A LOT more area since these shots too!

Well, I’ve been rather remiss in writing on the blog.  We’ve been working in the yard, hence the photos,.. and we’ve been down to Jenny’s place helping them out with some more of their renovation work.  We just got back the other day and now we’re making plans for the year.

Our next trip coming up will be in March where we will start heading up to Cairns to see Robert and Casey get married.  We’ve got our clothes ready for the occasion AND we’ve started taking dancing lessons.  The waltz was a bit tricky for Chris, but we’ve nailed the Rumba down.  Of course, we’re not as professional as those you see on “Dancing with the stars” or” So you think you can dance”, but we do have the VERY basic steps down.   It’s certainly been a lot fun too.

After arriving home from Jenny’s house, I’ve been inspired to really get committed to losing weight too.  So I’ve checked out a local gym and I’ve yet to check out the local swimming pool for an Aqua aerobics class.  So I’ll keep you posted on the success of that.

We’re off tomorrow on a 4WD rally with the Scout club.  Unfortunately, we’re not able to take the Scout.  The windscreen of the Scout has not been sealed yet and the last time we took it out, I ended up holding a cloth and a cup to catch the water as it poured out of the screen.  Also, the carburettor needs looking at.  So it’s the ‘brumby ol’ cruiser we’ll be taking.

As things unfold around here, I’ll start writing a bit more often.