Beach Break Over!!

Here we are, back from our wonderful week at the beach and once again having to rug up for Toowoomba's winter chills - even though we're told this is mild compared to LAST week while we were away. Hmmm ... think we timed our beach break REALLY well! :0)

Well, last Sunday, we packed the car (think we set a new world record for just how much luggage can be packed into a small, two-door hatch!! Tee! Hee! Hee!) ready to head north for some time-out from Toowoomba's winter weather. The dogs were obviously keen for a sea change, too, as they loaded themselves into the backseat while my beloved Geek Boy was still packing the boot! It looked very funny to see two furry faces supervising the loading process from inside the car - no way were they being left behind! :0)

We met up with Mum and Dad at the same little cottage we'd all rented last visit to Burrum Heads ...


It's a cute little cottage that's right on the river - if you take 20 paces from the back steps ... you'll land in the water! :0) See that back verandah? THAT'S where I spent most of my holiday - sitting in the sun with a book, some stitching, enjoying leisurely breakfasts or sometimes ... just sitting and soaking up the sun! I think maybe I'm solar-powered! Tee! Hee! Hee!

Unusually for a visit to the beach for us ... we enjoyed a week of PERFECT weather, so GB and my Dad got to do a lot of this ...


And he even managed to catch one that didn't have to be thrown back!! Actually, if you ask, GB will say he caught one and two-thirds fish - one legal size fish ... which he ate ... one undersized fish ... which he threw back ... and another undersized fish ... which Wombat ate! Tee! Hee! Hee! Guess Wombat's heard that fish oil is good for hair and skin! :0)

It was a lovely, relaxing week - GB and Dad did 'Boy' things, Mum and I did 'girly' things ... and Lily and Wombat did 'doggy' things!


Including chasing the ball and swimming in VERY cold ocean - Brrrrr!! Mad dogs!! :0)

I would love to share more photos with you, but I've currently lost my camera (these photos had already been saved before camera loss!) - it's not 'LOST' lost, it's just 'MISPLACED' lost ... I hope!! I'm pretty sure it wasn't left behind, so it has to be amongst our luggage ... somewhere ... I hope!!!! EEK!! How will I blog if my camera is gone!!! I'll have to take a university course to work out how to work GB's recently inherited digital SLR camera - I'm DOOMED!!!!

Moving right along ... And while we were soaking up the welcome warmth and basking in the sun like seals sunning ourselves ... Toowoomba was experiencing some VERY nasty weather!! During one of my sun-soaking sessions, I got a text from a friend to say Toowoomba was overcast, drizzly, FREEZING ... and they were predicting SLEET! Tee! Hee! Hee! I know it's not nice to laugh at other people's misfortunes, but BOY was I glad we WEREN'T in Toowoomba last week! :0)

This week is back to reality ... well ... our version of it, anyways! :0) Back to work, back to re-constructing the destruction Zone of our newly renovated kitchen and ... hopefully ... some stitching. Hope you all had a great week last week and that this one is off to a flying start! Til next time - Bear Hugs!

CHEERS!
KRIS