Ruffie

Hellooooo everyone from sunny hot Brisbane! We started out fairly early this morning to travel to Surfers Paradise and Sea World. Bekk and I arrived at about 10.20am just in time to be before the crowds. First thing we did was to go and see the Dolphins at play and they have this routine that they do to show the dolphins off. Must admit it was rather exciting! From there we wandered into the 4D film of insects and sea creatures, I think the scary bit was putting on the glasses and watching a big python come towards you….LOL We walked through the Polar bear exhibit, the new Shark Bay and got some great photos of sharks and sting rays under the water. We had lunch at the Dockside Tavern, I had chicken in pyjama’s and ... read more

Hi Everyone, Well the day started out dark and cold……LOL….. It was an early morning, getting up packing up the car and travelling to Launceston. On the way we meet up with my grandson Liam and his mum Emma, which my son was returning from a weekend visit to his Dad. It was lovely to see him as his birthday is in a day or two and I must remember to send him something like a good Granna would! heehee Both Charlie and I stayed with Charlies sister Alice and her hubby Tony. While we were there we also caught up with Amanda, Chris and my granddaughter Sway. Sway is growing so very fast, and she is almost to the stage where she can have a conversation with us, she at least can have one word ... read more

Good Morning All, Well I am at it again, and although I am travelling alone this time without my beloved Charlie, and I am only travelling within Australia, I thought I might as well keep you all posted! I leave here (Tassie) on the 8th September and thought that as I have a moment I will start the blog! I know Charlie will be wanting to know what I am up to every minute of the day and I know he will be watching his emails morning and night! The purpose of this trip is to visit with my daughter Rebekah (Bekk to me), who I haven't seen in nearly 2 years. As she is getting ready for her wedding she has requested that I visit so she can talk things out with me....then what happens? ... read more

HI All, Well here we go again..... we came to book in for the first flight and its delayed 2 hours, and won't make our connection to Melbourne.... This then means we don't get a great deal of time to meet with you Ellen, I am sorry. At least they have us on a flight an hour later which means we still make the connection to Launceston....*sigh* For a holiday that was supposed to relieve my stress level....let me tell you it hasn't! Charlie is a little niggly, I think its upset him a but we will manage. I think I will need to go on a holiday to get over this one! Oh Well..... Lets see how we go.... Ruthie & Charlie lost in paradise somewhere..... ... read more

Hi Everyone, Well today we had a completely free day until 6pm when we went on our last family reunion event. Tell you more about it later! This morning again started with a swim, very beautiful and I am going to miss that when I come home! After returning MrC and I had breakfast, and as MrC was having trouble with his feet we went into town to visit the shoe shop, so now he sports a lovely set of new sandals, and I have some pink thongs from Diana Ferrari! All settled with our feet, we then took off to revisit the things I wanted to re-photograph because of lack of time the first time on the tour, and MrC came along for the ride. First on the list was the giant Moreton Bay fig ... read more