It is holiday time again. For reasons know only to others, I have had requests to write another holiday blog, so this is it. Today is the first day of our pilgrimage to warmer climates. Normally I enjoy winter, but this winter seems to have got the better of me, particularly the last week or so, so the Fraser Coast in Queensland sounds ideal. This years sojourn sees an addition to our entourage. We now have a roof-top tinny, affectionately know as Das Boot (The Boat - suggested by Frank's brother Wally). Eventually it will have a name on it, just like the van will have some colour applied so it doesn't look like a mobile fridge anymore. But hey, it has only been four years, so what's the hurry. After all, there is a wall ... read more

Since we arrived at Venus Bay last Saturday, we have been waiting for the wind to drop so that we can go fishing. That day finally came today. In the meantime, we have entertained ourselves by doing pretty mush nothing. We did have a go at fishing from the jetty, We caught nothing, but had lovely fresh whiting and salmon trout for dinner. They were donated to us by some of our fellow caravan park residents. As we walked to the jetty, I started talking to a woman from the site next to us heading the same way. We had seen her earlier in the morning fishing from the beach with a beer in her hand at ten in the morning. Impressive. Anyway, as we walked, she told me that she loves fishing, but doesn’t eat ... read more

Back by popular demand, or because a couple of people asked me too, I am again writing a blog for this holiday. I will start with a quick update for anybody just joining, and for those who were following, because it is a long time between posts. For varying periods of time, we take on the life of grey nomads. In reality, we have a caravanning holiday, but the nomad title sounds good. Also, we aren’t grey. Frank is. However, I have brown hair with golden highlights. Who knows what colour my hair is in reality. Moving on, we are traveling in our home built 5th wheeler, which every trip brings us much pleasure and always an element of frustration. Last year, we travelled with our two dogs, Sally and Bubble. Bubble was diagnosed with a ... read more

Fraser Island was lovely, and I strongly recommend a visit there if you are ever in the area. However, if you are going to take your own 4WD, you need to know how to manage the sand roads. We managed to get stuck twice, both times because we had too much air in the tyres. It was just a matter of letting out a bit more air and we were on our way. On our second day we were headed over to the surf beach for some fishing and came across a car towing a caravan. They were stuck, which meant everybody else was stranded until they could be helped out of their dilemma. Why anybody thinks it is a good idea to tow a caravan along those roads is beyond me, and what condition they ... read more

We have been very busy being tourists the last couple of days. No disasters, unless you count my mobile phone sim card stopping working. That was fixed with a visit to Telstra and a replacement card. The weather has been lovely. There has been sunshine every day with a bit of wind on a couple of days. On one of the windy days, we went for a drive to Childers, north of Hervey Bay, on the way to Bundaberg. We were looking in the old chemist shop, which is pretty much a museum now, when one of the women suggested that we were from “down south”. Frank asked how she could tell. “Because you are wearing t-shirts”. They were both wearing jackets, and then put the heaters on for good measure! Funny what you get used ... read more