Blogs from Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Dear all, Just thought that we would let you know the statistics for the blog so far: In 16 days, i.e. since the last blog stats were posted we have had: Hits: 1096 Photos: 92 Words: 16448 Entries: 18 for the whole of December the blog had 1966 hits January so far: 893 hits We find it truly amazing that we have had so many hits, although hits does not mean that people are reading, but we really hope that you are reading the blog and enjoying it. The T's... read more

Day 63 (9 weeks) I awoke this morning to hear Andy talking to someone outside, that is just like Andy to strike up a conversation with anyone that’s passing by no matter what time of day it is. I find Andy chatting to Kevin, he and his wife Barbara were on the pitch next to us. They are both retired and are making there way home (the long way home) after the Christmas celebrations with family at Tweed Heads. We chat about fossicking, Kevin explained that he and his wife went fossicking yesterday and they had a big find. They bring out their little container of stones, I was thinking they may find just one or two stones, but no, there are dozens of little sapphires amongst others, possibly some black spinel and zircon, amongst them ... read more

Hurrah, we woke up late this morning, perhaps the daylight saving time had something to do with it. It was 8.00 am before I got out of bed. It was a cold night, Robin said 6 degree’s Centigrade, but now looking at the sky outside we are set for another nice day. We have decided to stay here for another night, just to relax a bit, see the area and catch up on a few chores. There is no Starbucks for our internet access but the campsite owners have kindly allowed us to log on using their own internet connection in the office. The kindness of some Australians is amazing. As much as I love the camper trailer that we have, I look around the site and remember the camper vans (RV’s) that we have had ... read more