Friday 9th August Kelly & Matt's wedding Andrew had spent the night at Dayboro with us, courtesy of our generous hosts. After saying a tearful farewell to Susie and Peter, our Workaway hosts, and new Aussie friends, we headed out towards the coast for the big event. Today was a beautiful day. Kelly & Matt chose to have their wedding at Cupids Gardens at Burpengarry- so the clue being in the title we were outside all day. The garden gazebo had been a...

Thursday 8th august Susie decided we should take a day off today, and planned to take us to a couple of local attractions. We set off bright and early to get to Walkabout Creek – a small centre run by the Australian wildlife division, containing a number of Australian animals, reptiles and birds. We were especially looking forward to seeing the Platypus and Quolls. The platypus had been busy agitating the water making photos impossible (at least if you wa...

Wednesday 7th August Bunnings tries to dig his way home Today we headed out to Lowood again for some more decorating. John was given a new job today – Susie had obviously recognised John's physical prowess- either that or she has noticed how bad his painting is- so she gave him a digging job. He set to digging his way back to the uk- through layers concrete and dust- giving up each time after a depth of around 6 inches. (just deep enough for Susies bushe...

Tuesday 6th August Today Susie decided we should have a day off and she took us to see the other Queenslander they are renovating at Laceys Creek- then we went off koala hunting at Old Petrie Village. Despite smearing Vicks Eucalyptus gel all over my neck and risking being mobbed, not a Koala was to be seen. Just what do you have to do to spot a Wild Koala? I even tried sucking a few Koala balls i had left over but didn't cause as much as a leaf rustle. We saw...

Monday 5th August Having arrived safely at Dayboro yesterday for our Workaway stint we were ready to be employed today in some hard labour. We were relieved to hear Susie wanted us to help with some decorating on one of the Queenslander houses they are renovating, rather than attempting to tame the garden behind the house at Dayboro, which in places had started to resemble virgin rain forest. Of course painting requires old clothes and we had come equipped to ...