Well, this could be a mammoth blog as we've been so busy that I haven't done one for a while! So, although this was meant to be all about our trip away to Toowoomba there are some other things that have to be mentioned, such as Bob's rescheduled surfing lesson! He was lucky as there were only 2 of them so almost personal tuition. I sat on the beach, armed with camera, ready to catch 'the' moment when Bob managed to stand. He punched the air with delight and was b...

The big 60!! This was always going to be a strange birthday - thousands of miles away from friends and most of the family. Bob had only two requests - he wanted a surfing lesson at Surfers Paradise followed by a meal with Bill, Fay and our two good friends Paul and Brenda overlooking the beach! Simple enough I thought and the lesson was bought and booked for the morning of the 15th. Now to find a restaurant - this was not so easy as Bill, Fay, Paul and Brenda ten...

Well, two firsts in this blog - our first trip in our van 'Winnie' and our first tennis tournament in Oz! We'd already decided to play the tournament at Redcliffe, Queensland, but getting the van when we did meant we could take it on a trial trip too. This also meant a massive shopping trip one day to equip the van as we needed everything - duvets, sheets, towels, food, loo-rolls etc etc! Luckily for us we were helped out by Bill and friends Paul and Brenda who d...

We have arrived - in Oz, and also on our new blog site, so relief all round! I chose this site as it seemed the closest to Travelpod and had many of the same features plus some new ones. They also very kindly transferred everything over for me which was a huge plus! I think its all ok but if you spot anything that hasn't transferred over properly then please let me know! We arrived to rain, which brought back memories of our last trip 7 years ago when we were ch...