Superb Mothers Day for all
What a cracker of a day sun shine, minimal wind and lots of happy people surrounded us for the day. My day started with a chilli awakening in the valley of the Lost World, a very excited daughter beckoning me up for Presents and Pancakes… standard breakfast for such occasions ! Happy me with perfume , chocolates and soap and more to come during the day…I had lots of lovely customers and encouragement from like minded souls.The hardest part of having a stall at such a wonderful event is not being able to wander at will and soak it all up.
happy purchase ……up- cycled handbag
Christopher Trotter’s handy work
New Plantings
Ula and I have been getting the vege patch back up and running. We started with seeds in loo roll cardboard and I am hooked easy to thin out the excess and plant the whole thing in the ground.
We planted these seeds Beans, Kale, Lettuce and Tomato on the 4th of February, and planted the Beans into the garden on the 13th February cardboard and all so easy…… yesterday I put in Spinach and Silverbeet and am going to give Carrots a go as well.
Day at our favorite beach
We had plans to escape for a camp-out for a weekend at the beach….(our favorite beach)
but alas it did not eventuate , we compromised for a day trip 400k round trip it is always worth it.
I have tried to recreate a photo from our earlier days…
We always find rocks, shells,driftwood , wild life and flowers …..
I am getting organized for a market at Darlington State School on the 4th of December.
So must away to the work room……
Need to see what I’m up to you will have to go for a Sunday drive on the 4th ( see my blog roll for details )
Great Keppell Island
Our day out on the water was wonderful it was with great excitement that Ula nearly made herself sick . We had an hour or so on the glass bottom boat , then a picnic lunch on the beach followed by a snorkel over a different reef . Both Jasper and Ula did well with the snorkeling it was only that they got cold that bought them back to the boat. I had not snorkeled for many years and was a bit nervous myself but alas it all came back to me and I relaxed into it very quickly ( I had a wet suit on so did not get cold )
Jasper off the boat first
Peter and Ula take off next
Fish from the glass bottom boat
End of great holiday …….
Last camp at Yeppoon
We have a great camp on the beach at Yeppoon , wow hasn’t this place grow on the past 30 years…. 2 major shopping centres and lots of houses,almost joined up to Emu Park . The kids have had a ball at the beach and we have enjoyed the kick back with no pack up for a couple of days . I have managed to wrapped some silk and leaves , and to my surprise some success with just leaving them wrapped in cling film in the sun.
We are off to Great Keppell Island today, then start to travel south for home on Tuesday ….
Sapphire to Yeppoon
We had great fun in Sapphire… we cheated and went to the tourist traps that have buckets of rocks to process ,
had great fun and found couple of nice pieces . Spent last night in Rockhampton , a big town/city now a days even the kids noticed the traffic lights. We were going to camp at Byfield National Park (will make it a day trip instead ) time is running out and we want to take the kids to Great Keppel Island for a treat…. glass bottom boat and snorkeling we have two very excited wombles . Our camp site for the next 4 nights is beside the beach at Yeppoon . Had a game of cricket this afternoon before a skudding little cell rain dump on us ,the first rain for the holiday !!!
Dinosaurs and Qantas
Our stay in Winton finished with a visit to the Age of Dinosaurs working gallery , they have a great facility and we watched the workers etching the rock from the bone .
As you may have noticed the three amigos with their matching hats and tee shirts !!
We made it to Longreach and went through the Qantas museum , left there this morning with no real direction , we ended up at in Sapphire and had a little fossic this afternoon at a gem field shop , managed to find a couple of nice little sparkles …. what will tomorrow bring ???
I have not made it to those pots of leaves yet…
Winton and beyond
After a great couple of days in Birdsville we start to travel north and then east to Winton, but alas Peter had detected some mechanical problems and we went two days in 30c+ with no air conditioning !!!!
He was aware that it would ground us and it did, just outside a national park not far out of Winton on Thursday afternoon . RACQ to the rescue back to town.
We needed parts to fix the beast ( luckily the Trulson Family are in the mechanical game) so before we knew it the part we needed was on the bus to Winton from Bundy to arrive on Sunday lunch by Greyhound coach!
Winton has 300 population … mmmm for 4 days but we were in luck as the bi annual outback festival was on so we had heaps of entertainment and were camped half a block from town in the local mechanic / RACQ depots yard … not the most glamorous of camps but we were in walking distance of all that was on over the weekend .
The Tow into Town
Local Entertainment
I had a chance to play with some silk scarves and rusty car parts …ended up putting a couple of springs into my kitty sure they wont be missed
We are in Longreach now will head further south east tomorrow hopefully to a bush camp , so I can boil up some more gum leaves.
Leaving Birdsville
Had a great day playing in the desert , Eyre Creek is full so we sat at the base of Big Red with water lapping at our feet. The Black beast ( we are the only Delicia in sight ) managed all the dunes no probs . We are going to head north today towards Winton and then Longreach, so will be off air for a couple days .
Birdsville
We had a very hot and windy day yesterday 36c with a wind that left dust on everything but what a sunset. Didnt venture far from town, went to the working museum , the boys saved a cormorant that was caught in fishing line on the Diamantina River bank .Drove a bit out of town to visit the Waddi Trees a very unusual desert tree that has very hard wood and lives for up to 1000 years . We ended the day on the closest dune to watch sunset with a cold beer . This afternoon we are going out to Big Red for an explore and stay for the sunset.
this photo is a dune at welford national park will post more photos soon
Made it to Birdsvlle
We have had very little internet connection…. bummer
The trip so far has taken us from the caravan park at Charleville on along days trip to Quilpie the opal town on the Bulloo River. Great little town with real out back charm , we found a bush camp on the out skirts of town called Lake Houdraman , lots of bird life Emus , couple of Brolga’s and the other water birds too many to mention . Jasper and Ula had a great time sitting under the River Gums with the binoculars’ and Bird Book.
We stayed for two nights, giving me enough time to play with some silk and leaves. We found a nice piece of corrugated iron (lucky for me Peter does not think I am totally crazy!! I lay the silk over it after it had been boiled in River Gum leaves.
Both Ula and I have been spoiled with a piece of opal jewellery and Jasper ‘Old Eagle’ eyes found his own small piece while fossicing !!!
Today 16th September we set off for Welford National Park near Windorah Have scene our first sand dunes and had a very refreshing swim in a little oasis (probably a billabong) on the way into the national park. I am sitting on the banks of the Barcoo River typing this up Its 6 o’clock and a flock of pelicans has just flown over .!!! I must off to the kitchen to feed the hungry mob.
Next stop Birdsville and gee that Beer is going to taste good….
will send more info tomorrow we are out to dinner for a mummy treat……
Day Two Charleville
We survived our first night, bloody cold though and expecting another of the same tonight .
We are slumming it at a caravan park , after a long day on bumpy carcass (roo’s) strewn roads with heaps of road works too.
We have booked into the Cosmos Centre and Observatory tonight for a look at the night sky.
First Camp Chinchilla Weir
Not sure what tomorrow brings maybe Thargominda or Welford national park
Have been blessed with plenty of mobile internet connection So Far…..
On the road again
The Weir
Amazing Clouds
Pomegranate Pink and More
Wow ….. how the time fly’s bye looking at the dates and its July already . Since my last short post we Sal , Mark and I held our Zest Fest at the local school hall .
A great day for all…. lots of networking, great food and music . We have just had a meeting to start the plan for next years…I had a very successful stall that day sold lots and inspired a few to learn to felt .
I discovered Pomegranate Pink in the process of dyeing some scarves for my market stall . Fab colour and a friend invited me to try Virburnum berries and while collecting them noticed some berries on a dianella grass
( Thanks Sara ) the colour is superb
My stall at art in the olives
Wow what a day … met lots of like minded souls , listened to great music and ate beautiful food.
The setting is in the olive grove at Worendo Cottages in Lost World Valley and each stall is between an olive tree , and as an opportunist I have bought home a hand full of olives to use as colour they are soaking and I think I will smash them onto silk and bundle them up for a bit ( I’ll post the results )
Well done to all the organizers ,we have marked it into next years calender!!
my new basket
Jasper and I did a workshop each on the Saturday before the Art Festival . It was a great way for me to zone out of panic mode and have some fun . I made this basket and along with 9 other like minded woman we sat on the banks of the Albert river and twined away …thanks to the guidance of Therese Flynn Clark
Jasper on the other hand played with hot coals and iron, he made he and his sister a Marshmallow spike for camping and a coat hook . 
