Dalby Manor Motor Inn

... Kumbia to access the steep mountain road into Bunya Mountains NP. We were breaking our own rules about always setting up camp by 4pm and reached Dundabah Camp ground at Bunya Mountains National Park at 5.30pm. Rules can’t always be kept to! The road was so narrow we wondered what would happen if we met oncoming traffic; we didn’t!

The camp ground is a grassy cleared space with a capacity for ...

... realised that he was just really, really cold, so I put him away under a tree so I wouldn't step on him. He didn't think much of this, however, and made a valiant effort to run away and hide under some twigs. Being absolutely freezing and early morning, though, he was having trouble going more than a few steps at a time, so I got a piece of bark and put it over the top of him so he could hide until the sun came up. He seemed quite happy ...

... a lot of atmosphere as there were rules and regulations now which we hadn't had before. The weather was absolutely perfect for flying and 54 aircraft turned up on the first day. Sunday saw more depart than arrived and left the numbers down on previous years. The recession has affected Inglewood. On the Sunday, the Caboolture flyers turned up and we enjoyed an evening in town drinking and reminiscing ...

... hills. enjoyed lamb sandwiches as we basked in the sun.3. tour of an old Woolshed that was once the largest in Australia. 53 shearers in one shed!! we all got a turn at shearing. not as easy as it looks. we finally end up in dalby.. good to see lindsays house he has been working on.. we head out to trev and fee's for coffee, then to stan and rub's for a big taka!!

Dalby All awake early - Les took Tyson & Zoe for a walk before 6am. Planned on an easy day to get the kids adjusted to their new way of life. Emma & Hamish headed off to school with Amanda so Paul & Les took our three for a look around Dalby while I re-organised ...

... Brisbane takes almost 2 hours by train (the best method of transport we were advised) and as such an early start was imperative - not the ideal given the hangover I was suffering (along with frequent 'Kimmy' flashbacks!). After the uneventful train journey (well it could have been really eventful. I wouldn't know. I was sleeping) we arrived at Beerwah station to be met my the complimentary Australia Zoo ...

... to you actually walked through a number of the enclosures and there was lots of chances to get 'up close and personal' with the animals. So today i fed an elephant a carrot and stroked a koala!. The other feature of the zoo, unlike others, was the shows they put on. They aren't so much shows in the sense the animals are trained to do things - rather they are educative ...

... a long process getting to this time, since my interveiw, but only 2 weeks to arrange everything once I got the nod to go. I am looking forward to my 4 days getting over jet lag and seeing all the famous beaches I have only seen in movies. Hope the weather in California if good.

Wednesday June 21st After leaving Surfers Paradise because of the rain, i head to brisbane only to encounter more overcast weather and rain, apparently the whole east coast of Oz is suffering from heavy showers at the moment and it is likely to last until Sunday! Oh well i can still make the most of my stay here, i decide to use it as a chill out before heading further north on saturday to Noosa. I am still refusing to buy an umbrella or rain jacket cos although its wet it is ...

The days that followed my rejection from Elkie were depressing ones. Mostly, I spent them trying to recover my lost wallet. My keen detective skills were at their most acute as I identified the visitor most likely to have stolen from our suite, found the punk Aussie surferŽs phone number and address, and lied to his father that weŽd seen him taking the wallet. The old "Assumed Guilty Until Proven Innocent" trick.

And it worked. The thief came clean like a Holden at the car-wash. He ...