Amazing seafood long lunch....
Most of the gang...
New Years Eve
Playing cricket on the nude beach...
Camping in WooyungThursday, January 13, 2011
Hat takes a holiday...
Amazing seafood long lunch.... Most of the gang... New Years Eve Playing cricket on the nude beach... Camping in Wooyung
Floods con't
This is where I get off the train and walk home...
Used to be a lovely restaurant called Drift. This is where we went for Steve's birthday...
This is what it should look like...
Very deadly Brown snake swimming to safety
Our friends live on the 2nd level of this building.
Their car park entry.The Hat got a little wet....
Brisbane Floods 2011
Well the clean-up has began for Brisbane... This week started by going back to work on Monday after a lovely break over Christmas and New Years. As some of you will know it was a bit of a rainy break for those who stayed in Brisbane. All that rain came crashing down on the city's and towns around Brisbane last Monday with deadly flash flooding. Which resulted in the damn filling up and then having to be opened into the Brisbane river. There was simply too much water and it broke it's banks and spilled into neighbourhoods and business centers causing extreme havoc.
Crazy times here in Brisbane. I mean really, who can say they had to go home from work because their city was flooding? Luckily Steve and I live up on a hill in Auchenflower- but some of our friends haven't been so lucky. Aine's poor house was almost flooded, another meter and her bottom floor would have had gross muddy flood water running though it. I'll post the progression of her house below. We are cut off from the downtown area of the city, and surrounding areas. Thank-goodness the water has finally started to reseed- it was approaching the bottom of our street. Steve and I are super lucky to have power- all the neighbourhoods around us don't have power. On Tuesday morning before it started to get really bad around us Steve went out and bought some canned food, which was good because now all the stores are closed and they can't restock the shelves.
Brisbane will feel the effects of the flood for the next couple months/ years. But like I said we live up on a hill and are safe and dry- we feel very fortunate. We've been home from work all week, just walking around taking pictures of the flood water and damaged homes. Here is what we've seen...
You can see the progression, first is a store and a phone booth- next is Aine's house...
Aine's house Wed morn
Wed evening
Thursday morning
Friday morn
This is the way I walk to the train station to go to work everyday, and the building through the trees is where I do yoga...
This is how much it has risen two hours later..
Well the clean-up has began for Brisbane... This week started by going back to work on Monday after a lovely break over Christmas and New Years. As some of you will know it was a bit of a rainy break for those who stayed in Brisbane. All that rain came crashing down on the city's and towns around Brisbane last Monday with deadly flash flooding. Which resulted in the damn filling up and then having to be opened into the Brisbane river. There was simply too much water and it broke it's banks and spilled into neighbourhoods and business centers causing extreme havoc.
Crazy times here in Brisbane. I mean really, who can say they had to go home from work because their city was flooding? Luckily Steve and I live up on a hill in Auchenflower- but some of our friends haven't been so lucky. Aine's poor house was almost flooded, another meter and her bottom floor would have had gross muddy flood water running though it. I'll post the progression of her house below. We are cut off from the downtown area of the city, and surrounding areas. Thank-goodness the water has finally started to reseed- it was approaching the bottom of our street. Steve and I are super lucky to have power- all the neighbourhoods around us don't have power. On Tuesday morning before it started to get really bad around us Steve went out and bought some canned food, which was good because now all the stores are closed and they can't restock the shelves.
Brisbane will feel the effects of the flood for the next couple months/ years. But like I said we live up on a hill and are safe and dry- we feel very fortunate. We've been home from work all week, just walking around taking pictures of the flood water and damaged homes. Here is what we've seen...
You can see the progression, first is a store and a phone booth- next is Aine's house...
Aine's house Wed mornWed evening
Thursday morning Friday mornThis is the way I walk to the train station to go to work everyday, and the building through the trees is where I do yoga...
This is how much it has risen two hours later..
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Christmas 2010
Notice presents, and Home Alone...And also the white card on the tree that had Steve's surprise in it- My VISA!!!!!
Sharing celebration Moet under the tree after Steve got his Christmas Eve present.
This is only HALF of the ham I was given at work for a Christmas present.
YUM!!!!!!
Sharing celebration Moet under the tree after Steve got his Christmas Eve present.
This is only HALF of the ham I was given at work for a Christmas present.
YUM!!!!!! 
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunny Coast Girls Weekend 2010
Had a fabulous girls weekend away on the Sunshine Coast with my friend from work Lisa, and her good girlfriends. Her parents have a condo in Mooloolaba. We also successfully climbed Tibrogargan in the Glass House Mountains.There is a back story to Tibrogargan- Steve and I attempted to climb it several months ago. It had been a long day of climbing other mountains, and we wanted to see what it was like. The guide books classify it as a level 5 (basically the hardest a hike can be before it is considered rock climbing). Anyways, to make a long (and scary) story short I got ten feet up and was nearly shitting my pants I was so afraid. Steve and I politely climbed down, and agreed maybe, maybe to come back one day and climb it.
So when dear Lisa stated that we were climbing Tibro on our girls weekend, I had HUGE reservations. However after many arguments on the safety and value of my life- and several days of mental preparation- I agreed to climb it with Lisa and Donna. And man am I glad that I did- it was everything I was afraid of and more, but it was also a fantastic challenge. We all came away from it with a huge sense of accomplishment.
Come on Donna...
Oh, hey Lis...
Donna getting a little guidance.
YAY the top!!!!
The rest of the weekend was filled with epic sessions of body surfing- crazy dancing, live bands, long walks on the beach, and relaxing with awsome ladies.
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