Well I am not sure if I have this blog thing down, but here goes. Yes, I know that I named it incorrectly, I thought it was just for that session, WRONG! The technically inept gets into trouble again, help Don and Jen!
We have been in Australia for 1.5 weeks now and have done alot of visiting. Visited friends in Sydney, Alstonville (northern NSW) and Hervey Bay (north of Brisbane). Wifi availability has been spotty so we have not been able to send any emails. Maccas (macdonalds) has let us down!
We have travelled north along the coast from Sydney and are now about 300 km north of Brisbane, one white sand beach after another, it never gets boring. We spent the night at Rainbow beach which is named for the beautiful coloured sands, red, white, green, black. There is also the Carlos sandblow, which is an area where the wind has blown the sand over the landscape, taking over everything. Trees are now just stumps and there is no vegetation. It travels several metres a year and is noticeably bigger than the last time we were there.
There is very little evidence of the flooding, everything has been cleaned up and business is back in full swing. Flooding is very common here and a fact of life. Except for Brisbane, which was severely hit, most towns don't look like they were affected at all. In fact, this was not one of the worst floods that they have had.
It is raining in the centre, still, due to the cyclone, hopefully, it will stop soon. If it does we plan to visit, which should be spectacular.
The first pic is a galah, a local bird.
the second is the Carlos sandblow and the third is Rainbow beach.
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Kim and Dan
That worked just fine, esp the part about Dan on a bike. I really must catch up...! Oh, you might catch a pic of Dan biking!. Lovely photographs, looks warm. From the news here I thought you would have seen more trees down, houses messed up, etc.
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OK so Dan traveled 20 kms on a bike. What size engine did it have? I know your camera can do video recording so a clip of Dan cycling would be wonderful. Still looking for a photo of your RV.
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Thanks as always for your colourful tales of adventure. Your words are very picturesque. And the real photos are spectacular! Keep them coming. Of course, I would also love to see some video footage of Dan pedaling his way through Aussieland.
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