Redlandshire

We left our working adventure with many a good memory
Of a special remote Marine Park full of nature’s treasury.
A final 2hr ferry ride to Queensland’s mainland shore
Then we’re back on the road driving a car once more.

With travel itineraries in turmoil our choices were few
House sits cancelled with just a short one left to do.
Rental opportunities were zero as Christmas looms
We bed hopped around good friend’s spare rooms.

As Covid-19 continued turning plans upside down
Frustration and uncertainty causing people to frown.
Wanting to spend Christmas with Romana our youngest
Missing Francesca over in London where it is toughest.

Whilst shopping locally previous neighbours we did meet
A quick phone-call and we were back in Sevenoaks Street.
Caring for a home transported from an Expo 88 site
Nestled in Alexandra Hills again, this felt just right.

Welcomed for three months, make yourselves at home
Perfect solution whilst our next year plans are honed.
Enabled to entertain again catching up with many friends
Feeling relaxed and rested, reflective on our year’s end.

Christian in his element with an acreage backyard
A little overgrown but he enjoys working hard.
Fallen branches to clear, mounds of leaves to blow
Weeds tackled, edges snipped and grass to mow.

The debris piles continued to grow higher & higher
We savoured a steak and vino around the resultant fire.
Nights of tropical downpours slowly filled the dam
The humid sultry air circulated by whirring fans.

With so much familiar it feels like we’re at home
Serenaded by cicadas & thumps as possums roam
The occasional koala grunt and a plaintive curlew cry
Plovers screech, geckos click and bats swarm into the sky.Read more