On our own - accidentally "stalking"

Today, Thursday, both Mike and Renate do voluntary work. Mike helps out in a kennels with abandoned dogs, Renate works in the Brisbane City Information Centre. This has given us the opportunity to do a bit of exploring, buy a couple of items, find the house that we will be “sitting” during December etc.

The temperature here is high 20s - low 30s but a lovely dry heat, it doesn’t feel that hot, there is also a lovely breeze, almost a bit windy for Bun’s contact lenses. Ideal for burning!

Once everyone had left we ventured down to the swimming pool. Not as warm as we’d hoped, but very refreshing.

We walked down to a local set of shops to top up two “Go” cards that are prepared-paid for buses, river taxi etc in Brisbane. The 7-11 shop also sold iced coffee .... well a coffee cup with ice in it that needs to be filled at the coffee machine. The resulting coffee was quite tasty, but a bit of a knack to making it as demonstrated by the staff.

Walked on down to the shops near the house we will be “sitting” in December. The house is situated down a quiet road but we had to cross a major road to get there. A couple of school kids in uniform were stood next to us as we waited ages for the lights to change. The kids set off first and we followed them. We followed the girl across the road, down a small path to join up with the road that the house is situated on. We followed her along along the road as we looked for No 19. The girl crossed the road just as we passed No17, then took the post out of the postbox outside No 19, looking over her shoulder to see us watching her as she walked up her drive. We must have looked like a couple of stalkers. Well we’d found the house and the daughter.

Back to the shop to buy food for dinner, missed the bus while waiting for the pedestrian crossing lights to change, walked the 30 minutes back to M&R’s house, stopping to take some pictures of cockatoos sat outside a house and appeared to be waiting for someone to feed them.

At home we cooked dinner for everyone and continued our search for a campervan.Read more