15th to 21st Feb, 2023 Erica & Terry’s place, Bundaberg, Qld

Cooler morning for my walk after the big storm last night.

Terry & Erica’s friends Ron, Joan and Nelda called in to see Erica so there was a lot of chatter going on when Terry and I arrived. Erica loves having visitors but it wears her out so after they left she fell straight asleep.

Steve sent photos of the dolphins they saw at the Cut and a cute Blue Wren who was trying to get rid of his rival who was in the car mirror as he had a few females flittering around and he obviously didn’t want to share! Steve did very well to capture him with the phone camera.

Had a win at last with Wholesale Automotive in Vic. The chap sent through an email with questions then rang me so I got him to ring Steve to get the answers so hopefully we will have that sorted soon to go with the new engine in June/July in Cairns.

Jon is back in SA heading for Alice Springs for work.

Steve sent a photo of some of Margaret’s beautiful roses for me and Erica. Will print it out so she can have a photo on her wall.

Another fun day out at the pokies with Erica & Terry. No wins to start but ended up with a nice one so she had $45 profit in the end. Brenda & Phillip joined us for lunch at Brothers too which was great.

Lovely day at Woodgate for Bradley’s 23^rd birthday. Jan & Rod joined the family too and we had a lovely lunch at the Pub. I had a lovely walk and sit under the trees in the morning, sent Steve a photo. After lunch we went for a swim but it had gotten quite choppy so just stood and the waves crashed about but we did see three small manta rays swim by. Ella took some videos of them.

Now I have everything sorted here in Bundaberg for Terry & Erica I looked up flights back to WA. Will take the train down and stay with my cousin Roald & Joan for a couple of days then onto the plane on the 7^th and back to Stephen (if things don’t change dramatically here!)

Steve has moved south to Bunbury and is staying with Kev & Linda. Margaret sent a text - they are empty nesters now so I gave her a ring to say I had booked my flight over. Looking forward to seeing them and heading back to the goldfields.

Rang Valerie as she and Russell are still in Perth visiting Kirsten & Simon and their new daughter, Rachel. She sent a lovely photo of them.

Heavy rain after lunch today but only for a half hour or so, cooled things down a lot.

Steve and Kev went fishing and had a good day - calm and fish - fabulous.