22nd to 31st Jan, 2023 Erica & Terry’s place, Bundaberg, Qld

David & Amanda came up from Maryborough and we all went in to visit Erica. Showed her the Dove Orchids that are just coming out at home.

Visited Amanda’s parents, Rod & Jan, at their place in a retirement village across the river.

Chatted with neighbours, Pat & Richard, about their holiday to Norway. Bit cold, low as 30 degrees below!! The Northern Lights were spectacular and they had fun on snow mobiles and on sleds behind the dogs.

Warmer days - needing the fan on!! Steve getting his jobs down on the camper and truck in Mandurah.

Another warm day but Erica was up to a walk in the garden. Got a lovely photo of her and Terry when we sat on the park bench.

Brian came down from Cairns for a surprise visit which Erica thought was wonderful.

David & Amanda came up so we all went in to see Erica. I checked with the nurse if we could take her out for lunch and she saw her doctor and he said that will be fine and over the weekend too if we wanted. We got her wheelchair as it would be too much walking for her at present. Off to Brothers Leagues Club for lunch then a play on the pokies. She was in heaven and we had a couple of little wins. We had been putting in Lotto too and had a win on Wednesday - well it covered the cost of entering!!

Hot muggy days at the moment. Luckily we have a few fans we can move around the house and the air conditioning is nice at the hospital!

Jeff and Lyn drove down from Rockhampton to visit me which was lovely. Brian headed back to Cairns via Brisbane flight. David and Amanda went back to Maryborough so quiet house again now. Erica is still in hospital, we visit her twice a day but she is still quiet tired after her day out so will let her rest well before trying that again.

Took Erica out to Brothers Leagues Club again to play the pokies. We started with a win so I took a photo to send to the others. Terry even had a play and a few wins too. We had a free coffee then lovely toasted sandwiches for lunch. A lady beside us was having lots of big wins, she was playing $5 each hit! She said she had won $20,000 the other day and it was her birthday today so she was having another good day out. We hope she managed to take some of it home! Tried another machine and had a nice win to finish. She loved it but it is very exhausting getting in and out of the car so I will get a wheelchair taxi next time to make it easier. 

Steve has been busy crushing the quartz rocks with bits of gold in them that we brought back from Nullagine. Ended up worth all the work and he got a good arm workout too using the dolly pot to crush the quartz.