Australian Adventure 2013 - 2

Amazingly, I made it through the first day without sleeping.  After lunch Nick to leave for a jobsite for a while and Pam & I had great chance to catch up and just natter.  Later we took a quick run down into Wynnum (pronounced win-num, not wye-num as I had thought) to a supermarket but otherwise did little.  After dinner there were more conversations, including a long one with Peter.  At 8 o’clock I finally “hit the wall” and retired to bed to sleep for 9 ½ hours, remaining quite unaware of what apparently was quite a severe thunderstorm.

Tuesday was the beginning of near-normalcy.  The weather was intermittent, although no actual rain.  Aside from normal living we went for quite a long walk along much of the “seafront” of Wynnum which is on a protected bay with rivers and mangroves and mud.  At high tide it is attractive, at low tide the mudflats are unappealing.  We did a bit of shopping then headed back to have lunch.  Since this was “Anessa day” (equivalent to my “Betty Day”) we headed out to the next town west (or inland) called Carindale which has an immense shopping mall (bigger than Greenwood) where we browsed plus Nick was fitted for a pair of shoes that will be ordered in the color he wants.  We sat and had a leisurely coffee before heading home for a while.  

I have taken some pictures of parts of the house and posted them on Flickr.  The other “third” of the top, or living, floor is a breakfast area and Pam’s nook/study at the rear, a half-bath, stairs and Nick’s study/nook at the front with side access to the balcony.  This where my “desk” is located for the duration.  Back home my house is all single level and fully carpeted and the contrast to three levels with steep stairs and most floors and the two staircases hardwood (because it is cooler) is quite dramatic.

In the evening we headed over to the Goodyear residence, which is in a state of chaos being right in the middle of major renovations.  The four of us, Pam, Nick, Peter Bron and I joined the four Goodyears, Peter, Faye (nee Bron), Rebecca & James, plus their current au pair girl, Christine from Germany.  Pam took all the food, some pre-prepared and some to be cooked, and the dinner was very nice.  We did not stay late, which was good as back in Wynnum I about fell asleep while skimming through the Repulsive, which of course doesn’t publish the current day’s edition until the day here is largely over!  

 I have posted a few more Flickr pictures for anybody interested.  Everything has to go to my “photostream” regardless, but I have set up three sets for “People”, “Miscellaneous” and “Scenery” and once they are established will allow the viewing of only what is of interest.