We ended up having to stay on an extra couple of days at Tewantin-not by choice, Russ hurt his right arm really badly and we weren't able to move on as planned. He did it pumping yabbies for bait in the Noosa River and really couldn't do much with it for quite a few days. First it affected him lifting weighty things then later on cleaning his teeth and fiddly things became the problem. Anyhow, the thought of packing up, driving to Brisbane and unpacking in a day, then doing it all again two days later was more than he could bear.
It's a lot better but still giving him a bit of grief occasionally.
The park wore very thin with us. we had a woman behind us who enjoyed frequent sex very loudly, a very keen dope smoker nearby, the police turned up to help another permenant with his packing, and just a lot of people who could have been working but werent. All in all a bit sad and seedy.
On Thursday 22nd, we moved from the park to our friend Jules and Dave's front driveay and home. Jules and I are hosts together on Recipezaar and hadn't seen each other for about 3 years. We are in touch regularly over the internet, but it was great to catch up in person again. Amazing to see how daughters Amber and Ruby have grown in 3 years.
Russ, Ruby and Amber Head off Fishing
As Jules and Dave live on a canal in Burleigh Lakes, so we took the boat off and have had quite a lot of fun with it over the last 6 days. The girls loved going out for a fish with Russ on day one (once Russ was IN the boat)and Russ and I took another long cruise another day to check out all the houses that border the canal.
Jules and Birthday Boy Dave
Our first night, Jules cooked a yummy pork roast, the next night we went to Double Eight Chinese restaurant in Broadbeach (I highly recommend the place, the food was mostly excellent)and Saturday we had a terrific BBQ for Dave's birthday. Jules invited two other couples Susie and Chris and Sarah and Cam. The two women both belong to Recipezaar too (no it's not a cult!!!) and I was so happy to meet them Susie used to be a co host with Jules and I so I knew her quite well by internet. Nice to finally meet.
Ruby Setting the Table for Dave's Birthday BBQ
Sunday we went to the Broadbeach Beachside markets, then Russ and I took ourselves off to a couple of supermarkets and Asian stores to stock up on the sorts of things you can't get in outback Australia.
Monday with Amber at School and Dave working, Jules, Ruby, Russ and I went and did a bit of shopping and looking at more wonderful food shops, and finally tracked down a couple of ducks I wanted to cook for Jules birthday dinner on Tuesday night. It was certainly worth hunting for them because they were great and well priced from a little Asian butcher. I marinated them in Asian flavours and cooked them slowly in Jules oven (it was so nice to cook in an oven) then served them with a carrot and hokkien noodle salad. Yum. It's been great fun to be there to share Jules and Dave's birthdays.
This morning we headed on a whole 25ks to Tweed Heads here we've booked an en suite site in a park right on the Tweed River. It's so close, we can go home to Jules and Dave's for Amber's birthday curry party on Sunday! This park is nice. Lots of permenants, but they are retired rather than unemployed and everyone is so friendly. we can only spot to other tourists like ourselves, but I feel like it's going to be a good stay.
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