Dear Family and Friends
the previous photos are of
1. One of the many views we see as drive around
2. The statue at Kuranda depicting the two tools, the pick and shovel used to carve out the scenic railway.
3. One of the amazing tropical flowers we see.
4. Billy, everyone's pet at Walkamin.
5. View of the Atherton Tablelands from Halloran's Hill.
6. One of the waterfalls we have seen (I forget which one)
7. Tiddles. Peter and Erica's amazing wonder dog.
8. Tiddles delivering the mail to Peter.
We are now settled in with Robin and Pauline. We have our van parked beside their little
A frame studio and we are using the bathroom in it but still sleeping in our van. Robin and Pauline have made us feel very welcome. We have almost been here a week now and I'm wondering where the days have gone. Last Sunday following church Robin, Pauline, Ken and I joined Peter and Erica to have lunch with them at their place. It was a lovely afternoon sharing life experiences with each other.
Robin and Pauline live on three acres and it is landscaped with natural Australian trees and shrubs and is an amazing natural habitat for birdlife and some animal life as well. Each morning Pauline puts out bread, and seed for the lovely brightly coloured rosellas and there can be anywhere between twenty or thirty birds feeding at any one time. There are also Kookaburras that come in to be fed mince by hand and possums as well.
Except for a couple of nights we have eaten our meal each evening on the back verandah. They have a large verandah covering two sides of the house and it is a lovely and peaceful place to eat our meal. Inevitably a couple of visitors come to have their meal also. They are a couple of possums that come down just as the sun gives way to the moon to eat bread that Pauline puts out for them. Thr other night one reached right over and sniffed Robins hair. They scurry around in the trees for a while and then disappear or we go inside and leave them playing.
Living here has reminded us how nice it was to live on our farm and we do miss that quietness and solitude that you get in the country but never in the city.
Yesterday, Thursday, Peter, Robin and Ken got up very earlier (as did Erica, Pauline and I) to have a guy's day out. They went to Townsville so that Peter could have a test drive on a Spyder Motorbike. Peter is probably going to buy one and so they all decided to go with him to have a test drive. The Spyder is a new three wheel bike that has two wheels at the front and only one at the back. The luxoury model, which is the one they rode, has a an armchair at the back which means Erica can ride it too when they get it.
While Robin, Peter and Ken were away Pauline and I (Erica had made arrangements to go out with a friend of hers) went into Atherton to begin sorting out toys ready for Christmas. There is a toy run that happens on Saturday and I think we will be there for that also. We unpacked about 12 large packing boxes yesterday and separated the boys into one room and the girls into another.
Have you ever seen a pineapple growing? Well I haven't untill just recently. Pauline and Robin have one growing here. They take five years to grow and the bush they are attached to is only the size of a shrub.
Our love to one and all
Ken and Lyn
the previous photos are of
1. One of the many views we see as drive around
2. The statue at Kuranda depicting the two tools, the pick and shovel used to carve out the scenic railway.
3. One of the amazing tropical flowers we see.
4. Billy, everyone's pet at Walkamin.
5. View of the Atherton Tablelands from Halloran's Hill.
6. One of the waterfalls we have seen (I forget which one)
7. Tiddles. Peter and Erica's amazing wonder dog.
8. Tiddles delivering the mail to Peter.
We are now settled in with Robin and Pauline. We have our van parked beside their little
A frame studio and we are using the bathroom in it but still sleeping in our van. Robin and Pauline have made us feel very welcome. We have almost been here a week now and I'm wondering where the days have gone. Last Sunday following church Robin, Pauline, Ken and I joined Peter and Erica to have lunch with them at their place. It was a lovely afternoon sharing life experiences with each other.
Robin and Pauline live on three acres and it is landscaped with natural Australian trees and shrubs and is an amazing natural habitat for birdlife and some animal life as well. Each morning Pauline puts out bread, and seed for the lovely brightly coloured rosellas and there can be anywhere between twenty or thirty birds feeding at any one time. There are also Kookaburras that come in to be fed mince by hand and possums as well.
Except for a couple of nights we have eaten our meal each evening on the back verandah. They have a large verandah covering two sides of the house and it is a lovely and peaceful place to eat our meal. Inevitably a couple of visitors come to have their meal also. They are a couple of possums that come down just as the sun gives way to the moon to eat bread that Pauline puts out for them. Thr other night one reached right over and sniffed Robins hair. They scurry around in the trees for a while and then disappear or we go inside and leave them playing.
Living here has reminded us how nice it was to live on our farm and we do miss that quietness and solitude that you get in the country but never in the city.
Yesterday, Thursday, Peter, Robin and Ken got up very earlier (as did Erica, Pauline and I) to have a guy's day out. They went to Townsville so that Peter could have a test drive on a Spyder Motorbike. Peter is probably going to buy one and so they all decided to go with him to have a test drive. The Spyder is a new three wheel bike that has two wheels at the front and only one at the back. The luxoury model, which is the one they rode, has a an armchair at the back which means Erica can ride it too when they get it.
While Robin, Peter and Ken were away Pauline and I (Erica had made arrangements to go out with a friend of hers) went into Atherton to begin sorting out toys ready for Christmas. There is a toy run that happens on Saturday and I think we will be there for that also. We unpacked about 12 large packing boxes yesterday and separated the boys into one room and the girls into another.
Have you ever seen a pineapple growing? Well I haven't untill just recently. Pauline and Robin have one growing here. They take five years to grow and the bush they are attached to is only the size of a shrub.
Our love to one and all
Ken and Lyn
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