Chris and I finally got 11 days off after 3 months without a break. We headed back to Brisbane for a few nights and then on to the sunshine coast. This is what I had been waiting for, my birthday present, a 14,000ft tandem skydive. Whoopee!! David and little Chris were jumping with me. Both… Read More »A 14,000ft drop and loved every second:
Meet our new grand daughter. Elliana was born at Buderim private hospital weighing in at 7lb 10oz. Chris and I had been down that week end so I stayed on to get to know her. David and Lacey are the proud parents and have entered the wondrous world of parenthood with flying colours. It still… Read More »Elliana Rose Freudenberg 7th January 2013
What a wonderful surprise it was to read this comment on one of the blog posts. 12 months since deciding to live “on the road” It’s been 12 months since we made our “Big Decision” to stay on the road and to upgrade the caravan from the Old Girl to the Aussie Wide. We can… Read More »The “Old Girl” resurfaces
Remember the original 1971 Viscount caravan we started our trip in? We gave it away to a lovely couple, Greg and Nicole from Melbourne. Greg and Nicole keep us updated on what they’ve done to the “Old Girl” and some of their holiday destinations. I thought I’d share some of these with you. They moved… Read More »The “Old Girl” update:
After 18 months on the road we’ve discovered what we believe is our most dangerous place! We’ve travelled many roads, climbed, swam, fished, trekked, worked, played, stayed in secluded places and met all kinds of people and not once did we feel we were in danger. You see, our most dangerous place isn’t a physical,… Read More »Our most dangerous place
Ashley and Lish are the new parents to Riley . Born Saturday 10.34am at the Royal Mothers Brisbane. Weighing in at 7lbs 12oz. Chris drove the 6hr trip to spend the night with Ashley on Sunday and then had the pleasure of meeting his new grandchild for his first bath. … Read More »Riley Royce Jones: Our new grandchild
In the fortnight that we’ve been waiting in Goondiwindi for the Cotton Farm job to start the company that originally hired us has pulled out of the contract and a new company has taken over the farm’s labour management. The change over will take effect from the day we start work there. The new company… Read More »To Speak or Not to Speak!
We’ve added a couple of extra touches to the Blog that we’ve wanted to include for a while. We’ve added a new header which allows us to use 7 separate header images and have them rotate each time the site is opened. To see the headers just click the refresh button on your browser and… Read More »We’ve been playin’ with the Blog again!
Funerals are a time for reflection, but they also seem to be the only time to catch up with long lost relatives or friends. Fran Warburton died too young from lymphoma cancer. She was the mother of my school friend Sandy Phillips. Sandy and I met on the first day of grade one in 1967… Read More »Catching up with Family
We left our very quiet spot by Lake Albacutya and headed into Yaapeet. Yaapeet was were Dad’s sister Lorna and her husband Charlie lived on their family wheat and sheep farm. Its 20km out of Rainbow and is where we would go on holidays after Dad’s mum (Nanna or Carrie Wood) had passed away. The last time I visited Rainbow… Read More »Going back in time.
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