Jacobs Well Christmas in July

Santa arrived at Jacobs Well to distribute gifts on Saturday night (24/7).

We had a merry time and a fantastic meal, supplied by Santas Merry Helpers. (Far left, Santa Merry Helpers Jenny, Lorraine and Gaylene).

Having a fine time at the Christmas party were Joy, Beryl and Park Manager Robyn.

Santa giving gifts to our oldest, dear Mel, and youngest, Alex, guests. Alex got "just what he wanted!"

A visit by the local constabulary didn't slow down the celebrations.

Then it was time for Santa to get on his bike, the sleigh was in the shop, and head off!

Jacobs Well Celebrates Origin

Jacobs Well celebrates Origin night with a get together.
Our mad keen supporters were vocal throughout the game!

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Tom on the Barby duties, ccoks a mean snag!

We say a fond farewell to Brian and Merrin, our caretaker cleaners at Jacobs Well. They are off to resume their lap of Oz. First stop Kingaroy and then on to Darwin. Goodluck guys!!

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The Tourist Park at Jacobs Well, our new home for a while.
Top in the caravan sites and bottom photo is one of the Villas

Sunshine Coast, May 2010

Well, back in Queenslad to work for a while.
We have night in Coolum before heading to Jacobs Well for the job.
Top photo is Noosa Beach and the bottom one is Coolums foreshore from a lookout

Funi and Wang Wang

Funi and Wang Wang, the Chinese Pandas, are guests at the Adelaide Zoo.
Not much was happening when we first got there, but funi finally woke up and went outside.

We Went off to Coober Pedy on March 19th for a 2 night stay. Wow what an eye opener for me. Never been that far outback! A small town that has a huge history. Opals, one of my favourite stones, are what gave this town its history back in 1915.
We did a tour out to the Breakaways on the first night; the flies!! absolutely 100's of them. The Breakaways are part of the inland sea that most of Coober Pedy was a part of.


The bottom photos are of sunset over the Breakaways/

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Rainbow Lorikeets coming in for a feed evey day at around 4pm.
They are accompanied by white and grey galas.

Chateau Tanunda, Barossa Valley 22/02/2010

Chateau Tanunda, a beautifully renovated building, with great tastings! Dale got an appreciation for red wine here, and continued on at Jacobs Creek

McLaren Vale, 18/02/2010

Dale "horsing around" at Hugh Hamilton vineyard, McLaren Vale. The motto of this winery is a black sheep with "Everyone family has one"....

Victor Harbor, 18/02/2010

The horse drawn tram is a feature on the jetty to Granite Island, at Victor Harbor

Robe, the Limestone Coast

The Coastline is slowly erroding away. This beacon, at Robe, could fall away at any time!

Mt Gambier, 13/02/2010

Mt Gambier's Blue Lake. A truly fascinating body of water. It changes colour to a steel blue/grey in Autumn every year.

The start/finish line at Mount Panorama. This was a most anticipated stop on our travels for Dale.
To drive the track, at a more sedate pace than usual! It was a lot steeper than the telecast shows and coming down the Esses and the dipper, and thinking that the drivers are usually doing 200kms/h. Totally insane!

Tamworth

Tamworth! Home of the Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards. I met Lee Kernaghan and we went to see the big guitar!

Bribie Island Surf beach with Morten Island in the background. We stayed here for 5 days from Jan 13 to 19.

Australia Zoo

Crocs Rule. This is Graham a 23 year old saltwater crocodile at Australia Zoo. The croc show was fantastic. Graham is faster on water than land. The keeper was showing us how slow he was on land. Yeah! right! like I'm getting close enough to find out.

Christmas/New Year has been spent in Brisbane with family. Here Zac and I are on the NSW/Qld boarder. Followed by photos of Grants big tandem skydive!