Chanel

I spent this week helping the Chanel parents cater for 61 for two days and 65 for the other two days.  It was my job to do the shopping, cooking of Potato Bake, Lasagne and the Mum's came to help with the salads and the Dad's came to help cook the BBQ.  Nobody seemed to go hungry so mission accomplished.  One of the Mum's was creative with the fruit platter for Breakfast, no MKR when I do it I just pile it on.

 

It was then off to clean rooms for the Hook-up guests. 

Back to Paid Employment

Monday 22nd April David started work back at the Court House.  David started his working life in the Justice Department Bundaberg, transferred to Ayr and then to Gladstone where he met me...............

 

David going to work meant I did not have a car so loaded my bike and went off to Yoga.

 

Anne organised an excursion for us to visit a garden

 

Going to work did not stop David from competing a project, I went to Rockhampton on Wednesday picked up the floor planks, Wednesday being a holiday he and Jeff started the project and completed it on Saturday ready for Chanel on Monday.  I am hoping he will slow down on projects at Tanyalla for a while.

Bedroom

20th April 2013

After I had been at a Synod meeting in the morning David decided the afternoon would be a good time to take the carpet out of our room and lay the vinyl tiles we purchased some weeks ago.

Naming Ceremony and Kitchen Tea

A weekend of celebrations

1st April - Naming Ceremony +

A weekend of mixed emotions with the celebration of naming Logan, and time spent with friends. 


















The death of my friend Sonia's husband Bob and then time again with friends at Shelly's Kitchen Tea.

Coathanger Swap

Today we rode our bikes up to St Mark's for the Good Friday Service. A very moving service with enjoyable music and a great message

Home again and I have finished my coathanger for our swap on Tuesday.

Finished the Job

Today the Ceiling in the dining room is finished.

Tanyalla Shed

1st March 2013

David has wanted a shed for storage since we arrived at Tanyalla.  Today work started on the shed. With Jeff bringing the road base and the site being prepared.

Happenings February end

                                                               

Another water leak outside the ladies ablution block this time.

We went to visit Mum and Dad and helped remove some wallpaper ready for them to get it painted.

The girls at craft have found an interest in paper piecing so I took this photo of Mum's to show them.

David's Birthday

We cooked breakfast in Endeavour Park and then the revisited Australia Day festivities began so we were entertained with live music. We went to church at 2pm and then to the tree bar for dinner. It was either purchase something to cook or go out for dinner and thankfully David chose the latter. We enjoyed dinner overlooking the bay and then a walk home in the rain. David enjoyed reading a book on  his birthday present an iPad mini.

 

On our way home again, stopping outside the pub at Miriam Vale to use the amenities accross the road and David saw a good photo opportunity.

 

1770

Today we started with a walk along the board walk. We enjoyed lunch at the caravan park bistro. (The photo does not show how good the view was.) David spotted some dolphins so we went for a kayak where he saw them but they were gone. We went out to the waves and that was exciting. The rest of the afternoon was spent reading, stitching and playing scrabble. I did use best word once to win the only chance I have with David .

Bowls

John invited us to barefoot bowls. We met Adele and Wayde Hughes and Helen Rinaldis there as well. I had no idea how to bowl a ball but we had a lot of fun and enjoyed a BBQ burger afterwards.

1770

We started our day by cooking bacon and eggs on a BBQ overlooking the bay. We then kayaked to an island where David thought we could have a picnic. We had just had breakfast so all I packed was water. After a walk to the other side we peddled back. We met Julia Cook in IGA who invited us to go to her home to have coffee with her and John. Julia and John were our first neighbours at Dixon Drive.

Luggage Tags

Today was the day for exchanging the luggage tag swap we did at St Mark's Craft.

Great work everyone and these are mine, thanks Dianne.

Fishing

David went Fishing with the boys a little while ago and these photos were just sent to me.

Mug Rug Swap

I received my swap partner and they indicated they did not like blue or black so back to the sewing bench for me and here is progress with the non blue ones.

My Quilt

I am so excited after three years I am getting close to finishing my quilt. A block of the month, I finished piecing the blocks before we went on holidays last year so I could do the hand sewing while we were away. I achieved that and purchased the first two borders laid it on the spare bed for a while, packed it away in the drawer all too hard. Thursday night sewing at Tanyalla, lots of room maybe I can put the borders on. Done! A trip to Rockhampton with a friend and I purchased the last border. Lucky we have no camps for a week and I can use this great sewing room with wonderful sea breezes and scenic outlook.

 

Jeff and Sue are cooking a roast for dinner how lucky am I to be able to sew and someone else cook dinner. 

Australia Day +

At 12pm the SES came to our door and said we had to be evacuated as well as them to a higher ground.  We went to the meeting and decided we would be fine to stay.  We packed just in case things changed, on the internet it suggested what to take I added one extra plastic box of sewing.  At 2 am I heard a lot of cars out the front and went to see if the registration lady needed help with the 70 people who had just come from Boyne Caravan Park and helped fill out registration forms for an hour.  I could not sleep as I had visions of being swept out to sea.

David wrote a reflection for the Gazette -

Australia Day 2013 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons in Boyne/Tannum as a result of the emergency evacuations due to flooding of the Boyne River.  Fortunately the Tanyalla Centre’s location provides for a safe haven in such emergencies and was able to provide emergency accommodation for over one hundred locals as well as provide sustenance for many more including emergency personnel from its kitchen during the crisis. The centre was the main evacuation point for the area as well as providing a command centre for the SES during the emergency.  Perhaps it was not the best reason for a ‘camp’ but a benefit which was gratefully received by those who required accommodation and sustenance none the less. 

 

I took the risk of the flood waters washing me away and went for a ride on my bike along the river bike track.  I rode back and got David to come and look as well.  There were red claw just beside the bike track.

David saw the photos below when he went for a walk along the beach earlier in the morning.

 

 

Rick Bischel and the Lions club moved in to do the cooking.

 

 

So Much Rain

Today we started the day with a walk to the beach to find there was no beach at all.  David wanted to go for a swim but I would not let him.  I would not even walk along the no beach with him to Canoe Point as we usually do.  I said I would walk to Canoe Point along the road and on the way we saw an owl on a branch above us.  As I went to take his photo he flew off.  I did take a photo in his new location but not quite as good as the first would have been.

We had been having phone calls from SES that they were needing to evacuate people from Boyne Island and wanted to use Tanyalla.  A later phone call advised they were going to use the community centre so we went off to lunch at Sher and Tony's with Anne and Jeff.  We had a lovely time and met some of Sher's friends during the afternoon.  A phone call from SES advised they did need to use Tanyalla as emergency evacuation as Boyne Island and Bargara had been declared a state emergency, off home we went to clean up somewhat.  Rather a long night with some people needing linen and the SES needing our help at different times.