Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Our Overseas Visitors


Our friends from France visited us in July. Aurelie and Mehdi come from Ecquevilly, a village about 40km west of Paris and while Aurelie has been out to Australia before (back in 2003) this was Mehdi's first time.


Their three weeks visit to Australia took in Melbourne (including the Great Ocean Road), Sydney and the Blue Mountains, Grafton, Byron Bay, the Sunshine Coast and then up to the Whitsundays before heading back home. Much to see in just three weeks!

It was lovely to see them and, maybe, next time we do it will be as their guests in France!


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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Moreton Bay - Peel Island


One beautiful Saturday back in May we set out from Cleveland (Brisbane's southside) across Moreton Bay to Peel Island in our Carribean Safari runabout. Such a perfect day for boating!

After morning tea on the island's shore we walked to sandy beach to the eastern end of the island. Ahhh, the soldier crabs and the oysters - not for eating, mind you - the spectacle of these little crabs marching across the sand . . . and those lovely oysters just sitting there on the rocks. Wonderful!



All the little crabs marching off somewhere. Scampering here and scampering there . . .