JOINING THE GREY NOMADS - EDITION II  -  2013

26th February 2013 - Brisbane Queensland

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"Here we are again, Happy as can be!"

Can't believes it was August 2011 we left our Aussie home on wheels, so much has happened since
with the building of our new home & workng hard to landscape etc before we could escape  - .
In some respect hard to leave it all behind, but adventure & a change of scene calls.

The weather was of course brilliant on arrival in Brisbane on 25th February - NOT!   It's been rain, rain, rain almost continously. Luckily we were collected  at the airport by friends who have recently moved here from Sydney, so it was nice to spend a night with them & their two delightful children.  Took the train next morning to Landsborough  just an hour away,  where my son Trevor met us.  We were  lucky to have a window of opportunity to take the cover off the caravan  & service the landcruiser etc next day.   All was well with both thanks to the care of  Trevor.  It was nice to see my three grandchildren  - it's amazing how they grow up in just 18/12's, so it's always nice to get reacquainted. 

Finally after a week we have woken to sunshine & a hot breeze, so good for packing up the van ready to hit the road tomorrow.  Roadwise things are not great here due to the floods, so we have had to adjust our initial route a little to avoid any problems. Our plan is to head inland from the Sunshine Coast in QLD down through northern NSW for a couple of days where we will meet up with some friends from Sydney in their campervan in a National Park.