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| Marleen, Indie, Wayne, Doug and Fabio. |
Location: Distance to the next train
station 10 min, to the next bigger village “Caloundra” 15-20 min by car. To
Brisbane around 1 hour by train. So once again, we were far away from
everything! :D
Accommodation: A super renovated caravan with a
double bed, shower and we had our own toilet. The caravan stand closed to their
house. But most of the time we spent with Doug (Wayne was the whole day
working) in the house or around.
The work: We started at 8:30am and worked
till 4pm. Easy going work and it was always very funny. We had to work one
“full day” to get a day off. But in this 7,5 hrs we would have three brakes! :D
Midmorning tea, Lunch and afternoon coffee!
Even in
the first days a friend of them stayed there, Dom, end of 30 age, primary
school teacher and very crazy! Simply funny! :) He supported us at work.
Next our activities:
Feed the
fish, clean the filters. Pluck weed out
of the grow tube and shield the lettuce from the aphids. We cleaned the yard, mowed the lawn and begun
building a small herbs garden. Once Fabio helped catching the fish.
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| Work |
Food: For breakfast we had sandwich or
cereals, we were allowed to take what we wanted. :) For lunch we would mostly
have sandwiches too or leftovers from the day before. :) For dinner usually Doug was cooking, he is
just a great cook. Every now and again Fabio was cooking, as well. :) Sometimes
we had some wine or beer! Just delicious!
Leisure-time activity:
Steve
Irwin Zoo: We did a day tour to the Steve Irwin Zoo, just fantastic. Different
to the german petting zoos we all know, here you could pet kangaroos! :) Actually our plan was, to take a photo with a
koala, but they just took money for everything! So, we had plan b, taking a
photo with the staff, who was holding the koala!
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| Zoo |
Glashouse Mountains: One morning we drove to the Glashouse Mountains.
Doug intended bringing us both to the top of the mountain, but only Fabio made
it. And Doug of course. :) To climb an unsecured and very high mountain is not
for everyone. And so Marleen waited half way up on a big ledge. Safe and sound.
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| Glashouse Mountains |
Brisbane: One weekend we drove to Brisbane by train. We watched the fireworks of
the Brisbane River Festival. Just amazing!! Before the firework started there
were flying army helicopters and jet fighter above our heads. The firework and
the laser show went on for 30 minutes and it was lit from a platform floating
on the river and off some high buildings close to the river.
Afterwards
we went to the pub for one drink. There we saw a small and cute possum. Not shy at all, only looking for chips and
other delicious things! :D
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| Brisbane |
Quad driving: With 40 km/h across the forest and Indie was very
fast too!! :)
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| Quad driving |
Splashing: They have the biggest pool we have ever seen in a
garden!!
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| Splashing |
Playstation: Alternating Doug and Fabio were
playing civilisation on the playsi3! :D
Walking: When Doug did his grocery
shopping, we went with him and walked through coles or the shopping mall! :)
Indie: We had to throw the ball 100 times and pet her all day :)
Evening activities: Watch TV and/or pet the belly of
Indie the whole night:
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| chilling and friends |
Further details:
They are just lovely guys. We never felt like
stranger. At all times we felt like a part of the family. We will never forget
Indie and Bonsai!!! And we will also
never forget the funny evenings.
They taught Marleen the right pronunciation of
“rain”. Because everytime it sounded like Wayne – do the lion! :D
We saw snakes and a many spiders!! Plus toads and frogs. :) And the poo of some
wild horses.
We will come back – we promise you!!!
Thank you for this wonderful time!!!!
