Gwenny of to Brisbane to help with wedding preparations

Shannon and Rosanna's big day is only 2 weeks away now and Gwenny has joined them in Ipswich to help get ready etc.  Paul and the boys (and Ree-ann) will be joining them in another week.

Shannon and Rosanna at Dooze and Michelle's wedding

Upper Butterfly Gorge

A few of us went into Butterfly Gorge today from the Stuart Highway side.   The road wasn't too bad as it hasn't been much of a wet season and there were some beautiful places to see.

It was my first real offroading in the new Landrover and as I feared the factory road tyres weren't up to the job - I burst a steel belt on the rocky road which resulted in a bubble in the sidewall of the tyre.  I do have new rims and tyres on order that will be much better for offroading.

We were basically just doing a bit of exploring searching for new potential camping spots.  Rob and Jessie took a couple of quad bikes and we also did a bit of exploring on these which wasn't good for my hay fever due to all the spear grass!

Gwenny to the Hillsong "Colour" conference

Gwenny went to the "Colour" woman's conference in Sydney with Jessie, Rochelle and Suzy and had a good time.  Was also a bonus to catch up with her daughter of course!  Rosanna attended for most of the conference as it was only a short trip from Brisbane.  Dates were March 6-10.

David 17 today

Our little boy is 17 today... makes us feel old.   Mum made up some pretty awesome home made subway :)

Rosanna and Shannon engaged!

Well some of us sort of knew it was happening and a lot more of us suspected, but today they were "officially" engaged!  We had a little get together at Rob and Jessie's place and it was great that many of the family could get along and celebrate it with us.   After deliving the new Landrover Shannon had to fly back the next day for work but Rosanna was able to spend a few more days with us before heading back which was great.

The planned date of the big day is Saturday April 13th 2013 so they are not mucking around!

 

Bought another disco

The suzuki is a cool little 4wd but I miss my Land Rover too much.  So I've gone the whole hog and bought a new one!  

Daniel has bought the Suzuki of me.  Shannon and Rosanna drove the new car up for me as I bought it in Toowoomba.  I think it'll be good timing anyway as they might have something to announce when they get here!

Lots of mods are planned for the disco - including bullbar, winch, snorkel etc.

Sold the boat!

Well the big boat experiment is over - but as Gwenny says its probably good I tried as I'd still be wanting one.   It just ended up being too expensive to own - eg Marina Fees and maintenance, and we weren't using it enough to justify it.  This pictures are of Condamine out of water for the eventual buyer to inspect her.  The hull was actually in pretty good nick.  I hope she'll be a good ol boat for the buyer.  I'm a bit sad about it all but ah well.. its been a good lesson and good experience.  There'll be some good memories still - even if short.