Dinner in Southbank
Natalie and Jeanne are posing in front of the Nepalese Pagoda. We'd had a great dinner earlier that night with Andrew at a riverfront cafe and enjoyed the view. Jeanne has promised to take Natalie shopping when she is next in Melbourne... which could be very exciting or very dangerous depending upon the view Natalie's credit card chooses :)

Queensland bug

I think we've mentioned previously how many bug and insects there are over here in Queensland....this little fellow made it inside our living room somehow and posed for a couple of pictures.

Jacarandas in bloom at the University of Queensland

The suburb of St Lucia is famous for its Jacaranda trees, like this one in the gardens of the University. For a couple of weeks all the streets were covered in a carpet of purple flowers which was really pretty.

Garth, our new BBQ

A house is not a home without a BBQ and after 8 months we were really starting to miss the smell of sizzling onions and other BBQ goodness. We picked up "Garth" at our local Bunnings, he's only a little two burner, but in the tradition of ye olde "Patio Master" in Kalbarri, he does the trick. He is a photo of Andrew testing him out with glass of wine in hand for proper balance with the spatula, showing he's lots nothing when it comes to BBQing.