Tassie

We left home this morning bound for Tassie for a few days. Warren seemed to think that my roll on suitcase was too big to used as carry on and convinced me to use a bag that we were given years ago when we first went overseas. It is a handy size and was suitable for what I wanted to bring weighing 6 kgs but with no wheels, that 6 kgs sure gets heavy after awhile. I told him that I was going to buy a wheelie case in the next available place and did he want one too. He said he did.

We left giving ourselves double time to get to the airport or the car parking place, just as well as we were bumper to bumper in some parts. Had coffee at the airport and then discovered our flight was delayed, arriving in Melbourne with just enough time to get our boarding passes and line up to go on board. We should have have time to have lunch instead we had to settle for a muffin and coffee on the plane to Hobart.

Our car was waiting for us at Hobart airport, a brand spanking gold one with 2.1 kms on the clock. We took across to the west but the roads got a bit windy and getting dusk so we stopped for the night at a very small Inn. Four flights of stairs and we arrive at our room luckily the flights didn't have many stairs in them.

It is a very old building with 88 people in residence (township)one doorway is about fifteen inches thick or around 38/40 cms. Dinner was good we shared a seafood basket as we had the late snack on the plane.

Countryside is green and lush with trees right up to the roadside, it reminded us of driving through New Zealand. It is very cold though, colder than we expected, i think it is the chill factor. As we drove here, we were alongside of the river/inlet and there were heaps of black swans but too far away to take any photos.

Our Weekend Jaunt

After a few days of feeling blah! I requested that we go on a picnic. Just an aside, I cant think of the word picnic without being reminded of something I was told at the IT department the other week. I went with a student hoping that an adult presence would help to get the problem solved (it did!). The ID guy said to me that often IT problems are a PICNIC, standing for Problem In Chair Not In Computer, which is pretty funny only if they can fix the problem on the spot.

We drove to Mt Mee lookout and realised that it had been years since we have been there. The drive up is very pretty and the roads sign are all aimed at bikers as it is a well known loop for bikers to use on a day trip from Brisbane. Surprisingly we didn't see any on the road, the reason was evident when we pulled into the lookout, they were all parked there enjoying a coffee from the coffee van that is new since we have been there. Good business sense for the coffee van man.

This is from the lookout itself with the Glass House Mountains in the background.

The creek twists and turns.

When I suggested a picnic, my first thought was What have we got to take to eat? A forage in the freezer soon turned up, two muffins, a bacon and ham bread roll, some rice crackers and the rest of the garlic dip and then I cooked a couple of fish cakes that had been bought for one of those nights that I don't want to cook. A flask, coffee sugar and milk and we were well covered. 

It was cold up there thank goodness we had both taken jackets and we weren't the only ones in shorts and jackets.

One last photo from our picnic table, it doesn't show up as dark as it was getting. We turned for home before the rain came, we did have a few spots on the way home and it has been raining quite solidly for a couple of hours now. Glad we got our picnic in before it came and we do need the rain.

Fighting off a cold

Last Saturday I woke up with a slight sore throat, Sunday after we got home from footy I went straight to bed and slept for a couple of hours. Monday I felt okay except that my head was a bit "woody" and my voice sounded as though I had a head cold. Tuesday and Wednesday was about the same, early Thursday morning (around 3am) I really felt awful and didnt think that I would be able to go to work. Warren found some cold tablets that we had used in China.

 They were called in English Black and White, I could never remember the Chinese words for them so I used to go into a chemist shop and walk around all the shelves until I saw the packet. From memory they were about 12 yuan or just over $2. I must have brought them home in our medicine box. I took one and got some sleep and woke up feeling pretty good.

 As I usually get a cough that lingers I also found some Fisherman's Friend lozenges to take with me. Dinner that night was either left overs, pre-packaged meals from the freezer or fish and chips (I was not cooking!) Another early night as the night air had started to get to me and Friday was a better day. Still got a bit of a cough but at least I feel almost 100% and thank goodness, I didn't get the running nose and sneezes that usually accompanies a cold.