Brisbane

We have been camped up in Mt. Cotton, a suburb of Brisbane.   Justin's work collegue, Col and his wife Linda were our hosts and were way too nice to us.    Justin flew up for a visit to his tattooist on the Gold Coast and we managed to spend 24 hours with him. He was suffering from a swollen and bruised arm from getting his tattoo sleeve coloured in.  Before he flew home we visited Mt. Tambourine and did a brewery, some shops, a cheese factory and lunch at a German Restaurant.    The boys had a massive german meat platter.   They were impressed.     Rick met up with a guy who was selling chevy parts and got his elusive grille for the 60 Chev.   One happy man now.    We left Brisbane and then headed to Beaudesert, about 90 mins. away to camp at the Showgrounds so we can be on the spot for the Swap Meet .

A pretty church in Beaudesert

Rick managed to get a couple more car bits so the Suzuki is getting heavier by the day.  Once the Swap Meet was done we decided to head to Boonah, about 90 mins away.   Our plan was to camp up and explore the outer edges of the Scenic Rim before returning to Brisbane and the Beenleigh Showgrounds where we were going to camp up for another Swap Meet and Hot Rod Show.

Visited the Boonah Info Centre, got our maps and stuff, and then headed off to a nice free camp.   Apart from the fact that two magpies were intent on causing us serious harm by dive bombing every time we came out of the bus, it was a nice spot.     But then we had a phone call to tell me my mum was not doing too well with her Alzheimers.    We decided that it was time for mum to go into care and so we pulled the plug on the rest of the trip and decided to head for home the next day.   Had planned hopefully to be away till December, but it was going to be an early return.     

It was sad going home, we had had a great time, didnt want to leave Qld or the sunshine behind but knew we had no choice.   The closer we got to home, the colder it got.   The day we arrived it was out with the long pants and shoes.  They hadnt been worn since we left home in May.  Oh My God how we hated that.

We are now home, its nice to see Justin, Rachel and Xavier, the house is the same, the garden looks like it could do with a week of rain, and my mum insists she is doing fantastic and will never never go into a home.    Sadly she doesnt realise that she isnt doing great.  She has been accepted into our preferred Nursing Home.   It is hoped that she will be going in towards the end of the month.   It will be a struggle to get her to leave her home but the family know its the right thing to do.

So another blog has come to an end.   Probably wont do any more, have found it a chore this time around as we havent been doing enough exciting stuff to warrant writing about.  I guess time will tell.  Thanks to everyone who has bothered to read it.   Cheers.