WEEK 115,THE COUNT DOWN IS UNDERWAY.
Hello All,
Well since last week we have got the mowing done around the house as it takes a few days to get around to the place and as it seems to grow at such a pace the grass is get so long and I have to rake it up in places or end up with dead grass everywhere.
The yard is now looking good and with any luck will get away with one more mow as we have entered the last two and a bit weeks left so I hope to mow on the 9th or 10th Nov. which will be good if the weather is fine, as the owners return on the 13th Nov.
It will be a big week that week as I am due at dentist on the 7th and that to finish getting the teeth fixed and done, and I am looking forward to that. So with that in mind the next week or so will be getting of to places before then so the list is getting shorter. I hope we can return to Cradle Mountain sometime next week as there are a couple of short walks I would like to do, one is the water fall walk and a further walk around the creek again we dii it in the rain last time and would like to go again.
So we have two more Blog posting before we are in Melbourne, so hopefully they will be full of our last minute visits about Tasmania, The third will be about the last few days and the travel aboard the ferry over night as we get into Melbourne on the Saturday morning early
Well since last week we have got the mowing done around the house as it takes a few days to get around to the place and as it seems to grow at such a pace the grass is get so long and I have to rake it up in places or end up with dead grass everywhere.
The yard is now looking good and with any luck will get away with one more mow as we have entered the last two and a bit weeks left so I hope to mow on the 9th or 10th Nov. which will be good if the weather is fine, as the owners return on the 13th Nov.
It will be a big week that week as I am due at dentist on the 7th and that to finish getting the teeth fixed and done, and I am looking forward to that. So with that in mind the next week or so will be getting of to places before then so the list is getting shorter. I hope we can return to Cradle Mountain sometime next week as there are a couple of short walks I would like to do, one is the water fall walk and a further walk around the creek again we dii it in the rain last time and would like to go again.
So we have two more Blog posting before we are in Melbourne, so hopefully they will be full of our last minute visits about Tasmania, The third will be about the last few days and the travel aboard the ferry over night as we get into Melbourne on the Saturday morning early
As you can see this week was a drive out to Seahorse World and had the tour around the tanks and saw so many sea horses along the way they, seem to come in all sizes and shapes. They are all well looked after and are shipped to places all over the world from here as they have been breed here and are not taken from the seas around the coast.
So if you want to know more about it here is the LINK.
So if you want to know more about it here is the LINK.
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As you can see by the photos there are thousands of them in tanks and all the babies are carried by the males and they are so easy to spot the males they all have big bellies and the bigger the more the girls chase after them.
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Ellen giving the sea horse a pat.
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This is a big crab over a foot long.
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As it gets warmer the garden we are caring for just gets more and more colour as all the flowers and tress start to get back their leaves etc. We have been very lucky with our house sits over here and been lucky to get great people and stunning houses and will always have fond thought of our visit and may return again, Don't get me wrong we are looking forward to return to the Mainland but we will miss here and have to continue onwards to see other things even if we have missed a few things most locals tell us we have seen more here than them and they live here...!!
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As we have less than 3 weeks to go, it was time now to pull van out and turn it around so now it faces the road, now it will be easy to get out as the driveway area is very small and it got a while to turn by pulling around unhooking and moving car to a better angle and move again and unhooking again till I got enough room to get it round.
It also was better to get the awning out as it had not been opened and washed for some time and now that job is done. Ellen has done her internal clean of van and over the coming days we will start to return things back in the van so we don't have such a big job in two weeks time. I have done most of my checks in checking tyre pressures of van and under van checks and in a week or so the fridge goes back on and the hot water system is put on to check all is in last week. Along with that I have changed out the water filters as it has been about 3 months since that job was done and have check the iodine in the hot water system checked.
We have also booked the van park in Devonport so we can be close to ferry in last days here in Tasmania with a late check out as we don't board till 5.30pm. Don't need to rush as the park is very close to boarding area and we will be having lunch with friend prior to boarding
Overall we will miss the weather as it does not get hot or we have been lucky with it as we have been here since February and only really had the cooler weather with rain, snow very high winds and more rain with a number of great days and when you see the weather in Queensland hitting the high 40deg. we are glad to be here for now.
It also was better to get the awning out as it had not been opened and washed for some time and now that job is done. Ellen has done her internal clean of van and over the coming days we will start to return things back in the van so we don't have such a big job in two weeks time. I have done most of my checks in checking tyre pressures of van and under van checks and in a week or so the fridge goes back on and the hot water system is put on to check all is in last week. Along with that I have changed out the water filters as it has been about 3 months since that job was done and have check the iodine in the hot water system checked.
We have also booked the van park in Devonport so we can be close to ferry in last days here in Tasmania with a late check out as we don't board till 5.30pm. Don't need to rush as the park is very close to boarding area and we will be having lunch with friend prior to boarding
Overall we will miss the weather as it does not get hot or we have been lucky with it as we have been here since February and only really had the cooler weather with rain, snow very high winds and more rain with a number of great days and when you see the weather in Queensland hitting the high 40deg. we are glad to be here for now.
Looking out the kitchen window its great weather tonight.
