Week 446 - Lowood, Queensland

This week's blog comes from Lowood. We are stationary on the front lawn at my sister's place, enduring 40 degree heat and strong winds. The week has been punctuated by a trip over to Casino to show the pommie aunts around and return via Byron Bay.

Byron Bay was packed to the rafters and was a bit ugly. Zero parking and food outlets were doing a roaring trade on junk food. Parking was $4 an hour, lighthouse $8 and not the best beach to show the poms.

Lily May - Lily May just four months old enjoys
 her Naming Ceremony (Horror's sister's granddaughter) 

Margaret Florence Rachael Rush - 
Mum has had an eventful life and not an easy one. 

Sisters - Left to Right - Liz, Gilly, Mum, Barbara 

Last Saturday was all about Lilly May, my sister's grand daughter. The family reunited at a family gathering with several generations attending the naming ceremony. Lilly May the youngest at 4 months and my mum, the oldest at 82. Typical family fun, a water hose on a hot day and football with Rusti the dog in the afternoon. A good day was had by all.

Southbank - Thanks Gilly for photo

A photograph by Jo - Jo had a girls day out in the City. 
Visited the big wheel and attempted this 
photograph of one of the high rises in the city. 

Brisbane has changed dramatically over the last 10 to 15 years. The house I bought back in 1990 for $100 000 is now up for sale for $1.3 to $1.7 million and is currently rented at $1500 a week. A perfect example of how the rich get richer and the poor people do have a chance to progress.

52 Stuart Street - I first bought this house in 1990 
for $101 000, it is now valued at $1.7 million and 
can be rented for $1500 a week. 
How times have changed. 

Your's for $1.7 million - Our old house in Stuart Street
 has had a lot of work done to it. The big tree at the front 
of the house, was planted on Horror's 40th birthday. 

So the pommie aunts have been in Australia for three weeks and will leave on Wednesday. How time flies.