The long drive to Cooktown......

We have done the drive of a lifetime, Sydney to Cooktown, it took us 6 days to get there.


The basket is made from Coconut palms and a guy was making them on the street & the pearls were from Port Douglas I love them both......


This is The Mirage at Port Douglas we stayed there for 4 nights, it was just beautiful....


Now what can I say about this guy, he has made a lasting impression on me, I never want to see one again really, he was around 4 metres long and he was very fast in the water, followed us around and looked quiet unimpressed that we were in his territory...there was also 2 females not to far away from him, a lot finer featured & smaller.....


The main street of Cooktown, well it was busy that day.....not much was open as it is the wet season.....


This is Willie Gordon with my kids, he is the most amazing man, a true gentleman in everyway. We did his 2 hour tour that turned into a 3.5 hour tour, it was amazing, we all loved it.....if ever you get up that way please do the tour, you will not regret it......


Rock Art on Willie's tour....


Cooktown Harbour......


Cooktown Lighthouse.....


Black Mountain, strange place all the rocks are grey but there is a lichen that is only up there that covers them & they are all black.....Many people have gone missing from this mountain never to be found....as I said strange place.....


This was the view as we were coming into Cooktown, this was in all directions, don't know how many trees but I would say lots......


The croc warning sign with the roads open signpost of the top was closed due to the wet.....


Boab Tree in Roma, this is the biggest one in Roma.......8.9 metre's in girth....


Green Tree Frog in the palm at Charters Towers.....kids loved chasing the frogs & Gecko's


One of the long straight roads that we were on, not much to see some Kangaroo's & Emu's but not much else....


Water over the road on the way up, can't remember where exactly...... - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:Lake St,Cairns,Australia

Inside the Unit

It has 5 offices, too many for us but we will use some of them as a showroom & it even has a upstairs that is the same size as the bottom floor.
The unit was used as showroom so it is in really good condition, it is the best unit we have ever seen and we have looked at lots.
Lucky our eldest finishes School early in November so he will have a job over the holidays, that includes his buddies as well.
It is probably the worst time to move but we don't have air-conditioning here & it will be great to have it.

Look what we bought.....

We brought a factory unit for our business, it settles next month and we can't wait.
It is fully air-conditioned and nearly twice the size of what we are in now.

How clever is this????

A little bit of product placement.....one of my friends at school has come up with this fantastic device, it's a must have for anyone with a Nintendo DS, it keeps all the games together so that you can't misplace them......you know what kids are like, they put their games down & then they have lost a $90 game, are they your favorite child then, I think not.......

She has 4 kids & came up with the idea after one of her kids lost a game.

It's a great gadget & she has put her heart & soul into developing it.

If you would like some more information or would like to purchase one her website is www.gametag.com.au

Happy 1st Birthday

It's also our little girl's birthday, she is 1 & she is so very, very cute........& funny & naughty........but most of all she fits in with us.......

Happy 16th Birthday

Our eldest son is 16 today, the years have gone so very fast. He is mad on Android phones & stuff so his table setting is done with all of the types of Android systems, They start with cupcake then go to donut, eclair, fro-yo, gingerbread & honeycomb.
I probably have all of those wrong but it's something like that.....
He also can get his "L"'s so be warned he will soon be on the road....

My new home!!!!

Oh, what could you do with this, I would love to live in this building, it is just stunning. We found it yesterday when we were walking up to pick up the "working one", but didn't have the camera, a different story today.
We caught the train out to Spotswood to go to Scienceworld, had a great time but it was really crowded, it has a test yourself against Cathy Freeman, well, yes we had to do it, my time was 3.78 ( I am sure it was quicker) & the youngest's time was 2.14 & Cathy's time was 2.00, so back to some training if I want to take my position on the Australian Olympic Team for London......
We went up to Chinatown to have dinner but with two kids that think cheese or butter on pasta is disgusting things were bound to end in tears.......so a few prawn crackers & 2 meals that all they ate were the noodles & that was our dining experience (bring on Christmas, we are heading deep into China with no McDonald's, that will be interesting, rice for all 3 meals)
We tried to get into the Tim Burton exhibition but the line was too long, will try again tomorrow.