Let There Be Light!

These are my lights for My (Kate's) Delica




Fitted them today!

EDIT - Had to remove them again as they are not legal in Aust......Oh Well!!

Queen's B'day Long Weekend.

Well another four days at Broadwater was on the cards for the Droopy family again.

The Camping Trailer that we usually hire was written off a few weeks ago in a accident (no one was hurt, luckily) So I had one week to get our trailer back up to scratch.
After hitting it with the wire wheel on the grinder and a couple of coats of KillRust (the inside only), next was to flip the axle under the springs to give a bit more height and to make room for some new (second hand) ATR tires, greased up the wheel bearings and she was ready.
The new flaps worked a treat as there was hardly any dirt or mud on the front of the trailer. I made them last week!

This time we popped in on Jim on the way up and he then returned the favour by popping in on us at camp.
We even came across another Delica Club member camped there So Hello to 'RuledbyVenus' Nice to meet you and your crew and to tag and be tagged by You. (First time I have been Tagged :lol: )


The weather was superb, Crisp cool nights and clear days.
The kids got straight into the mood of it and took off to the closest mud hole they could find to show me their off roading skills.


I even had to do some 'Roothy' inspired bush mechanics.


And nothing beats a cup of brewed coffee, Hot Chocolate, pancakes and a fire on a cold camping morning.


It's a fantastic drive in and out of this State Forrest, I always find the need of a pic of the view.

The Tribe:

(This pic was taken whilst stationary)

The Kids had a play with cylume sticks and long exposures on the camera and this is what we came up with!




We will probably be heading off somewhere again for the school holidays, So a bit more work on the trailer

Another Island Trip!

Once again we headed over to the Island for a few days to visit Mum and Dad, Wade, Miki and Hana and this time we organised a decent meet up with Cooper64 and family.



Wednesday saw a drive out to West Point which I hadn't been for ages so that was pretty cool, The night before saw a bit of rain which made the trip a bit more fun for the kids (big and small - They told me to drive fast through the mud....honest).




This is a Mate's Delica:







The road was so rough it put Hana to sleep.








Who needs a Delica when you have a Roller Rad with BMX tires I say!








After West Point we all headed to Horseshoe bay where we had some fish and chips then Ice-cream on the beach front.








Thursday saw a cruise out to Radical Bay where once again the kids had a play on the beach, Saw some Koala's in the wild and we got another chance to fling some mud on the Deli's.





What a fantastic few days A big thank you to Mum and Dad, Wade, Miki and Hana and the Cooper Family and friends.

Another Rainy Day

Another rainy Day so we headed off to Reef HQ on last Sunday.

It was pouring outside which made it a Little dark as the tanks are sunlit.

Jack was invited over a mates place on Sunday so he went there while we went to Reef HQ.


This is one of Kate's favourite tanks as there are many many different coloured fish and corals in it.



"Which one is you're favourite?"


"This is My favourite"

The rain has seems to have gone for now and the place smells like a swamp.

We're looking forward for the backyard to dry up so I can mow then the kids can get out there and play again.

Rain Rain Go Away

This rain is starting to drive us crazy.

We were supposed to go up to Broadwater State Forrest on Sat for our Delica Day Out but it's an absolute no go.

A friend in Ingham has about 3-4 foot of water running under his house - and we have to drive through past it to get to Broadwater.

So there's not much to tell cause we haven't been doing much.

Jack had a News Report speech to do at school today, so him and I sat down last night and went through the Courier Mail.

I got him to look at the pics and when he found one he liked I read him the story in his terms.

He found one about the jelly fish blowing up on the beach on the Sunshine coast and so I read it to him.

His teacher told me that he got up and did a very good speech telling the class that it was stinger season and we shouldn't go swimming in the ocean, and that the wind blew lots of Jellyfish up on the beach and the life saver said he has never seen so many jellyfish.

Well Done Jack!!

Last night I put photos of all of Kate's classmates into her trial Liberator 14.

And this morning she was saying "Good Morning Mrs Nolan" and also to all her classmates (by name), which they thought that was pretty cool. So did all the mum's...

Kate's already got a bit of a fan club.

For 3 years we asked her previous school if we could take pics of her classmates to put into her 'talker' and it didn't happen..

We've been at Southern Cross Catholic School 11 days now and it's already done. I spent the day with her class on Monday and the teachers and support workers have taken on everything I have suggested, I think it is going to be a real TEAM environment there for us and Kate.

But most importantly both Kate and Jack are enjoying it.

The young lad who moved into the house across the road over the school holidays is also going to the same school so some days if his Dad has an early start he come with us.

After the Australia Day BBQ and we all had a good social meet everyone seems carrying that on so hopefully we will have a nice little network soon.

Well it's getting late and I have school tomorrow..

So I'm off to bed....

Paluma - again

Well back now from the Paluma trip,

We nearly didn't make it, we had to take Kate to Hospital on Friday morn with her cyclic vomiting,
Fortunately with our new letter for the ED she was treated straight away in stead of "we'll just observe her for a few hours" and quick treatment (sedation) means only an overnight stint but this time with obliging doctors Kate was home Friday night Yay!!

Anyway..
It was one on those trips – good and bad!!
The venue was great,

the weather was great.



I forgot nearly all the important stuff, (after Kate being in hospital and all)
And the Kids (boys) were atrocious LOL.

I even took them on a big bush walk to try and kill off some energy and they were little angels, as soon as we opened the door to the room they turned in the devil himself.
I’m sure my brother and I were never like that (right Mum?).


Our Lollie Lunch..

Kate being not 100% didn’t help, neither me forgetting the Panadol, Or a syringe for her seizure meds, or food for lunch or…should I go on!

All in all when we arrived home tonight everyone was happy and felt like they had a good time, and that was the main aim.
Donna didn’t even take her phone with her!!!

Where are my Grapes and Palmfronds??

It’s Will’s birthday tomorrow (22nd) so we’ll leave it up to him to what we will do. That should be fun. Ha.