Aussie Readers discussion

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Melissa wrote: "Michael wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Sad day in Canada. A school shooting has occurred in Saskatchewan killing 5 students."

Just reading about it now Melissa. What a terrible tragedy it is when someone..."

It was awful to hear that two of the dead were his brothers. His poor family must be really suffering. I can't imagine what it's like to be the parents of a child who did something like this as well as losing two of your other children.

Happy Australia Day everyone!

Aww that's cute Carolyn :) Thanks! Happy Australia day to you as well..we're having a family BBQ..should be fun! Have a great day everyone!

Carolyn wrote: "



Happy Australia Day everyone!"

Very cute Carolyn. Happy Australia Day all. Hope all those in drought areas are getting the rain we are having for Australia Day.

Happy Australia Day. We are drought declared, but this past week have had some lovely rain. Downside is losing power for 21 hours, finding leads to hook up to someones' genny to at least keep the fridge going. Prior to the rain it was a hot windy day. 39 degrees. I live in Greenvale, 245 klms west of Townsville.
Our golf/country club are having a 'do', so that will be fun.

Sorry to hear about the loss of power but glad you have had some rain, Lesley. A gentle steady rain would be good for you I'm thinking. Enjoy your 'do' at the golf club today.

Love the cake Carolyn!...Happy Australia day everyone :D

Happy Australia Day everyone. Lovely and sunny here in Sydney at the moment. Hope it stays that way!

Happy Australia Day to everyone :D

Happy Australia day to you Australians <3

Thanks Melissa - you can have our wishes too as an honorary Aussie!

Happy Australia Day to all. Laura, we will have lamb today for sure!

Brenda wrote: "Thanks Melissa - you can have our wishes too as an honorary Aussie!"

Aw, Thanks Brenda :D

:)

Michael wrote: "Thank you Melissa. Happy honorary Australian day to you to.

It is nice for a change actually having the day off. Go back to work on Monday so making the most of final days. Of course when i say b..."

Thanks Michael :) I hope you had a good one.

I am a bit of a space geek so I find these pictures of the Northern lights from space incredible http://globalnews.ca/news/2469308/ast...

Melissa wrote: "I am a bit of a space geek so I find these pictures of the Northern lights from space incredible http://globalnews.ca/news/2469308/ast......"

Thanks Melissa. Probably the only way I will ever get to see them. Lovely!

Melissa wrote: "I am a bit of a space geek so I find these pictures of the Northern lights from space incredible http://globalnews.ca/news/2469308/ast......"

Wow thanks Melissa:)

We've had a lovely afternoon - family BBQ lunch with lots of talk and laughter had by all. All gone home now; clean up done, washing started, cuppa in hand (on my desk) and relaxing for a bit:)

Then packing for our next holiday! We leave on Thursday:D

Brenda wrote: "We've had a lovely afternoon - family BBQ lunch with lots of talk and laughter had by all. All gone home now; clean up done, washing started, cuppa in hand (on my desk) and relaxing for a bit:)

Th..."

Have you packed an adequate number of books :p

Been housing sitting for a couple of hours now...The little black lab was full of beans earlier on...now zonked out in front of the fire place...She watched me make sushi before..lol

@Brenda - Sounds like a lovely day :) Where are you guys headed off this time?

Melissa wrote: "Brenda wrote: "We've had a lovely afternoon - family BBQ lunch with lots of talk and laughter had by all. All gone home now; clean up done, washing started, cuppa in hand (on my desk) and relaxing ..."

I take my kindle, so hundreds Melissa;)

Laura wrote: "Been housing sitting for a couple of hours now...The little black lab was full of beans earlier on...now zonked out in front of the fire place...She watched me make sushi before..lol

@Brenda - Sou..."

Thanks Laura...it was:) To Cabarita Beach, which is almost on the border of NSW and Qld. Not far from Tweed Heads. A lovely little place:)

Brenda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Brenda wrote: "We've had a lovely afternoon - family BBQ lunch with lots of talk and laughter had by all. All gone home now; clean up done, washing started, cuppa in hand (on my des..."

Well prepared :) have a good holiday, Brenda.

Melissa wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Brenda wrote: "We've had a lovely afternoon - family BBQ lunch with lots of talk and laughter had by all. All gone home now; clean up done, washing started, cuppa in ..."

Thanks Melissa:) I'm sure we will - we are both looking forward to it very much!

Melissa wrote: "I am a bit of a space geek so I find these pictures of the Northern lights from space incredible http://globalnews.ca/news/2469308/ast......"

They're gorgeous Melissa! I hope I get to see the Northern lights one day :)

Brenda wrote: "Laura wrote: "Been housing sitting for a couple of hours now...The little black lab was full of beans earlier on...now zonked out in front of the fire place...She watched me make sushi before..lol
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Sounds lovely Brenda! Make sure you post some photos to make us all jealous :)

Haha! I probably will ;)

Brenda wrote: "Laura wrote: "Been housing sitting for a couple of hours now...The little black lab was full of beans earlier on...now zonked out in front of the fire place...She watched me make sushi before..lol
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I haven't been to Cabarita Beach, but stayed at Salt Village (just a little north of Cabarita) about 3 months ago and it was a gorgeous area.

If you don't already have plans for things to do and you get sick of lying on the beach/by the pool, I can recommend the Tweed Regional Art Gallery and Margaret Olley Centre in Murwillumbah, Flutterbies Cottage Cafe in Tyalgum (other side of Murwillumbah), and Tropical Fruit World is an interesting day out (costs about $40 to enter, but that includes a tractor tour of the plantation and fruit tasting, amongst other things). I can highly recommend the Tweed Endeavour Cruises along the Tweed River to Tumbulgum - I did the lunch cruise and it was fantastic. You could also climb Mt Warning, but I wouldn't advise it - it almost killed me when I did it about 15 years ago!!

Hope you have a wonderful time, whatever you do (or don't do!).

Thanks Kathryn:) Good places by the sounds of it! Appreciate it...the cruise along the Tweed River sounds good:)

Our Australia Day here was tainted by huge amount of smoke from the Tassie bushfires which southerlies had blown across Bass Strait. Was just too thick down here on SW coast so we had to stay indoors all day.

The smoke must be terrible in Tassie itself.

That's bad luck Bette. Hope you managed some reading :) Nice to see you back too..I have been wondering if you'd gone away :)

The smoke has been pretty shocking during last week but for us it's gotten somewhat better this week and we don't even have the fires down this way.

Trying to wake up...had to go out 5am for toileting but the reason i tell this was as i woke up there was a massive huntsman on the wall...Named it Hillary or Harry depending if it's male or female...blegh

Looks like we might get a storm...would be cool but doubt the pup would agree.

B the BookAddict wrote: "Our Australia Day here was tainted by huge amount of smoke from the Tassie bushfires which southerlies had blown across Bass Strait. Was just too thick down here on SW coast so we had to stay indoo..."

It sure has been Bette. But the last couple of days havent been as bad, obviously the wind has blown it all your way. I was excited yesterday as it was finally clear enough to hang washing on the line outside for a while. (small things lol).
Believe it or not we even had a new fire start yesterday near the town of Perth (yes we have one in Tassie too) which is about 15k's or so from where I live, that got out of control for a while to the point where an evacuation centre was set up in a neighbouring town (thankfully now under control) that was started by someone using machinery they shouldn't have been when it was Total Fire Ban.
Tasmanian Police have charged a 62-year-old Perth man with using machinery in contravention of a total fire ban over the blaze.
Why do some people think the rules don't apply to them????

It sounds pretty bad down there Zoey. I just saw there are 50 fires currently burning in Tassie! One which is out of control at Nelson Bay, which is only an hour's drive from here;) Take care down south!

Zoey wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "Our Australia Day here was tainted by huge amount of smoke from the Tassie bushfires which southerlies had blown across Bass Strait. Was just too thick down here on SW coas..."

Good question Zoey. Wondering the same after watching several drivers ignore arrows in car parks and go the wrong way.
Stay safe all near fires. Thinking of you.

We're getting some firefighters from New Zealand to help out apparently..was what i heard on the radio this morning.

Did you see on today's news that they have discovered a long lost Beatrix Potter manuscript that is going to be published in September?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-26...

Yes I saw it yesterday Sally! That's fantastic!

Some good news. It has just started pouring with rain, fingers crossed its also happening where the fires are :)

Hopefully they will put out by a good fall of rain Zoey!

Brenda wrote: "Hopefully they will put out by a good fall of rain Zoey!"

Lets hope so. It is absolutely bucketing down (which is great) Its quite funny, I have never seen an office full of people get quite so excited by the rain :)

LOL! That's what happens in drought areas too Zoey! Sad when you have kids in the Australian outback who have never seen rain and they are three, four and five years old...

Oh glad it's raining up there!! Here it's fluffy light n probably wouldn't do a thing.

Brenda wrote: "LOL! That's what happens in drought areas too Zoey! Sad when you have kids in the Australian outback who have never seen rain and they are three, four and five years old..."

Not just children - a friend of mine in eastern Victoria had a problem with her ducks - they had only swum in a small plastic bowl - when the got a small downpour and the damn filled to the half way point they took the ducks down for a treat. they were scared of the huge (for them) mass of water!!!

They follow her hubby every where so he stripped to his undies and went into the water so the ducks would follow him in!!!

Seriously Sally??? Wow that's amazing! And very sad too...

awe!!

@Brenda Haven't been away, just been quiet:)

Need to pick your collective brains here - do I claim for blood test costs on Medicare or my Medibank Private Insurance? My dermatologist recently sent me for a vast array of blood tests and I'm expecting a huge bill:(

For every aussie kid going back to school today! I go back tomorrow luckily but i still feel the holidays went by to fast!