Out and about

 I had several days/mornings out with Sue looking for Adventure Labs - we went to Bribie Island, I was expecting a sandy island as it is not very big but it is just like another suburb - one area looked very up market with canals, huge houses and boats tied up at the dock.

we walked lots of steps - me in some new sandals which was a mistake as I ended up with huge blisters!

Rain showers came and went and we had to walk over and through puddles along the path

This was in a different area on the Island, near the RSL were two wonderful parks with lots of memorial stones

Painted electricity box

Vietnam Vets park over the road from the RSL, important words in the third section I thought

complete with helicopter

Back on the beach side walk, a break in the rain clouds

An Adventure Lab question site and a beautiful place to sit and watch the boats go by

another site further along the path, would be great on a sunny day

In the memorial park,

A sign at the back of the RSL that appealed to me. 😀

Happy stitching.

Final holiday photos

An afternoon walk along the board walk and for 1km past it to answer more Ad Lab questions at Coolum

Lots of bays and little beaches

Lovely trees

poems about trees

the walking track I followed - the sign is a bit weather damaged I think

great views

the sky when I got back.

Back to Mooloolabar the next day to do another two Ad Labs

the memorial to HMAS Brisbane, the ship is sunk off an island up the coast and is used for diving.

looking out to sea

a memorial to military dogs who were killed on active service

a memorial to fishermen - there was another one I didn't take a photo of, it was a memorial to a Russian explorer who rowed from South America unassisted and landed on the Sunshine Coast. Amazing feat.

views walking around the headland on the other side of the canal

looking back at Mooloolabar

the water tower at Point Cartwright

I loved the whale reflection in the bubble in the clam shell

the Woolemi pines are symbolic of this area and were included in the painting, along with turtles, whales and the osprey and other fish

view of the beach from the water tower

and so our holiday came to a finish the next day

the hire car was returned to the airport

and off we flew - there was a lot of cloud so this was the view of the coast line I saw once we were up quite a way.

A little sewing happened while we were away, not a lot but every little bit helps

some bits for a new project

and some stars of a much neglected project, that had been in a tin ignored for a very long time!!

I had planned to sew on the way home but found a book in the airport so read this

which I enjoyed very much.

Have a wonderful week.

 

Tiki tour back 2

We stayed the night in Wagga Wagga at a lovely hotel, the next morning we headed out early to do an Adventure Lab, that was near the hotel 

These were painted on buildings in a lane behind the main street.

From there we went back to the hotel and packed up the car and drove to the next Ad Lab

This one was all about memorials

This was an amazing shop sculpture of a soldier on a horse pulling up another soldier

The memorial and eternal flame were being painted by men from correctional services in readiness for this year's ANZAC day.

From here we decided to walk to the next Ad Lab, unfortunately it started at the opposite end of the street to where we were, so we walked along

Stopping to smell the roses.

                                                    And to admire some street sculpture.

This one was all about the sculptures along the street, this was Vince or maybe Victor?

Sadly, I don't remember who this was, although the artist had based all the sculptures on people she had seen walking along the street here.

Some good signs

A lovely old building. 

Painted building we spotted.

Lots of photos here to turn around! Think I will stop here and continue with our last Aventure Lab in another post.

Happy stitching.