...Hello Quilpie

We made it!!

We decided to say a proper goodbye to Birdsville at the pub on Thursday night, and,wow, did we ever have a little bit too much fun! Neither of us were feeling optimal on Friday morning - it was all we could do to finish packing and make it to the plane on time. So, you can imagine how much fun our plane trip was to Quilpie. I actually packed extra plastic bags in my carry on bag just in case...hahah. But we made it safe and sound and started our time in Quilpie with a 2 hour nap!

So far, Quilpie looks like a nice little town and I think we're really going to enjoy it here. Everyone has been really nice and kind so far and there is a heck of a lot more to do here then there was in Birdsville. For instance, on our first night here it just happened to be the night that pretty much the entire town goes to the lawn bowling club for dinner and bowling. It was hilarious to see everyone there - kids, parents, adults, teenagers. Everyone there just to have a game of bowls before continuing with their Friday night. It seems like a really nice community of people who enjoy spending time together - especially when lawn bowling is involved!

We are starting to look forward to all that Quilpie is going to have to offer. There is Tuesday night touch rugby that Dave wants to join and a cricket team that he may also try and see if he can play with. We're going to see if we can get involved in the Friday night lawn bowling. The caravan park has hot tubs and the town has a public swimming pool that we'll hopefully be able to put to good use. And there's even a library and a few stores to help pass the time. It was nice being able to walk down the street and stop into the butcher or the grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner over the weekend. Oh ya, and there's grass! It's amazing to see greenery around again. And to keep their lawns in order a lot of people own rams, Shetland ponies and horses as pets to help keep the grass in their yard under control. Just hilarious! The person who lives beside the caravan park has a massive ram as a pet that Dave and I fed the other day.

It looks like we'll be able to keep pretty busy in Quilpie. There is lots of work around the park for us - especially Dave. They already have him really busy building a chain-link fence and helping to lay a new floor in the Heritage Inn Hotel with Hank. Hank is a hilarious man from Holland who has done a lot of travelling in his life. He is a 72 year old who never stops working. He's been hired by Troy (the owner of both caravan parks we've been at, as well as the Heritage Inn) to do odd jobs here and there and it seems like Dave has become his side-kick! The two of them go off and work away together and Hank tells Dave hilarious stories and keeps him entertained!

I just wanted to say a big Happy Birthday to my sister Laura today!

I hope everyone is doing well and Happy (almost) Halloween!!

xoxo