A Day at the races

It's the race that stops a nation...literally! It's the Melbourne Cup! We at Dimension Data used the race to raise money for a little girl named Maisie with CP. We held a Melbourne Cup lunch with sweeps and everyone joined in the "festivities" by dressing up (a little) and watching the race on the big screen. We raised over $1,000 from the day...pretty good effort I'd say.






Running the sweeps















Lunching and watching













Best ladies' hat (Tina), best mens' hat (Lee), best dressed (Angela)













Kate, Dorlene, Benita, Claire & Mary - our dedicated helpers.














After the 'party' - Kerry & Benita

Birthday Celebrations!

Mom and Kay celebrated their Birthdays this year with a combined Birthday dinner aboard the Kookaburra River Queen. We boarded the dinner cruise around 7pm and disembarked at Eagle Street Pier a little after 10pm. The food and atmosphere were wonderful and Mom and Kay thoroughly enjoyed themselves!






The Kookaburra River Queen















Birthday Girls...














On board















Celebrating together!

Father's Day...A Day in the City

Father's Day is celebrated in September here in Australia. This year we decided to take a ride on the City Cat into the City and take a look around.







The City from the water















City Cat...Enough said













Checking out a tree

A monument in the Botanical Gardens














The old Treasury building

Riverfire 2007 - Part 2

More photos from Riverfire 2007...

Riverfire 2007 - Part 1

Riverfire? What's that? I'm glad you asked! It's an annual fireworks display along the Brisbane River as part of the annual River Festival that takes place in late August. We decided to go along to see what it was all about and we're glad we did. We parked in Milton and walked along the River to Southbank where we took up a post along the Grey Street Bridge to watch the show. Here's part 1of the best photos from the night.

Evening falls on the River City

Mom, Dad & Kay

Let the Fireworks begin!

Mezmerising!

Fiery Red

Point Perry

We've done a lot of exploring since we moved to Brisbane. We've been down the coast and up the coast and seen some pretty spectacular scenery along the way. These photos are of Point Perry at Coolum (on the Sunshine Coast). It's such a beautiful place. It's hard to imagine people taking their lives from this particular spot - but they have and they do.









A rocky outcropping
















The cove

Waves crashing against the rocks

Pictures from Pullenvale

I know, I am again lagging behind in the blog updates. Forgive me. I';m trying to get it up to date before Christmas!

Here are some pictures taken on our property back in May this year.






Palm Fronds














Clouds rolling in














Reaching for the sky...