New Granddaughter Olivia

Olivia was born on the 2nd July a little earlier than anticipated,we will be flying home for a week to have a cuddle on the 23rd.

Theodore-Calliope-Bargara

We left Miles and headed for Theodore over the Great Dividing Range which is 400 metres above sealevel, according to our Tassie hills is not so great. We arrived at Theodore and set up at a free camp near the river there was a nice park opposite with shower and toilets. It was very crowded and we were lucky to get a spot, as some set up there for weeks. After settling in which wasn’t hard to do seeing that we had left the car and van hitched up, we rode our bikes 2klms into town for a look around, not a great deal to see. It was interesting to see how the town has recovered and cleaned up after the floods considering that most of the town was inundated with water. On our way back to the van we stopped off at the pub because we were hot and thirsty for a nice beer & shandy. We were able to view some photos of the flooding of the town, the barman explained to us how the pub was spared by only a few metres from being flooded. Outside the pub in the middle of the street there had been 2 light poles which had been removed to allow access for the 8 helicopters to evacuate the town, witches hats still remain upside down in the holes where they once stood.
We then moved onto Calliope where we spent the next 2 nights, then headed off to Bargara Beach Caravan Park for a week to enjoy the warm weather, beach and also to seek out a decent restaurant after being inland for all this time.

Miles

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Today we had a bit of a lay in and a casual breakfast, and after getting the morning report on our new granddaughter we set off for Miles at about 10.30 to look at the Heritage Village. The village is well laid out with the usual shops and buildings of the period with lots of machinery and many other items of a time gone by. It took us about two and half hours to look around and could have spent a lot more time there if we had wanted to. It is a well worth while attraction to see. We then fuelled the car and brought some lunch to have down by the river and then head back to the park for a sit and read in the sun.