Whew! What a busy 10 days in Gladstone, looking forward to returning to the Grandparents holiday!
It was good to be able to help Jason and Anita out with a little child minding so they were able to get out and about easier without having the distraction of little children while they went about their business.They managed to find a suitable second vehicle and also a nice house to rent in closer proximity to the City of Gladstone, shops, Gym, schools and work.
Since the mining boom Gladstone has certainly gone ahead with large shopping centres and residential areas and it's multi-commodity port being the largest in Queensland. We took a coffee cruise on the harbour which was aboard the Curtis Endevour 2 a vehicular ferry used for crossings to Curtis Island, I was sure it was to be on the Riverside Mandalay must have been dreaming!(wishful thinking) The cruise was very informative and a real eye opener of the workings of the port, which has major exports of coal, alumina, aluminium, cement products and liquid ammonia. Coal makes up 70% of the total exports from the port, each year 50 million tonnes of coal passes through Gladstone Port.
The weather was very settled while we were there around 24-25 daily and dropping by around 10 degrees of a night. It was great to wake up to lovely blue skies everyday.
The long awaited birthday finally arrived on the 2nd July, Olivia was given instructions to wake us in the morning so we could see her open her presents only she would not open any until Archie was awake and it would be the only morning that he slept in! Later in the day we went to the park in the Botanical Gardens to have her Birthday Party with Baz and I being Olivia's only party guests as she hasn't been in Gladstone long enough to make any special friends to invite. Olivia didn't mind and told me the best part of her birthday was the party bags! Of course as party guests Baz and I were recipients of party bags.
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All aboard for the "coffee cruise" it was like herding
cattle onto a transport boat. |
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This boat looks like it would be more
comfortable and maybe serve better coffee! |
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| Loader where Jason works |
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| Power Station |
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| Lake Awoonga, Gladstone's water supply |
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| Picnic hut Lake Awoonga |
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| Jason's car arriving from WA |
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| Birthday Girl |
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