Over the past couple of days I have tried to fit in a few things. Yesterday I visited the company where Peter and I did our TESOL training. Maybe there will be a bit of work for me. I had an interesting couple of hours, then went and stayed the night with one of my sons. This morning I visited Di, a writing friend of mine who also house sits.
Di has been house sitting for several years, although soon she plans to put her life into the boot of her car and travel around Australia. She is also a blogger, and you can read her blog here:
http://housesitdiary.blogspot.com.au/
We have known each other for quite a while now, did our Masters Degrees together and she was a teacher in China too, so we have a lot in common.
The house sit that Di currently has is in Manly, and the house overlooks the beach. Peter and I went down to the beach after leaving Di and had a milkshake. This was the view as we sat by the sea. How stunning is this place?
This view is looking towards the Brisbane airport. The sea is very calm today.
The Brisbane Port is in the background. Look at the lovely cloud formation.
The tide was coming in as we sat and enjoyed our milkshakes. It is quite shallow here, and there were a number of fish jumping. I don't suppose it was the same fish, there must be quite a few out there, and they were quite big too. Because of the cloud cover, the water is a wonderful calming steely blue/gray, with hardly a ripple to be seen. There was a zephyr of wind, which you can see on the waters surface here, along with the calm patches were there is no wind at the moment.
On the horizon you can see some islands. Many of the small islands just off the coast are sand island. One of them is Morton Island, a long narrow sand island that protects the whole bay.
The Manly foreshore here is very popular with walkers and bike riders. This concrete path goes for miles right along the waterfront, so it is safe and easy walking. Mothers with pushchairs run along here, people in the early morning and twilight run or walk, many people bike along here as the path goes for about 9 kms, and often there are families walking, running or biking along here.
It looks like there is a second concrete path being laid here, so that will make it easier, probably having one path for walkers and one for those on bicycles. It is a really beautiful spot.
One of the lovely things about house sitting on the Gold Coast is that it is close to all the Brisbane beaches too, and of course Brisbane city.
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