Its good news week

I want to tell you a story ,although its Robs story not mine. Way back in May,Rob needed a medical to renew his driving license. This included a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood test . The test came back with an elevated level that the GP said was "cause for concern".

There followed weeks of repeat tests at Caboolture Hospital (half hour drive away ) then consultant appointments at Redcliffe Hospital ( an hours drive away but the nearest hospital with an urology dept) and finally a day at Redcliffe for biopsy under sedation .

That was two weeks ago and yesterday we went for the results .

No malignancy detected ....... age related prostate enlargement needing a further blood test in 6months at GP and 12 months at the hospital ,

So folks it really is good news week ..

my last post didn`t quite go as well as I hoped .Pix appearing sideways on ,those with laptops please rotate, laptops that is ,not self. I`ll try again with some more pix

sorry folks

Big bro has spoken. I must keep my blog up to date . I had no idea it was so long since I wrote anything ,my excuse being "nothing much happening" Anyway ,this morning on our walk I took the camera and snapped a few things .

Nothing out of the ordinary ,just things we see every day, ie the view from the end of our street and flora and fauna ,some of the plants we pass in other peoples gardens smell heavenly, some are just big.

last week on the same walk we passed the Arbourists tree climbing championships .Of course I didn`t have the camera with me but I`ve included pix from the local paper.

We see Robi and Tracy whenever they have a weekend off together ,usually every other weekend. Lloyd at 18 does his own thing and has a new girlfriend , Josie comes whenever she can with her partner Rick (they live in Brissie ).

We spend most of our time quietly here on the Island ,life is good.

Well ,I`ll have a go and see if I can upload some pix..

One year today

Its one year today since we arrived in Oz and it has flown by. We are up earlier and out and about more ,the weather certainly helps. Rob does his long walks and sits and watches the boats out in the Passage ,I join him sometimes (but not always) walking is his thing not mine. I have the trike with large basket for local shopping and now a two wheel bike as well.

A few weeks ago I decided it was time I got out to meet people so I joined the local L F A ..(library friends ass) this involves volunteer duties at the library ,ie : sitting in at kids story time,returning books to the shelves, and serving tea and coffee when guest speakers come.Nothing too taxing .

Meetings are once a month and we also started a book club yesterday . 8 of us will read the same book then get together to discuss it.

Last weekend Robi and Tracy came over and we took the boat for its maiden voyage ,very enjoyable and some thing we will do more often when Robi has time . Hes the one with the boat licence and four wheel drive to tow the trailer.

Home

Rob got back safe and well after several hours walking through the bird sanctuary (feathered variety) >he said he only rang to check if he could get a signal on his mobile.

Today he was off again this time for more than 4 hours but 2 of those I spent at our local cinema watching the final Harry Potter movie in 3D.

If at first.....ect

Tried to post to the blog recently,wrote loads and loads (but didn`t save it) and nothing appeared on the blog so I went wrong somewhere, LOL.

Wont write too much this time. Rob is out walking ,he just rang to say he`s in the middle of nowhere ,not sure which way is out....I promised to send a search party if he`s not home by tea time ..........its no laughing matter really as there are miles of national park on the Island.

I`ll update when he gets home.

becoming locals

We have now been on Bribie for 9 months ,its home . Robi and Tracy are just half an hour away in Caboolture and its a very pleasant drive , one road with Bribie at one end and Caboolture at the other .

Christmas came and went without too much hassle ,the heat and humidity were a bit much at times with the Real locals saying " its usually hotter than this" and us thinking OMG.We are now in winter and its great ,a bit nippy early morning and evenings but T shirt weather during the day.

May brought us visitors to stay for a week. Keith and Ailsa en route to the UK ,it was lovely to see them again and Im sure they enjoyed it too.

Here we are in July,time is flying by,Ive always said once you hit 50 it feels like there is only 6 months in a year , at our ages 65 and 75 we are down to 3 but what the hell we are in the right place to enjoy them.

new home

We finally moved in on Oct 11,we had to wait until our new bed could be delivered,we then had to"make" it.This involved screwing together the wooden frame. The rest of our new furniture didnt arrive until 5 or 6 weeks later ,so we had 2 borrowed chairs to sit on and not much of anything else ...we also had to wait a few weeks for our shipping boxes to arrive but when they did it was just like christmas .

We are nicely settled in now and Rob has a large front and back garden to tend so he`s kept busy

Australia

Well,we finally got here after 4 years of waiting. 2years for Robi to be deemed "settled" and another 2 for our visa application to be approved.

We arrived in OZ on Aug 30 2010 ,tired but happy to see the family again . We sent 6 weeks living with Robi and Tracy during which time we bought a car ,a nissan micra and checked out estate agents for rented property .

We already knew we couldn`t afford to buy as we sold our UK house at a loss and house prices here had gone up . Rob decided on Bribie Island as it has nice beach walks (just what he wanted) and we were lucky to find a nice place at a price we can afford.

Second post

This is all trial and error .

My first blog

This is my first blog and Keith and Ailsa are standing over me to check I do it right ! Watch this space.