Sunday, 27 July, 2014

Last Sunday, we were joined at the unit by Faye and Bill Duncan.  They used to live in Brisbane, but recently moved up to Toogoom which is about 15 minutes from HB.  Bill is another instructor for QAC (Queensland Aerospace College) and the four of us get on together really well.  Faye also knits and crochets, loves reading mysteries, enjoys walking, and watching cop shows - as you can see, we have a lot in common.

Bill and Faye

On Monday, we ordered some new luggage for  me and were able to pick it up on Tuesday.  It's so nice - I love it!  Both suitcases (one carry-on and one large one) have four wheels on the bottom and they are so easy to push along.  They are also both very light, so that I can fit in a lot of stuff in each  of them.  In Canada, you can put 10kg into your carry-on, but in Australia, you can only have 7kg, so I wanted a really light bag as the carry-on.

My new luggage (love the red colour! :-)

Dad's first course started this past Wednesday and it went very well.  It was an engine course and there were 11 guys on the course.  Some of the guys had been on Dad's courses before and were glad to see Dad was instructing this course.

Faye and I have mostly spent our days knitting - I have been working on a couple of new projects.
I finished knitting another baby beanie, am still working on the baby sweater and am also working on a toddler beanie (which will be given to a child in a developing country) and a trauma teddy (which which will given to a child who has experienced a trauma or to resident in a nursing home).

Toddler Beanie

Trauma Teddy

On Thursday, Faye and I went shopping at the DFO (Duty Free Outlet) where we did more looking than shopping. :-)  We did go out for lunch, though, which was nice - had japanese actually - pretty nice - pretty much the same as chinese from what I could tell from what I bought (black bean and beef plus sweet and sour pork over egg noodles).

Dad and I were planning on going on a day trip yesterday, but unfortunately, it didn't work out as planned.  We went to one store to buy a pair of track pants for me and when we came out, we were planning on going for a nice long walk by the river, but it was raining.  So, we went to another store where we wanted to check for something and when we came out of there, we thought we would go for a walk by the river, but it was still raining.  After going to one more store and there being more rain, we decided to head home and cut our losses.  We hope that the weather will co-operate next Saturday.

Last night, we went out for dinner to a local hotel with Faye and Bill.  It's a very relaxed place, the food is quite good and the prices are reasonable.  I had a chicken parma (parmesan) and Dad had a veal parma dinner.  We spent a couple of hours there enjoying our time with Bill and Faye.  We then came home and had a Boston Bun for dessert.  Bill had recommended it to us and we had bought one earlier at a bakery.  A Boston Bun is a large spiced bun with a thick layer of coconut icing.  It was freshly made and was quite delicious.

A Boston Bun