Weekends and a winter escape

Another busy weekend in the Tony and Jen household!

On Friday I had a work planning day in Kangaroo Point and afterwards a few of us went to the Story Bridge Hotel for "one or two". Oh how time flies when you're having fun. I dragged my sorry self home around 10.30 after drinking vodka for six hours and no dinner. Not a good combination. Needless to say I wasn't in a good state on Saturday, so it was a quiet day.

On Sunday morning we packed up the car (and the puppy!) for a family getaway in a country cottage near the base of the Border Ranges and Lamington National Park. We had a lovely drive out of Brisbane and enjoyed the picture-perfect scenery on a bright, clear winter's day. Our "getaway" was an old school that has been converted into a large Queenslander-style cottage, nestled amongst the foothills at the very end of the road.

We made the most of the sunny day and wandered across the fields and followed the fast-flowing stream, Chingee Creek, through the valley. Zack had a ball darting in and out of the knee-deep mini rapids and over the rocks. I had a ball laughing at Tony when he slipped into the water and got drenched up to his knees!

As the sun started to slip below the mountain range we started the fireplace. We then feasted on BBQ steaks, salad and potatos that I had wrapped in foil and cooked in the fire! Served with lashings of butter and sour cream of course! Divine!

After dinner, the three of us enjoyed a lovely night in front of the fire with no TV and no mobile phones! Tony taught me how to play chess and then we had a lively game of scrabble (with plenty of debate!) It was a close game, but I won in the end ;-)

This morning we feasted again - this time on bacon and eggs - and pitied the poor souls at work on a Monday!

Early afternoon we sadly said goodbye to our peaceful country cottage and made our way home.