Brissie Update

G'day from Brisbane, Australia.....

Thought I would post these first

two photo's of DGDs as a reminder of the

 SUMMER

weather in Scotland when I left....

And the

WINTER

 weather in Australia below....

DH and I went to Cairns when

 I returned from Perth, and

 we had such an adventure.

This is on board the Reef Encounter

on our way to explore the

 Great Barrier Reef

And, what did we do there?

Well, I snorkeled.

 What an experience, the reef is amazing,

so colourful and teeming with life

I do have underwater photo's

 of my snorkeling adventure,

but they haven't been developed yet!!

DH went one better,

 he went scuba diving at the Reef...

The next day we did this....

Scooters!!!!!

This photo is half way up a mountain,

with stunning views of Cairns below.

I have never been on a scooter before

- great fun

We saw people who had hired cycles

- I would never have gotten up that mountain

We had a ball.....

Lunch at a great wee pub

- with view of the mountain behind....

Breather break at a swimming hole,

no we didn't go in...

Always wanted to be a Bikie Chick

- does a scooter count?

When we got back to Brisbane,

I had a wonderful day out with two

gorgeous ladies who live in Brisbane

- Tracey and Annette

Tracey, Annette and I are on the

 Stuck On U Sketches

Design Team

Tracey and I have known each other

for a long time, but it was the

first time we had met Annette,

and what a lovely lady she is.

We had coffee and then Annette

 took us to a great Scrapbooking Store

 in her part of town. It was lovely

spending time together, and when

 I come back to Brissie

(I leave for Scotland tomorrow)

 we are going to get together

for some scrappy time - can't wait...

I have managed to do some

 scrapping while I have been here,

I bought a couple opf kits

when I was over in Perth,

and have spent some time

putting them together.

The first two kits were bought from

 "Tomorrow's Memories"

 in Bassendean, Perth

The next kit from "Made With Memories"

 in Rockingham, Perth

This last layout I made from

some cheapy stuff I managed

to get in Big W here in Brisbane,

not what I would usually buy,

but not a lot of choice...

Loving these little playing cards from Kaiser....

I caught up with Mandy from

 Scrappy Go Lucky

while I was in Perth,

and we had a great scrappy

session together. I was able

to play with some Pion papers

 (have admired them for a long time,

and was able to buy the collection from Mandy)

I designed a Christmas layout

 for her with the Pion papers

 and Cricut while there,

 and never thought to take a photo of it.

 Hopefully she will post it on

 the Scrappy Go Lucky Blog

at some point nearer to Christmas,

so I can see it again....

So, that's me for now.

I leave Brissie at 2.30 on Monday morning,

and I'm hoping to take some

of the beautiful Australian sunshine

home with me.

Talk again once I'm back in Scotland

Hugs for now