Sights of Brisbane

We have walked, ferried, biked around Brisbane and enjoyed the sights around this lovely city.

Risking My Life

One of the many rides Amy dragged me on this one was just a bit too scary.

Max Brenner

Next we discovered Max Brenner,need we say more.

Brisbane by Night

Wandered around Southbank on Friday night, it was lovely and mild.

Weather in Brisbane

This was the temp in Brisbane Friday night after leaving Canberra where it had been minus 2 and heading for a top of 12 degrees.

Tiger Cubs at Dreamworld

We saw the tiger show at Dreamworld and afterward saw the 5 month old cubs, they were very cute.

Lemon Tree

I harvested the lemons from my lemon tree today- they were only small but look very cute- I had 14 lemons this year!

My Knee After the Op

I managed to lose this photo on my computer but it was on my IPad and I am trying to see if I can remember how to use Blogger on my Ipad

Mia and Charlie for a Day

Charlie and Mia came over for a day last week and I had great fun playing Auntie! They just adored little Jack our dog, it was like having a live teddy bear or doll to play with and Jack just lapped it up. After a cold start it was a beautiful sunny day so we caught the bus into Tuggeranong and went to the movies and saw Ice Age 4, I had to divide up the Maltesers as Mia said Charlie would eat them all and we would only get 2 each if we were lucky! We then headed down to Macca's and had lunch by the lake and fed the ducks and the swans some bread. Time to catch the bus home and then we took Jack and Clancy for a walk, played lots of games- Man Bites Dog, Beetle, Kerplunk, Mastermind, Star Wars Chess- glad I kept them all. Mia and Charlie invented new ways to use our cross trainer! I think I was the tiredest by the end of the day, but it was lots of fun!

Knee Progressing Well

2 1/2 weeks ago I had a knee arthroscopy, first surgery I have had in about 25 years, and the first time I have really had to go through a recovery and rehabilitation process and it has meant I have not been able to ride my bike and have been housebound for a while. I am now back driving which is great, but do not always have a car! I have been on the wind trainer- which means I hook my bike into a metal stand and can ride the bike stationary. I started off doing 10 to 15 minutes with absolutely no tension and now I up doing 2 lots of 30 minutes a day if I can, and have been able to add a bit of tension which has been good. I have been religiously doing my exercises and having phyiso- at work which is great. I am walking the dogs with Bill in the morning but leaving a bit later with Clancy and meeting him with the other dogs and just walking on the paths and that has been getting easy each day. Hopefully in 4 to 6 weeks it will back to normal and I will be back on my road bike on the road! I have had to really be carefully with what I eat as I am not burning off as much energy because I am not riding as much!

Help With My Exercises

I have a number of exercises to do after having my knee arthroscopy, on of which involves lying on the bed with my leg elevated for a few minutes. I was attempting to do this, when next minute Jack and Benji decided they needed to help me! Clancy just supervised from the basket!

Last Lot of Family Photos

 Three generations of Frost men- Lachlan, Bill and Jim

 Family shot of us- Sue, Bill, Lachlan and Amy

 Bill's sister Mary, with husband Peter, Sam and Josephine

 Bill's sister Hilary, with husband Stuart and Tom

 Bill's cousin Jocelyn, husband Steve and Alex and Chris

The cousins, Tom, Jo, Sam, Amy, Alex, Lachlan, Christopher

Lots of Family Photos

 The Frost Cousins- John Davis, Alex Davis, Jocelyn James, Mary Newberry, Hilary Kirby, Christine Sherman, Bill Frost.

 Cousins and kids of cousins- Alex James, John Davis, Alex Davis, Jocelyn James, Mary Newberry, Hilary Kirby, Christine Sherman,, Bill Frost, Lachlan Frost, Chris James, Amy Frost, Jo Newberry, Sam Newberry, Tom Kirby

 Bill's Family- Bill, Hilary, Mary, Marian and Jim

 Frost Children with Partners- Sue, Stuart and Peter

Frost Children with Partners and Kids!

The photo combinations where just endless!

90th Birthday and Family Reunion

 Lachlan, Stuart and Amy

 Bill and I

 Thela the birthday girl 90 with her little brother Jim- 88

 Bill and his sister's Hilary and Mary

 Thela- Bill's Aunt and the reason for the celebration

Marian, Jim, Mary, Hilary and Bill

We traveled up to Sydney last weekend for Bill's Aunt's 90th birthday. We had a lovely time and it was also a family reunion. Jim (Bill's dad and Thela's little brother 88) and his wife Marian traveled over from Adelaide,  Bill sister Mary and her family travelled down from Darwin, Hilary and her family travelled from Melbourne. Jim and Thela had a sister Pat, who died of breast cancer a number of years ago, has three children who live in New Zealand, and they all travelled over for the weekend as well. It was a lovely time and a great opportunity for some photos.