April - May 2017

Well "Tempus Fugit" (Time Flies), ain't it the truth. Much has happened since my last blog and although I keep saying I'm going to blog more often it just doesn't happen, apologizes for that. Mid April saw us at a family reunion (of sorts) at a caravan park in Red Rock, NSW. It was an awesome opportunity to catch up with extended family and we covered about eight sites at the van park.

On return from Red Rock I had surgery on my left shoulder (again) which is doing well at present. Anzac Day was almost a non event for me as I was in the process of getting out of hospital and wasn't in a position to get out really.

The May long weekend had us at our Jeep Club "Bundy Swim-in" held at Bundaberg Qld, which is a bi-annual camping event at a property of one of our members. Obviously I was very restricted on what I could do (observe and photograph only) which was boring, but necessary considering my recent surgery.

There was a variety of military vehicles including many amphibious type which utilized the local Burnett River, hence the name "Bundy Swim-in". Land based activities included a few road runs, rail rides on a section of train track on the property, night time activities had many sitting around campfires enjoying a beverage or two and the banter of the days events. The kids were not forgotten either and had fun on the rides in the big vehicles/bikes and in the many miniature Jeeps on hand. A few treasure hunt style games and spotlighting at night kept them very active over the four days. Unfortunately I only managed to stay for two of the four days and had to stay in a motel in town, so I missed many of the activities which I believe were highly successful also. Next time I'll be okay.

A trip to Casino, NSW for the weekend 6-7 May was next on the agenda to once again another family get-together, this time for our Granddaughter, Zoe Paige's Baptism into the Catholic faith, which went really well indeed. Later in May we're off again to Townsville to help a great friend celebrate her 50th Birthday, so looking forward to that too. We'll also catch up with a few long term friends in Townsville while we are there.

 Cheers all Rick Canhan