Destination Queensland
OK, so 6 months or so of fixing up our fabulous house in Cromer has come to an end. Every wall, door and ceiling painted. Sparky bits re-sparked. Dodgy dunny piping areas relined. Iffy deck planks replaced. Spa cleaned and disconnected.
The utterly awesome troops at The Property Colab came good on the first open viewing. 15 groups around on a Saturday, deposit paid on Tuesday, holy crap, this is real now. We are no strangers to misbehaviour, change or adventure, but this is now getting serious. Saying cheerio to a life and the friendships that we have built over 24 years is fu(king scary. We said a cheerful but teary farewell to our pickleball mates and headed home for the last night.
Removal troops wafted up at about 8am and were slightly unimpressed that their truck couldn’t squeeze its fat arse up the drive. Happy that we weren’t the people lugging 40 or 50 cubics down the drive! 5 hours later these guys get on the road with a suggestion that they will stop in Newcastle, then deliver at middayish the next day. Poor Lizzie gets a call from the removal boys at about 6am, “we’re here!”. Absolute trooper, makes the 30 minute drive to Cooroy to let the boys in.
Bear and J4X in the meantime slope off to Meg’s posh penthouse pad in DY for the night. Saturday morning is here and we need to get our arses up to Terry Hills for Sam and Brooke’s wedding. An incredible privilege marrying a childhood friend and namesake of our Sam. Crazy and fabulous.
Chillout/recover day Sunday then a final clear-out from Willandra on Monday morning. Tiny few bits to remove and walk the pool chap through our somewhat unique setup. House cleaners doing their thing, chaps checking lights and fire alarms, general fossicking people doing some fossicking. Dropped the keys off with the Property Colab troops and tried not to cry, this is and was our choice. Off we go.
Wheels on the tarmac now. Sadly, our first stop on the Central Coast was cancelled due to Keith and Caroline being stranded in Thailand! Pushed through to Lake Cathie and Ray & Lee’s gaff about 4 hours away.
Spent a couple of nights and general misbehaviour with the Pursers then an early start for the 800km hop to the Sunny Coast. Not 100% happy being in separate cars again, but took the appropriate stops and hugs. Crawled in for an early evening arrival with the MoonBears in Peregian Springs.
Bloody Hell! We are here! About 1000km North of Sydney that we have called home for so many years and this is our new home.
Our place looks tired and unloved but we knew this. Most of the lights are broken or generally sh!t. The layout however is epic. Every room comes off a central living area and the balcony overlooks the bush and river. Life doesn’t get much better than the birds being noisier than the traffic!
The work begins….
