Brisbane is the home town for Beverley and it had been many years since we had been back to Queensland so we took the opportunity to spend a lovely evening with dear friends. The one night we had in Brisbane we all met at Wendy and Phil's home. We were treated to great food which was made so much more pleasant because of the company. Looking from right to left is Julie,Wendy with her beautiful puppy, Lola and Phil with Lilly their other baby. It was as if we had never left and the conversation flowed ever so well as we caught up with all of our live events since our last get together.
From Brisbane we travelled to Northern New South Wales and here we met up with our much loved Loren and her partner Jono who is in the Australian Army. We have know Lauren since she was a very young girl and it was so nice to see her now grown up as a lovely young lady. Along with Mavis and Allen, Bevereley's cousins we enjoyed lunch.
From here we travelled back to the Jumping Red Ant Rose farm which is owned by Kathy and John. Kathy is the daughter of Mavis and Allen and for those of you who have met Bronson he is Kathy and Johns' eldest son.
This is Kathy, our gracious hostest.
This is John who like us enjoys a good red.
The farm covers many acres much of which is dedicated to commercial rose growing. The roses are grown in huge sheds which also houses different varieties of tomatoes.
The roses are magnificant.
The farm has a deverse array of produce including advocados, passionfruit, lemons, peppers, olives, tomatoes and just about everything else........ much of which we enjoyed eating.
The view from their home is spectacular and for those who know the area, the two areas of habitation in the photo where the ocean meets the coast are Kingscliff on the very left and Salt in center right.
Mavis and Allen spent each day taking us different places and on this occassion we were having another great lunch at Marina Mirage which included ribs. As you can see Ross and Allen were about to tackle the delicious fare.
No visit would be complete with out popping into Versace's resort which we did on the way back to the car.
We had a great time visiting with out family and friendswho made us so very welcome and it was sad to say farewell. However, they all know that we will return to Australia sometime in the future.
More to follow.
Best wishes,
Bev and Ross
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