From the Gold Coast to Brisbane I was more than fêted during this past week. nnie picked me up from the airport at Coolangatta and drove straight to meet the trawler man coming back to port after a night at sea. We buy four of his largest freshly caught spanner crabs straight from the ocean …
am visiting the Gold Coast ‘spreading the love’ to mark the 50th wedding anniversary of my sister Anne and Trevor. We drove up to Brisbane from the Gold Coast to the home of big brother,Tony and Ruth. Younger brother Mark and Jenny joined us in a very relaxed family pre-Christmas get-together. …
y sister Annie will be on her feet for four hours shelling these ‘red beauties’ from the sea – my favourite Spanner crabs. Years of expertise using the back of a teaspoon to get into even the smallest claws to extract the sweetest meat for her brother Michael to savour. Trevor had me out of …
A great long weekend away in Queensland (where I come from) to attend the Wedding Party for my nephew Andrew and his lovely ‘intended’ Meg, and catch up with other nephews and nieces of brother Mark’s family. Always good to stay with sister Anne and Trev and nephew Michael (named after his wonderful uncle, of …
nother one bites the dust . . . that is if you look on ‘turning 70’ as ‘biting the dust! But who does? It’s great to be 70! And, judging by the happiness on my sister Anne’s face all day long, answering phone calls and knocks on the door on January 31st 2014, she’s all …