Event of the month..Mels new glasses!

After persevering for many months with specs that Curt repaired for me umpteen times, I finally got some new glasses. Very speccy specs! Rimless, graduated lenses for long, mid and short range, non reflective and light as a feather...I totally love em! And cos they're on my face all the time, Curt loves em too...mainly because I'm not saying 'where's my glasses?' anymore!
And look who poked his head out the top of a pipe? Couldn't resist taking the shot.

Kombi Club Campout

43 kombis from all over the east side of Australia took part in a campout in Eden NSW (near the Vic border). Some drove many thousands of kilometers to be there. The Qld crew met Curt on Pacific Hwy near Mullumbimby and proceeded caravan style down for about 3 days and 1300 km to meet the rest of the crew over the easter weekend.
Here's a pic of Curt's Kombi, renamed Blue Thunder cos it farts blue flames when it backfires going down hills. And a pic of Curt racing toy Kombis.

Close enough to say hello

Every now and then, we have hot air balloons sail past our place but never as close as these. Not only did they return our waves but they were so close we could say hello to each other.

Mellow out in Mullumbimby

My folks who live in Perth saw this article (link below) in their local paper...imagine, an article about Mullum! Uh oh, does this mean the secret is out about our gorgeous laid back little town? http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23271800-5005040,00.html
The sun came out on my day off...so I dragged the banana chair out under the jaccaranda tree and spent an afternoon reading a wonderful new book by Hadar Jacobson on metal claying.

More clearing...and movie night

Ok, so it's not my best look! But this is what I look like when I see the graze on Curts leg caused by the chainsaw and a second of distraction! I was about to do a 'mum' on him, you know, all about chainsaw safety, but stopped myself. He knows. At any rate, he's ok. Just a graze. And what a pile of work he's getting done! He's had the help of a backpacker who's hanging out next door and needs some spare cash. It's great cos Curts much more motivated when he's working alongside somebody...they've had multiple trips to the tip, still getting rid of piled up crap lying around...a dozen old batteries, washing machines, old bikes, just tons of rubbish that was all piled up near the orchard., probably been there for a decade. They've also cleared all that elephant grass from around the orchard area. Amazing how much space there is now! The next photo is a pic of Pablo, our Columbian traveller come work buddy. He's also in the top photo, with some of the crew staying with Sage right now, it's movie night at out place...just a gorgeous bunch of girls...very firey too . The other pic is of our driveway now the elephant grass, barbed wire, old star pickets, you name it... is gone...this is the same spot where Curt was coaxing the car back on four wheels in an earlier post. Big diff eh!

Mt Chincogan and our friendly python

Did I tell you we had a lot of rain? Well, it's still raining...and with the rain come the creatures, seeking shelter. Here's our friend making his way to his usual hidey hole in the ceiling of our tool shed off the verandah.
And a spectacular shot of Mt Chincogan from the road leading into Mullumbimby. I love that drive back from Byron Bay into Mullum, something about those mountains that touch something inside me. A sense of peace. A coming home...

Party at Sage's

Party time next door at Sages. Sorry about the dark pics. He's on solar power so it's very dimly lit. But check out the gorgeous 'organic' house will ya. Lovely space. Lovely vibe. Great crew of people there too. Kinda wild and tribal. Very hearty. The drumming went on for hours. You can see Curt in two of the pics, one with him grooving on his Kamali drum and the other dancing...