August 2025 – Living in Paradise…
6 posts published by pommepal during August 2025| Living in Paradise...
6 posts published by pommepal during August 2025| Living in Paradise...
Now for something different this week for Jude’s “Bench Challenge”. I’m taking a walk down memory lane. Join me for a 2 minutes stroll. I hope you enjoyed this walk. How many benches did you spot?| Living in Paradise…
We have made a commitment to try each week to visit places in our back yard we have not been to for a while. This week we will go up to the hinterland. As the marketing media put it “the green behind the gold”. So feeling like a drive we go up the mountain to […]| Living in Paradise…
It’s been many years since we visited Sea World. It is along the Spit, only a 10 minute bus ride away. It is one of the main tourist attractions on the Gold Coast visited by people from all over the world. We have travelled and explored all over the world telling ourselves we would discover […]| Living in Paradise…
For 3 years we have been hearing the helicopters daily buzzing around overhead , showing the tourists the expansive views of the the beautiful Broadwater flowing out to the endless ocean. This area…| Living in Paradise...
It’s been a while since we walked along the Spit. “The Spit” is the northern most section of the famous Gold Coast stretch of beach incorporating Main Beach and Surfers Paradise all the way south to Coolangatta. As the name suggests, The Spit extends into the seaway and is the gateway between the Gold Coast […]| Living in Paradise…
The RQAS Gallery displays a large cross section of exciting original art using different mediums and styles. It is at Broadbeach in a beautiful park setting and just across the road from the beach. Each month there is a new exhibition based on a different theme with freestyle entrees as well. The art is varied, […]| Living in Paradise…
It’s been a while since I reported on my months activities in Ju-Lyn and Brian’s “changing season” challenge. I used it as a catch up and reminder to look back on as the time races by. So I thought time to start that monthly routine again. But first I will look back on last July… […]| Living in Paradise…
As we ate breakfast sitting on the balcony in the sunshine, we noticed something… A rope dangling outside the window???? Of course we had to look out… This is who we saw. It was an interesting start to the day. As we set out for the days activities there’s a group of tradies just standing […]| Living in Paradise…
The weather forecast is for clear,sunny, settled weather. We have no doctors appointments or commitments this week. So lets get away for a couple of days and go to Brisbane. I google hotels in the …| Living in Paradise...
Seen at the Broadwater Parklands a couple of weeks ago after the Gold Coast Marathon had been run. 39000+ people had been here. But now it was late afternoon as we had a walk around and the crowds had gone and just left a solitary, empty water bottle to show they had been here. So […]| Living in Paradise…
I just had to share this mornings spectacular sunrise with you. Have a happy day everyone…| Living in Paradise...
Just a 10 minute drive down the road from the homestead are the beautiful Omanawa Falls. Notice that the description and welcome message is written in Maori first. Since we were here 5 years ago we…| Living in Paradise...
Back to Sydney to wait out the passing of cyclone Alfred as it storms it’s way through the Gold Coast, creating chaos and closing the airports. This time we are staying in Sydney Central Hote…| Living in Paradise...
Another day out with my son and daughter-in-law was a visit to the Auckland Botanic Gardens. From the many outings we did together this was a highlight. the Auckland Botanic Gardens is a young gard…| Living in Paradise...
