So, finally booked our summer holiday in Palm Cove, Far North Queensland from 29th Dec to 8th Jan. At this stage we'll drive up there from Brisbane. approx 2,000klm there and 2000klms back. Looking at the option of flying the 3 of us up then hiring a car during our stay, but car hire prices are $4500 for that period and if we fly up we won't have the jetski to play with.
Accommodation rates are also through the roof. $655 (352 Quid) per night without breakfast! They're just slogging us due to zero overseas travelers coming in and none of us permitted to travel overseas. Captive audience.... Ah well.
I'm so pleased to hear Mrs PY is getting a lot more mobile by the day. Take it easy with your knee PY. Don't go too hard too soon mate.
What's this with Walt blaming his sore back on weeding! Sounds more like shaggers back to me!
In for a cold wet weekend in my part of the world. Low 20's I hear. Winter has well & truly set in, yet I can't bring myself to wear a jacket during the day, unlike many soft c**k Aussies who don beanies and puffer jackets when the temp dips under 25C.
Well it's Friday afternoon, and I think I'll head off home real soon.
Enjoy your Friday everyone, take care, stay safe and have a great weekend!
Wearing a jacket ? What is this thing ? Anything near sixteen degrees and I’m in a
T-shirt.
I can’t stand wearing jeans or trousers,,at any time of the year . Obviously I wear them if we go out , but other than that , I’m in shorts all year round .
Even on the allotment , shorts and an old pair of trainers , no socks , just something a bit warmer , a sweatshirt over a T-shirt in the winter .
My wife thinks I’m having an affair if I go out , up the pub , say, in jeans !!!!!
So , you have a holiday to look forward to , well done mate . Hope you are feeling better and not nauseous anymore .
£350 a night is a bit much for us Brits ! £100 with a breakfast is probably the going rate for a room , on a B&B basis .
Obviously you can pay a lot more , no matter where you are .
Friends of ours just hired a Two berth Stationary Caravan on a site near the beach where we live , for a week , for what you are paying a night .
The site normally has a swimming pool and a really good club house , but they are shut at the moment due to good old Covid . So it would probably be a lot dearer otherwise .
Having a holiday is a dream at the moment . We both feel safe in our environment, and whilst the plebs are saying about all this about staying at “home “ for a holiday , they call them staycations ,,(I hate those phrases , Brexit was another one)…. , I don’t think I could trust the other people around me ,
I do go to the pub , but I know those people , I have trust in them , if a person I don’t know comes in , I just hope they don’t sit near me !!!
Any how , that’s just me .
Hope you have a brilliant holiday., I think you need it .
Stay safe mate , keep posting .