My Brother Learns To Surf

Heading to UQ for a swim

The wait is finally over - the pool at the University of Queensland Aquatic Centre opened yesterday (pity we went on Sunday)! Read more here.

Morning on Adelaide Street

Five Kids Watching Telly

Floor Make-over Special!! 2. After

Ahhh now isn't that better?

Nice cool tiles, clean, lovely and with any luck... waterproof!*

The insurance company have said that because we paid for our "floating" floor ourselves, it came under the contents insurance. Had we left the original carpets there, it would have come under buildings. In other words, our year of floating floor procrastination was not in vain and we will be covered for the floor.

And so... we moved all our stuff back in yesterday. Our kitchen is yet to be decided on but at least it has a nice floor while we wait. In the meantime we shall be doing knee-skids and barefoot moonwalks around our home... just because we can..

*the term "waterproof" may be subject to change at any time and without notice. Please note there are several types of water.

June Theme Day: Feet

This white wall is part of Naldham House on Eagle Street, home to the Australasian United Steam Company, now known more commonly as The Polo Club. It was opened in 1889 and so has first-hand experience of Brisbane's three great floods... with markers on the wall to prove it: from the bottom up: 1896, 1974 and way up there is 1893. Accounts of the 1893 flood are biblical in proportion. All sorts of debris floated down the river. Houses, lifted off their stumps and furniture crashed loudly into the Victoria Bridge causing half of it to be washed away. The Indooroopilly Railway bridge was carried away too.

So what's this all got to do with feet?
Well in 1893, Edward Street in the city was under 8 feet of water and the official level in the city was 23 feet and 9 inches above the mean spring tide. This marker here at the Polo Club looks like it's about 17 feet but I didn't have my tape measure with me.


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Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.