That Nasty 'J' Word

Late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, we had a visit from - the SW winds. They reached speeds up to 100klm/hr and boy did they hit hard. Our fence was rattling, things in the garden had blown over and when we woke up, it was 11 degrees. OH NO!!!!! The true Queenslanders (those are the one's that have been here longer than about 5 yrs) were ringing into radio stations, newspapers and TV coverage on the terrible cold snap hitting SE Queensland.

Are they dreaming? Cold? Doona's? Winter Woolies? Huh? Maybe i'm used to the cooler temps of Newcastle but 22 in the day and 11 overnight - that's not cold.

However, i did open the forbidden cupboard. It has been left untouched since our arrival almost 8 months ago. It's "The Jumper Cupboard". da da DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. So yesterday i had on a thin cotton jumper, today a long sleeve T-shirt. the kids are running around in the street in shorts/thongs and shirts. It's not cold. We sat at Cafe Envy at Cotton Tree and the only table left was out the front in the shade with the wind gusting around us. They bought us blankets to wrap around ourselves. Kirrily looked like such a cutie with a blue blanket and her new hoodie on, but guess who forgot to take her camera and my mobile phone camera wouldn't work as it was almost flat. I must say, it's great living in Qld - it's "cold" (well sort of) but you still see most people wearing thongs or sandles on their feet.

Oh well, at least we'll have the winning State of Origin team this week. Now that's something that might warm them up.