And then there were three again! We have a newbie RVer!

Anubis, or 'Newbie'

       

The Entrance, NSW, just across the lake

      

Newbie's first sunset RVing

We tried going without a dog for 3 months, but it wasn't the same.
So here is our newbie RVer - Anubis. He's just 8 weeks old, a Bichoodle.
We're smitten and feel complete again.
Life's too short and the road too long to be without a pup.

Port Macquarie - we've found another favourite!

This place has it all including glorious sunsets

Back to NSW, after a stay in Brisbane and briefly Coffs Harbour before spending some time in Port Macquarie.
A new one for our favourite list!
We'll be back.

After excitement of gem fields, Coolum Beach Queensland

A great stop, even with rainy weather

We discover gems! A gem of a Retreat and sapphires too!

I don't like washing up, but this...

I'm hooked

Sapphire Park Retreat reminded us of African game lodges...

except here we have wallabies at sunset

Another brilliant gem - a friendly local sits on Roy's knee

We're in the Queensland gemfields now.
I LOVE fossicking!
I found two lovely sapphires - "cutters" they call the good ones and they're being cut for us overnight... and found plenty of smaller sapphires and zircons which can be polished cheaply in Thailand.

Camping inside postcards - The Whitsundays. Airlie Beach, N. Queensland

 74 Islands out there...and the Great Barrier Reef.
We love this place and the great thing about having The Silvery Nomad is that we actually get to live inside postcards like these!

After the dust of N.T, a breath of fresh Ayr in N. Queensland

Our shady oasis in Ayr, just south of Townsville

We found Cascades  by accident , driving by at the edge of town

Tony & Mazz. They really enjoy their job, running the park - tirelessly

You read about friendly parks, friendly managers and friendly people.
Then you stumble on one that really is friendly.
Mazz and Tony share in looking after the park, between them keeping everyone happy.

Mazz scurries everywhere in her golf cart

Previously, Mazz looked after actor Hugh Jackman on set for three years.
"What does looking after Hugh Jackman mean?" Roy asked her.
"Doing just about everything for him," she said. "I was his personal assistant and he didn't have much time left with producing and directing Wolverine. I also looked after all the other stars on set."

Delvene - volunteer gardener

Delvene loves her gardening and beautification of the park so much that she does it for free, even going so far as to buy plants herself.
It's that kind of place.
It must be the Ayr.

Dinosaur country far Queensland (Richmond)

A Mother's Day Kiss from a Kronosaurus

This thing could eat a T-Rex for Breakfast

Ammonites - named after Egyptian Ram god Ammon (Roy learnt something)

This area was once ocean

Quaint toilet name - actually it was prehistoric. No toilet seat