Hello... I'm back!

Hi all,

It's been ages since I posted anything to Blogger. I haven't even been out to Blogland to take a look for quite some time. I kind of had a time out from social media, especially from my blogging. The inspiration hasn't been there at all - a messy house hasn't helped either...lol I've only posted occasional photos on Instagram, but I even had a whole month off that platform as well. Today I felt inspired to add some photos there, and also to post here on Swedish Corner Down Under!

Here comes a little update from my neck of the woods...

Two months ago Cyclone Debbie travelled from north Queensland down to us in South-East Queensland. By then, she was no longer a cyclone but still brought heavy rain and strong winds. The government decided to close all schools as it was unsafe to be out and about in the really bad weather.

At the end of Thursday night, when we thought everything was over, we realised it wasn't. Not only did Ex-Cyclone Debbie bring lots of rain and strong winds when she passed by, on her way to the ocean, she also managed to bring down a tree onto our roof. Thank you so much for the scare, the damage and the headache.

Logan River

The kids are checking out the river

Yours truly... ☺

No buses today...

No buses for quite some time, actually!

So much water... The water level has never been this high since I moved here!

Our skate park completely submerged!

A view from the top of the street

We had a blackout for 24 hours due to this flooding. 56 properties in our area were affected. An excuse for us to go out for lunch and dinner lol. Lots of other suburbs were without power for much longer... 

The Tudor Park, Skate Park and playground.

Logan River

Now, everything is back to normal for us. We were very lucky. Some people weren't as blessed. We are alive, We still have our house and all our possessions. The roof still needs to be fixed, but that's a minor issue.  These two months have passed by very quickly and this disaster has been archived into our hard drives. Life goes on - and we have to be thankful that we were very lucky!

Australia Day 2017

Hello y'all!

Today we are celebrating Australia Day... or Straya Day - in Aussie slang! It's a public holiday in the Australian calendar, so no work nor school today... ☺ All around the country, this day is celebrated with parties and barbecues.  

We had a simple barbecue at home, just us as a family. It was very relaxing with a day off, especially as school started this week and that's always a bit stressful after the long Summer holiday/Christmas holiday. It's never easy to get back into the normal routine with school lunches and bus trips. Tomorrow is a normal day with school and work... and guess what, after the weekend, it's only 9 weeks until the Easter holiday... - not that I'm counting or anything...lol 

A holiday adventure

The kids and I went to a friend's house, out in the country for a couple of days during the school holidays. So much fun - and so relaxing!

Yours truly enjoying the sun and the pool

Jonah liked spending time in the water - and dreaming of a pool of our own... So do I, actually!

Lily enjoyed playing with Doris the dog 

Beautiful sunset

Our scrumptious dinner

Still Christmas ♥

Countryside

Beautiful Queensland

Rainforest view from the car

Sammy, Daisy and Lily

Jonah

Rainforest Selfie

Nature is magnificent out here

Jonah is checking out the temperature of the water

The fantastic four!

Kids having fun

Beautiful tree

Petra and Pernilla - Swedish best friends in Australia ♥

Post Christmas get together

As we didn't have a chance to get together before Christmas, 

I promised my  Swedish bff, Petra, to keep Christmas up a while longer... 

A lovely get together!

 

♥ This is truly the best time of the year ♥

School holiday fun

We've tried to organise a few play-dates for the kids during the holidays.

Here's Jonah with his friend M

- a day filled with fun and laughter.

Yours truly with M's mum K. ☺

Christmas 2016

A belated Christmas greeting from Swedish Corner Down Under.

I have been busy with my Christmas blog,

Swe-Aussie X-mas (which is now retired)

AND

with my new Christmas blog with the same name,

but different address,

Swe-Aussie X-mas

Feel free to follow my new Christmas blog ♥

Hope you all have had a wonderful start of 2017.

Thank you so much for still hanging around and visiting,

even if I haven't been so active lately.

I will try and post more this year.

♥♥♥