A Trip to Oz: A Meeting with Kevin

A full Aussie breakfast in a sidewalk cafe in the small town of Redcliffe, where Tracey lives just outside of Brisbane. Coincidentally, this is the town where the Bee Gees grew up. Yes, we drove by the Brother's Gibb homestead, no pics available. The full Aussie breakfast includes eggs, bacon, toast, baked beans, and roasted tomatoes. Items one through three are pretty standard, but baked beans and roasted tomatoes? Again, echoing the influence of her majesty's empire.

The evening was spent at Shane's house for his birthday BBQ. You guessed it, the BBQ was sausages and steak. We had a very good time and managed to bring together two social hand grenades generating the potential for fireworks. Di's father Kevin and Med got along famously and I pity the poor soul who would like to take on that combination of viper tongued fools. Erin's mom, Lizzie, drove down from Proserpine to enjoy the festivities and to bring us back in the morning. Janice, Di's mom, was there as well as Shane's family. Lots of Aussie's but almost as many Americans. We stopped by to see Di's homestead in Black's beach and received an in depth explanation of mining operations. The engineer in Rusty came out and he was truly fascinated with the process. I'm also sure the enviro-nazi in him was biting a few tongues, but the process of mining was really interesting.

A few photos from the evening...