What a Tuesday!!!

Hi everyone,

I have a friend that is retired from the Air Force.  He flies planes from here to there for their
100 hour service.  He also flies on his days off from work just for fun.  On Tuesday, I was
invited to go along.

This is the plane we went in, just before we left. The red letters on the tail say REDCLIFFE.   I've done too many international flights in my
lifetime to count: USA, London, Australia, Japan,  Indonesia, etc....but I have NEVER been on a
plane this small.   I told myself not to be nervous....but....

Before we left, he told me there was only one engine, (Only ONE engine, seriously) ?!?!! and he told me he would take the long way and  fly along the
beach all the way so we could crash on the beach instead of the ocean, and he told me what position
to get in if we were going to crash...(He called it mandatory safety information).

We flew from Rothwell to Caloundra, in Queensland.  We were over the water in no time!!

It wasn't a perfectly clear day and we could see fires burning in the distance north to Sunshine Coast.
Most of our time in the air was flying along the coast of Bribie Island.

Here we are approaching the runway in Caloundra.  I was hoping the propeller wouldn't fail!!

This is my fave pic of all the ones I took on the day. This is after we had a coffee in Caloundra
and are back in the air on our way home.

Here we are flying along Bribie Island. The dark spot is the wheel for landing.  We both had
headsets on with microphones so we could chat the whole time.

The colours of the sandy beach and the water were just beautiful and ever changing.
The dark shadows are clouds from above.  We did go up to 1500 ft, but most of the time
we were only at 500 ft. I could see people on the beach.  Our speed was 180km/h.

 

We landed safely back in Rothwell and I survived to tell you this story.  It's not often I get

very far from home these days, so this was a VERY exciting day for me.  It's the best day I've

had in a long time! xx Debbie

There are heaps of pics....here is one more....
I will be playing with rotary cutter tonight instead of sewing....anyone care to join me?

Travelling Treasures Giveaway Time

Hi everyone,

It is Travelling Treasures time again.   You can read about how it all started here.  

 

Bev C. over at Kainga Happenings  has received her parcel from Lyndell  and shown pictures of

what she is keeping and adding to the parcel.  She is also offering a fun guessing game giveaway.

You have until Midnight Tuesday the 8th of October to pop over to her blog to offer your guess for a chance to win the next parcel.   Good luck!  xx debbie

FNWF

Hi everyone,

                                                                            

Lovely to stitch along with  you last night.  I have a favourite BeeGees concert cd that I listened to
most Friday nights as it is good sewing music LOL.   My stereo has been broken for months so I
am really missing it, but I have new friend that is working with tech support for the maker and hopefully it will be working again very soon!  Here is what I worked on last night:

I made a start on Breast Cancer drain bag #3.

I trimmed 16 quilt blocks so now they are ready to sew in groups of 4.

I made a start on this cute little stitchery for my Secret Santa project.

A dear friend has been helping me with yardwork.  What a mess!

My back is aching from all the raking, chopping palm leaves, and sweeping.

It looks so nice out there today.  I love to sit out there and stitch or plant things.

Right in the middle there is my first tomato of the summer just starting to blush.  Yum.....
xx debbie