Had some house made pho and the kids monopolized the pool and trampoline

Refrigerated mango and rock melon. It’s too hot for anything warm

That’s incredibly comprehensive! Thank you so much for that!

Yeah, feel free to disregard my question. I was being lazy. My apologies 🙏

Queensland maps and routes

Briscycle.com

Brisbane Valley Rail Trail

More BVRT

TIL, thanks!

Is there any sort of official bike trail map available, or is it all mostly relying on g-maps or Apple Maps these days?

Once I can get my grom outdoors and hopefully riding a bicycle, we’ll be able to explore a bit more

I love me some Hypermarket, but that collection of intersections is trash. I can’t imagine trying to ride a bicycle through there

Holy crap dude, I hadn’t seen that one yet. That was nuts!

Totally thought this was a screencap from dashcam owners Australia at first

Partner made a chiffon cake yesterday for a trifle we’re bringing to our neighbors’ New Year’s Eve dinner. House made custard and whipped cream too. Blueberries and strawberries from the local Colesworths though.

Yeah nah, I was definitely surprised to see this in the store. I’m sure there’ll be some opinions on whether or not that’s legit Vegemite or some shady impostor

That’s… impressively comprehensive. Many thanks!

It’s on my to-do list, for sure. So far those lovely choccy biccies get devoured well before they are able to get close to the tea and coffee

Ouch. Naturally, we’re going to have to sample all the different flavors.

Thanks for the heads up on the 1 month notice thing, that’s good to know!

Thanks for the recommendations. They all look to be pretty decent, and roughly in line with what we’ve been paying to Comcast, and arguably slightly cheaper for about the same performance.

Alas, we have American passports. I suspect we’ll be in for a thorough inspection. Inside and out. You’d think that the prior inspections we’ve had for the visas and the work security clearance would have sufficed…

I appreciate your thorough answer. We’re flying Qantas both into and out of Sydney. It seems like the Qantas transfer desk will be helpful to a degree, but the big bottleneck is customs. Naturally, we’re scheduled to arrive at 0605, so right in the peak of traffic. Plus, we’re moving, so we’ll have more luggage than we normally would, and we’ll have our 6 year old with us too. I’m sure it’ll be spicy.

My wife appreciates your suggestions there. She’s all about the Thin Mints. I lean heavily towards the Samoas/Caramel deLites.

Thanks for the heads up on that. I figured it would be something of that sort. We’ll definitely miss the Girl Scouts and their damned cookies selling at the entrances here.

So far, trying to buy Australian-spec adapters in the US is like asking a fish for lasagna. I was barely able to find power cables for the few electronics we’re bringing with us. I briefly thought about getting a handful of travel adapters, but they’re silly expensive for what you get, and the others seem super sketchy.

I figured, worst case scenario, we’ll grab a couple at the airport or the local shop and order more from Amazon or something later