Welcome to Arthur Creek Farm.

An early start today to head back down to the Gold Coast and organise the big move. Our cats have settled in somewhat and we are going to leave them home alone for a night. We had thought to place them in a cat hotel for a few days while we did the move, but we just weren’t sure if that was the right thing to do. They knew something was coming to a head and were sticking close to us. They are quite used to being home alone when we go for a day. So, we made sure they had plenty of biscuits and water, gave them twice the ration of meat for breakfast and told them we love them, and we will be home as soon as we can. We left the fans on and windows ajar, so they would be cosy. Then we headed down south.

The roadworks held us up quite a bit and we had the school traffic around Brisbane, but it wasn’t too bad. It was probably an 8 hour trip including water stops. We arrived at the daughter’s home about 5.30pm feeling quite exhausted and happy to have her cooking dinner for us. We all tried to get an early night so we could get to the storage shed at the earliest possible time. Our removalist, Johny was meeting us at 7am. To save time we began emptying the storage shed. Daughter was taking a couple of china cabinets and her partner, and his mate loaded them onto the trailer and dropped them off, picking up a flat packed king bed frame on the way back. By this time, Johny had arrived and began playing Tetris with our furniture and boxes. I must say, the storage shed at National Storage Carrara, was the best thing I did. Over a few months from January to April/May we packed up a whole 4 bedroom house, bar the TV, lounge, mattress, a couple of bedside tables and bits of kitchenware. Of course, we had heaps of things that went to charity and the tip. After 26.5 years one just accumulates … junk! However, the shed was not only convenient it was a peace of mind to make the move flow well.
By the time the boys came back with the trailer, my daughter’s car was packed with special items, my car was packed with things and the trailer was heavy enough to keep itself steady on the road. The removalist was even ready to hit the road. I think it was about 9.30am. Our daughter and her partner followed us heading north and again we encountered lots of roadworks on the way. The road will be really good when it’s all finished. We all arrived around 5pm to 5.30pm.
Less than a couple of hours later and our removalist finished unpacking the truck. Half was upstairs in the house and half (mostly boxes) was under the carport. I can’t speak highly enough of our removalist, Johny, and his offsider Denis were excellent. For those moving on the Gold Coast, contact us if you would like his details. Good price, great service!

We were all tired, but our daughter was only here for one night, so Jason decided to cook a rotisserie chicken on the BBQ. First time using the BBQ that came with the house, (Jason usually hates cooking on BBQ’s) it was a little burnt around the edges but really good. I did the veggies and wrapped the potato in foil to go into the BBQ too, a quick sauce and we enjoyed a nice baked dinner on the verandah. Not long after dinner we all crashed in bed from complete exhaustion. It was a big two days.
**Almost forgot … our kitty cats were happy to see us home and we all gave them lots of cuddles and pats, and a little chicken from our BBQ dinner.