We arrived home yesterday after stopovers in Rome and Helsinki. We flew into Australia through glorious blue skies and mountains of white clouds.
cloud mountains
It is always exciting to catch sight of Australia.
the first glimpse of Australia
I don’t know where we crossed the coast, but it must have been somewhere near Cape York.
a northern river
We flew along the east coast of Queensland. There has been lots of rain recently so everything was looking green.
folowing the Queensland coast
The hills behind Brisbane looked great. We flew over the glasshouse mountians and towards Moreton Bay.
the hills behind Brisbane
Soon it was time to fly through the clouds and into Brisbane.
coming down through the clouds
Moreton Bay just before landing
Brisbane turned on a perfect autumn day for us with warm sun and blue skies. Our neighbour has been looking after our house for us while we have been away and everything looks great. We have a new additon to our courtyard.
our pineapple
Several years ago I planted a pineapple top in a pot and a pineapple has appeared as if by magic.
I look forward to rediscovering lovely Brisbane and catching up with friends.
Welcome home!
By: mary D on May 25, 2011
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Thank you. No doubt we will run into each other soon.
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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Lucky you! What a blue sea!!!!
By: Anonymous on May 25, 2011
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Moreton Bay is lovely and it certainly looked good yesterday.
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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Glad you arrived sunily 😉
Nice pinapple, actually prettry handsome.
By: maru on May 25, 2011
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I wonder if will get ripe and be edible.
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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Wow, great pictures.
By: AlainSG on May 25, 2011
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Thank you!
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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Welcome home Deb 🙂
By: Anna Johnston on May 25, 2011
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Thank you – it is good to be home, although I miss the village already.
By: bagnidilucca on May 26, 2011
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Welcome home! Enjoy your friends and family.
By: paninigirl on May 25, 2011
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Thanks Paninigirl. It is good to be home, but I am missing my sfoglia every morning.
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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Glad you are back home safe and sound. LOVE the pineapple. It will taste so good!
Speak to you soon.
By: Moira Drexler on May 25, 2011
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The plant has been there for years and this is the first time we have had a pineapple.
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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welcome back – i always feel the same when I fly into Brisbane, its a glorious feeling to know that u have returned to your roots. (even though I get itchy feet not long after i return)
By: susan chapman on May 25, 2011
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Thanks. I get itchy feet pretty quickly.
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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welcome back deb just in time for the cold snap and italian week in brisvagas
catch up soon
By: chris toy on May 25, 2011
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The cold snap is good and I will be checking out Italian week.
By: bagnidilucca on May 25, 2011
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Ahhh this reminds me of flying into brissie!
By: Dakota on May 26, 2011
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Brisbane is a great place to live. I am happy to be home for a while.
By: bagnidilucca on May 26, 2011
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I am so impressed by that pineapple!
By: cityhippyfarmgirl on May 26, 2011
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So am I. This is what happens when you completely ignore plants.
By: bagnidilucca on May 26, 2011
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better hide it from the scrub turkeys!
By: darylbutler on May 26, 2011
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The turkeys can’t get into our courtyard, but the possums can. I wonder if they like pineapple.
By: bagnidilucca on May 26, 2011
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Welcome back! And it looks like you have a welcome pineapple too! 🙂
By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on May 26, 2011
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Thank you, I have never had a welcome pineapple before.
By: bagnidilucca on May 26, 2011
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Hello Deb!!
Glad to have you home and it was wonderful to bump into you the other day in James St. I enjoyed looking through all your beautiful photos. Hope we bump into each other again very soon.
Dot xox
By: Dot Wojcieszuk on May 26, 2011
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Hi Dot, I’m home for about 4 months and would love to catch up.
By: bagnidilucca on May 26, 2011
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Welcome home Deb and Jim. I have just flown in from New Zealand —another beautiful place to visit. Can’t wait to catch up over coffee at Campos – I know how you tell them their coffee is as good as in Italy
Di
By: dianne Cant on May 27, 2011
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Sounds good.
By: bagnidilucca on May 27, 2011
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