South West Rocks - BNE Drive

A couple of days ago decided to go to South West Rocks to see Phoebe's extended family including her brother Kim who's recovering from a fall. 

Friday morning though started with a pre commitment in the form of rowing.  It was not a bad row. In an eight with one new guy - Hugh in 5 seat. 

As soon as the boat was away I high tailed it home and just after 7 we were on the way.

 Maccas on Ipswich Rd provided a couple of coffee's, a sausage and egg mcmuffin and for Phoebe, the worst cheese and tomato tostie.

Lost an hour as we crossed the border to NSW.

A couple of stops to charge along the way.  The range is just too little. 

Most of the way out was raining very heavily. The car is very heavy so unlikely to aquaplane but still the rain made visibility very poor and consequently we had to drop the speed. 

Arrived at South West Rocks around 3:30pm. We'd missed the family lunch. 

Dropped into see Kim and he's doing great. 

Penny met us and guided us to our accommodation. It's two shipping containers done up with a covered area. 

Early dinner of fish and chips at a local pub. 

South West Rocks - Parkrun

SATURDAY 

PARKRUN

It's 6am and v dark. We have awoken in our airbnb shipping container. Locate phone and search parkrun. 7am. Of course daylight saving adds confusion as I thought NSW park runs were at 8.  

A quick stop for a heart starter coffee and then locate the cult members gathering.

And they were off. We were still trying to take off jumpers and stow phones. Near panic set in as Phoebe's jacket zip was stuck and we observed the tail walker had crossed the start line. Finally we were on our way with the singular objective to over take the tail walker. 

4 ankle biters screamed past. A fellow we will call "tradie" appeared shortly after. As we walked, a consequence of travel flu and Phoebe's dodgy ankle, we observed tradie the shepherd keeping them together and encouraging extra effort from the stragglers. We offered to saddle magnus and put one of them on her but in a burst of energy the potential jockey sprinted into the distance.  

The first of the runners appeared on the return leg and the ankle biters had a new challenge - to slow the buggers down.

We are about half way through the course and #1 runner has appeared. Turns he's dad to two of the ankle biters. I think "tradie"needs a dad-of-the-year award. Then two ladies appear on the horizon and one of the ankle biters scream past us arms outstretched. 

The best part is this distraction put enough distance between us that we beat the ankle biters to the finish.

Cough phlegm

Got sick in Japan. Coughing up phlegm and runny nose.  It keept going upon return to Brisbane. 

Sunday 8 March I decided to go a doctor. Phoebe went out and bought covid test kits and face masks.  The covid test was negative. 

Went to the emergency care clinic 

 364 Ipswich Rd, Annerley QLD 4103.

A bit of a diversion while I accessed my Medicare card as the government has discontinued the Medicare app and replaced it with part of the my gov app. A good example of enshitification.

In the end it was quick and free. 

The doc looked in my mouth and said their was some infection. 

I had looked up dr google and it said that phlegm can be generated as the body's response to infection or irritation in the upper respiratory tract.

The doc prescribed as below.

I'm annoyed at myself for not going to the doc as soon as we got back to Brisbane. These days I try to go to the doc a soon as I start to feel crook but this time I didn't. 

APO-Amoxy/Clav 875/125 (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid) is a prescription antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections that may cause excess phlegm, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinusitis. It is a high-dose tablet often used for severe infections, taken every 12 hours. 

Healthdirect

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How it Treats Phlegm-Producing Infections

Mechanism: Amoxicillin kills the bacteria causing the infection, while clavulanic acid stops bacteria from destroying the amoxicillin, making the antibiotic more effective.

Indications: It is indicated for lower respiratory tract infections (like pneumonia and bronchitis) and upper respiratory infections (like sinusitis) that cause thick mucus.

Viral Infections: It will not treat phlegm caused by viral infections, such as the common cold or flu. 

Stove and Oven

The house came with an old free standing gas oven and stove.  The gas burners on the stove are in need of replacement and the oven is not fan forced and takes almost twice as long to cook as my previous oven and at the same time it seems to burn on top. 

It's not a great location as it's near the door and wind blows the gas burners around.  

Firstly I'd like a electric fan forced oven. 

Stovewise, I'd prefer gas but either need to shield from wind from the door or consider electric. Possibly induction. 

LOCATION

The location of the stove in the kitchen is not ideal but as we have not yet decided if we are keeping or demolishing, I don't want to change an otherwise perfectly good kitchen. 

Decision #1 : location as is.

SIZE

WIDTH 660 Can push to 710

OVEN

Decision #2: Electric. Fan forced.

KOGAN OVEN

Kogan appear to have a cheep fan forced oven. I think the only difference to the next most expensive one is it doesn't have a digital clock / timer and in good with that as past experience is these electronics are somewhat unreliable. 

Oven $329 (members $299)

Delivery to 4104 $52

Total $381

COOKTOP 

Gas cooktops seem to be aprox 100mm thick

CABINET

The rest of the kitchen is Bunning>Kaboodle.

Need cabinet + Top

NARROW CABINET

Width 120mm

FREESTANDING?

What about free standing?

Appliances on line- cheapest is about $1800

Team Labs

Early this morning we bought tickets.  $120 so we could turn up at any time. BTW a time slot ticket was way cheaper.  Of course when we got there, there was no queue.

At the baggage place. Which was also Karaoke bar.  Thought we should practice. 

Tue3-3 Leaving Myoko Kogan

6:00am rise& Shine 

Packing

7:00 Breakfast 

8:30 mini bus to the station

Train to Nagano

Shenkenzen Nagano to Tokyo.

Train to a Hamamatsucho Station

Henry located a baggage storage.

Walked to Team Labs

Team Labs.

Coffee / hot chocolate 

Taxi back to baggage store.

Walked to Hamamatsucho Station.

Monorail to Haneda.

Bag drop, security,  immigration. 

Phoebe and Henry into the lounge. 

MOTEL ROOM

Some time in past I had somehow gotten the idea that Japan did not look disabled people but this trip has shown me that Japan does seem to do things for disabled people.   I have observed Those bumpy strip's on the floor and disabled parking spots.

Sun 1 Mar

MORNING

Phoebe and I skied together and Henry went off on search of faster runs. 

HAPPY HOUR

AFTERNOON 

I skied with Henry and Phoebe went on her own. 

DINNER

After dinner we had crepes from a hole in the wall.  It's very popular.