Where are you in QLD?

[´*~·Meje·~*`]

Where are all our QLD members? Theres enough of you all! :laugh

[Madi]

Yes Qld is well represented!

I'm Brisbane north (also well represented I believe :2lol)

[Snoozie]

lol Darling Downs here although I travel to North Brisbane fairly regularly.

[Joey]

I'm Brisbane Northside too - but not as North as some- kind of north westish

[bubbalove]

North Brissie here - or South Cairns, as I like to call it some days on the long drive home!! lol

[skn]

Brisbane...on the fringe of the inner west :trippy

[Kathryn]

I'm a bit further out than fierdek - past the forest, lol. And very close to a pub where we really all should go soon! :2lol

[mrs fox]

out inthe sticks...half way between toowoomba and brissy....So I am in a good spot really.

[skn]

I'm a bit further out than fierdek - past the forest, lol. And very close to a pub where we really all should go soon! :2lol

yep! hehe!

[mama_bel]

I'm west of Cairns, so waaaaay further north than everyone else...

[sarah bean]

I'm next door to brisbane airport ;)

[Rinelle]

I'm in Brisbane north, way north. About as far north as you can get and still say you're in Brisbane.

[soulmama]

Sunny Coast...which is ummm North of North Bris and waaaay South of South Cairns... ;)

:rofl

[lindylou]

Mackay is where I am :-)

[Snoozie]

hehehe Mrs Fox I drive through Plainlands all the time on my way to Brissie lol DH got a ticket on the Warrego from a lovely speed camera the other week.

[Mercurious]

North Brisbane - walking distance to Green Tara and about a 15- 20 minute drive to a few others. It's the place to be!

[quigybopp]

I am north bris!

[mrs fox]

Yes Snoozie, the cameras are up and working, I am waiting for DH to get one near North Ippy exit as he drives to airport for work everyday.
You are welcome to stop over for a cuppa one day.:wink2

[cherish]

south brisbane.. so I have to take a drive to visit everyone (which is why I don't see everyone much..) but it's always worth the drive!!

[~kaoss~]

Wow, no one in being specific, it seems so cryptic! I'm would have to say north-west suburbs, maybe could be referred to as the outer inner suburbs :lol (Is that an accurate description of The Gap?)

[Mercurious]

Aarrrrrghhhhhhhh!!! Kaoss has fallen into the Gap!!! Shall we throw you a rope?

[Snoozie]

lol I would probably refer to The Gap as inner north heehee ... would love to live there... well Samford or that area. My singing teacher is at Keperra lol

Pretty easy to figure out where I am! lol

[zookeeper]

I'm very close to skn... :trippy

[Esther]

I am close to Kaoss. Just over the hill and through a suburb or two :laugh

[Natenimiri]

Hi I am a newbie and I am north of brissy too - in "the shire" as we used to call it (love The Hobbit!) before all the councils merged!

[Mercurious]

Oh the Pine Shire?? When I lived in Sydney I was from The Shire as well, maybe I really AM a hobbit??? I AM short and I DO have quite hairy feet.

I'm at Kallangur....shhhhhh don't tell anyone.

[quigybopp]

in "the shire" as we used to call it (love The Hobbit!) before all the councils merged!

:2lol

Hey Nat gr8 2 c u here!

[Beckstar]

Hey, I am in Ferny Hills, not far from Fierdek and close to the forest. North-west Brisbane fringe I believe :)

[Natenimiri]

I am in Kallangur too Mercurious! and no i won't tell anyone! hey Beckstar is in THE SHIRE too! :laugh

[Mercurious]

We should get together one day Nat. I'm near The Warehouse, does that make sense to you?

[melchpeppi]

Hmmmm, Im in Delfin land - south west of Brisbane - actually more like Ipswich...

Dont hold that against me.

Please.

It isn't my fault...

Susan, how could YOUR DH get a ticket??!! :gasp

[Snoozie]

hahahahaahaha because it's a speed camera* and they're not above the law which is good except when it comes to tickets which just sucks.

Guess we've contributed our little bit to repaying the deficit! lol

*most will let you off if they are using radar and you're not speeding excessively... except if they're in traffic then you is just a number!

[random]

I'm in Ferny Grove

[melchpeppi]

oh thats rather bummy Susan - sheesh, there oughta be SOME perks LOL!!!

I loike Ferny Grove.

[Anju]

Actually I am in Ipswich and there is nothing to hold against anyone from there. Its a great place.

[melchpeppi]

I like it here - I think its just that I havent explored enough and havent found the hidden treasures IYKWIM. I was coming more from the 'delfin' manufactured community angle ;).

[Lotus_Flower]

Wow, no one in being specific, it seems so cryptic! I'm would have to say north-west suburbs, maybe could be referred to as the outer inner suburbs :lol (Is that an accurate description of The Gap?)

Yep, me too :)

[mrs fox]

I like ipswich, It has potential.
Since DH moved to the bris airport for work after leaving job in toowoomba I only go to 'the swich' now. its only a 20 min drive. We just need to start an organic veg shop....especially with the super base nearing completion more families are going to be moving there.

Susan where in the darling downs are you? you sound close to me

[melchpeppi]

If you can give me some pointers about great places to go in Ipswich I would LOVE it!

We were just checking out land/property prices there and it seems like its actually do-able!

[Anju]

I love Ipswich as it has such a community atmosphere. Because people have given the area 'heaps' all this time, the people here are very proud of our city. Yeah it may not be as rich as Brizzy or as posh, but its changed so much lately.
We now have a huge multicultural presence and celebrations to match. We are getting plenty of new restaurants, hotels, clubs, gyms and there are many great parks for the kids. If you are into swimming, there are two pools in the area and heaps of swimming areas in lakes and the like, although you do have to be careful, some of them tend to get Bull Sharks in them.
There are martial arts clubs, belly dancing (which I do and highly recommend), yoga, meditation, health and beauty spas and many many different schools. Basicly, if you want it, you nearly always can get it.
Queens Park is fab for the kids and adults too, it has a huge playground and lots of open spaces, it has a newly developed eating area/kiosk, it has bbqs and rotundas to have picnics under and Queens Park has a kick ass animal enclosure with emus, kangaroos, dingos, birds, farm animals, and bilbies and reptiles. And its all totally free. At the park there is also some beautiful Japanese Gardens and a theatre nearby.
So you see, Ipswich isnt what it used to be, and most of the attitude about it is totally misguided and unfair. Its a great place and still cheap. Well worth a closer look.

P.S No, I didnt get paid to write all that....but I prolly shoulda! ha ha ha

[melchpeppi]

hahahaha- Ive been the Queens Park and I love it!! I really love the wide expanse, it is really special. We have the new Centenary Hwy extension here and it takes no time at all to get there for us, so Im intent on learning more about it :D

I must admit that I love the pride in the city that it has! My DP works there and looks like we will be here for awhile :D.

[Snoozie]

hehe I'm a bit of a way away living at the top of the range. :)

[mrs fox]

we were posted here almost 5 yr ago with the airforce, and lived in Flinders view for a while until we build our house out here....then the dept of defence wanted to post us to t/ville....I said no and DH discharged and we stayed...Queens park is a fav, shopping is good, no parking probs yo can go to the gc or sunny coast and its only a short drive.

I belive a town is what you make of it and what you put into your community.

[Snoozie]

Townsville eek! Didn't like it when I visited so definitely wouldn't want to stay either. DH wants to go back up north. He's obsessed with cairns but he's never been there!

[melchpeppi]

I belive a town is what you make of it and what you put into your community.

True true!

[soulmama]

DH wants to go back up north. He's obsessed with cairns but he's never been there!

And yet here's me trying to stay away from it!!! :rofl

[Rinelle]

I really enjoyed Cairns the two times I've visited. Bit hot though...

[mama_bel]

And yet here's me trying to stay away from it!!! :rofl

*sniff*!

Cairns is gorgeous in winter, but from October to March - no way! Ugh!

[Rinelle]

Yeah, September was pretty good, but Christmas was a bit too much!

[soulmama]

*sniff*!

Cairns is gorgeous in winter, but from October to March - no way! Ugh!
Remember C was born in Jan.... :unsure

[mama_bel]

Ugh, summer babies should not happen in FNQ!

Of course just west of Cairns (south-west even) there's the "naturally airconditioned" Tablelands - a hinterland area of green rolling hills, dairy farms, rainforest, waterfalls and beautiful wonderful people. :p

Mind you, it's been up around 30 degrees and sunny here for a week or more. It is usually much cooler and it rains a LOT.

[Bron]

I'm in Gympie, which so does not deserve its reputation as helltown or anything similar. It is full of very nice, genuine people.

[melchpeppi]

Sure Bron :P (joking ;):wub)

I would love to visit FNQ - the tablelands sound DIVINE!

[Rinelle]

Most of my mum's family came from Gympie Bron, so I have to agree with you. :) (I also lived there for about 6 months.)

[melchpeppi]

Ive only driven through Gympie and I loved the energy there :D

[JAHJ]

Im about 10 mins from Jimboomba.

Nothing really exciting out here.

[Bron]

really mel? you only got to see the ugly part of gympie (except mellor st, it's pretty ugly as well). but we have some gorgeous old buildings and right now, the jacarandas, silky oaks and illawarra flame trees are all in flower. just gorgeous!

[skn]

Im about 10 mins from Jimboomba.

Nothing really exciting out here.


I grew up there. There use to be a whole lot more nothing!! There was the pub, school and a tiny convenience store/post office. It was a nice place to grow up though. Lots of space to run around.

[spiralgirl]

wow so many IP people around me!!! I had no idea! ( interesting what a crash forcing us to re itro brings up!!! ...silver lining )

Im in Ferny Hills with lots of trees, and a few ferns :)

[Phoenix]

I am in 'the Shire' too!! Only new here though, I have to say I LOVE it.

[Mercurious]

How close are you to Kallangur Phoenix? Maybe we can go pegshopping sometime.

[Phoenix]

OOOO, I would love to shop for pegs! I live in Strathpine.

[Mercurious]

OH that's close. I saw some great "breastcancer fundraiser" pink ones in a catalouge somewhere recently. Not sure which one now. I thought it would be fun to clear out my old pegs (some of the blue ones are faded and some aren't, and that's just making it difficult to match) and get a bucket full of pink ones!

Strathpine is definately my stomping ground. I've lived in a few houses around Bray Park and Lawnton.

Does your DS like the Chipmunks or Go Wild play centres?

[froggie]

I'm South of Brisbane in the lovely bayside

[chooky]

inland a bit from the sunny coast... Maleny-ish

[renee]

Near Coolangatta... on the wrong side of the border...! But we do most of our outings in QLD!

[Phoenix]

That sounds fun Merc, I was only looking at my pegs this morning thinking, oh how nice would it be not to dig around finding a pair. It has been adding on heaps of time to that chore!

My DS LOVES both those play centres, and so do I! DS is having surgery next week but would love to have an outing there with the shire 'gang' soon.

Oh and I lurve Maleny-ish Chooky! So beautiful. (Not that anywhere else is less but I just can't get enough of Maleny.)

[moo]

What is it with the pegs???

We are in Wolloongabba..........dallying with the idea of building at Northlakes......

[*bunty*]

We are renting a house on a postage stamp-sized block in Moggill at the moment. I like the local shops ever since I saw Bernard Fanning there :). And the Moggill ferry is very cool. In a few months we swank our way over to Pullenvale where we will have S-P-A-C-E! So that makes me located in the West somewhere right? Maybe the outer West? I feel so far away from everyone and I don't have a GPS.

[Phoenix]

I have an OCD thing with pegs. They have to be the same type and colour.

[moo]

Well yes, Bernie lives out that way........;)

Same type and colour pegs???? that is hilarious........

[Phoenix]

It does make hanging out the washing a tad bit longer when you can't find pairs. LOL

[soulmama]

My mother had a similar obsession so I guess I inadvertantly gained one for purposely NOT matching them... :tongue_smilie

[moo]

soulmama-YOU antagonistic??? NO! i refuse to believe it so

[Phoenix]

LOL, DP does that to me too!

[soulmama]

:rofl

[soulmama]

In fact, my mother refused to take the washing in if the pegs weren't matched... she couldn't bear to go anywhere near the washing line... :sarcastic

So I'd peg out the washing and go to work on a Saturday morning (f&v shop until 7pm then babysit until 6am back to f&v shop for another shift until 1pm) and get home on the Sunday knowing she'd have left them there... :p

[Mercurious]

I'm South of Brisbane in the lovely bayside

Oh I'm quite fond of Bayside. Spending more time out there these days.

[Mercurious]

I have an OCD thing with pegs. They have to be the same type and colour. It was a fun activity when I was doing family daycare, the kids would help find pegs of the matching colour for me.

I hope I'm not to blame for a few more little peg matchers.

[Phoenix]

Ha ha Merc! I don't have such a bad obsession though, I just don't like it for myself! It looks so much nicer when the pegs match too!

[Mercurious]

Well if someone else put clothes on the line for me I wouldn't take the pegs off to match them...but I can't put two non matching ones on the same piece of clothing.

I have been known to rehang some stuff others have thrown on the line though.

[Snoozie]

hahaha I am guilty of matching peg thing and I am really fussy on the pegs that go on my nappies and I do rehang those if DH has hung them particularly badly (imho).

I'm nowhere near as bad as I was... I figure hey they're doing it so I don't have to and if I want them to do it then I have to suck it up that they're going to do it a different way!

[cass]

Also from up in Toowoomba. Thinking about moving..but I just love the place too much.

[mrs fox]

Goodie Goodie Goodie!!! another darling downs member....we are going to have to have a picinic i thinks.

[wems]

Goodie Goodie Goodie!!! another darling downs member....we are going to have to have a picinic i thinks.

:great:great

Oh I best keep an eye on this :D

[mrs fox]

yes wems i feel a picinic in the park/morningtea at a shop/someones home coming on.....

[cass]

I can never say 'no' to going out to Coffee...especially if they have good cake.

[Bron]

one of my friends has to not only match pegs, but she has certain spaces on the line (hills hoist) for certain garments. me, i use whatever peg is at hand, and fit the clothes to the space. i'm not getting the having to match pegs thing. the clothes dry regardless :D

[mrs fox]

right then who is up for morning tea in toowoomba?

[cass]

sounds good

[cass]

Count me in.

[mrs fox]

weekdays or week end?

[wems]

Oh depends when for us

weekend is better because I still can't drive the bus so Grae will have to drive

But we are pretty booked up weekends now till after christmas :(

[cass]

I have seen these sort of when/where discussions go on forever. I think the best thing would be to pick a random day, and then do it again in a few weeks.

[Mercurious]

one of my friends has to not only match pegs, but she has certain spaces on the line (hills hoist) for certain garments. me, i use whatever peg is at hand, and fit the clothes to the space. i'm not getting the having to match pegs thing. the clothes dry regardless :D I think it starts off as trying to make a boring job more interesting, then for someone who likes are bit of order in their world, bit becomes a habit. But hey, there are worse things so I'm happy to let my obsession be. I did however had to reel myself in when I started allocating a section of the line per family member. That was just too stressful.

[Mum2ATeam]

I'm in Logan on the southside of Brissie.

[Mercurious]

Welcome Peta!

[soulmama]

Oooh she snuck on in! ;)

Welcome hon! x

[Bron]

ah, see, i enjoy hanging washing (up there with ironing for me ;) i do hate washing the toilet tho! :D ) so have no need to make it interesting :D

[battlecrumpet]

Moorooka here (bris southside)

[boy wrangler]

Hi all!

We've just moved to Maryborough from Brissie, so reading where you're all from has made me a bit homesick!

Not too many IPers around these parts!

[cef77]

I've just read the whole thread. So here is my 2 cents worth

I am northside, Eatons Hill.

I *must* match my pegs by type and colour. I have certain pegs for certain items, particularly for DS#3 nappies and for thick socks. I also have the pink breast cancer pegs :) I hanf washingin a particluar way and I can't help but re-hang is anybody else does it.

Merc, I quite often stomp around Strathpine, DS#2 goes to school in Bray Park and DS#3 goes to FDC in Strathpine!

Wow, there really are a whole bunch of northern brisbanites here!

[bugboy]

I'm in The Gap

[Bee]

Just Southside of Bris :)

[Mercurious]

Now I must ask you CEF, were we separated at birth? I find myself constantly thinking "Oh me too!!" anytime you write something.

[mrs fox]

well we are in Plainland as most already no. But we are now moving to Kallangur/murrumba downs...house settles on the 15 dec...so I am trying to pack, find a house - school so I can enrol boys in time for us to escape to Victoria for xmas.....anyone with point of view on schools in that area I am for than happy to hear them good andbad.

[Moneypenny]

Stay well away of Kallangur Primary. I removed my daughter from there as there was a huge tolerance for bad behaviour with no solution. Undurba, (right between Kallangur and Murrumba Downs) is a good one. Small but getting bigger and quite a good rep. Dakabin primary I have not heard too much about. Petrie is a small school and by all reports lovely. Beautiful grounds too. Kurwongba is another fantastic, smaller school. I have my children at Narangba State. Small school, I know quite a few of the teachers (I went to high school with them) and a lot of the families. I actualy grew up in the area and a lot of the families I grew up with have now got their children at the school.

[mrs fox]

thanks heaps Gt...Undurba is in walking dis to one of the houses we are looking at...

[Phoenix]

I have heard bad things about Dakabin. I have 2 friends with children at Kallangur and they haven't had any problems just yet. I haven't researched the schools out there so not an expert like GT though.

[Rinelle]

I went to Narangba primary as a child, and worked in after school care there before I was married. :)

[Ayla]

Brisbane's southside, six streets away from Rach ;)

[Phoenix]

Most exciting news of the week..... I got new pegs! Woo hoo. They are so lovely.

[cef77]

Now I must ask you CEF, were we separated at birth? I find myself constantly thinking "Oh me too!!" anytime you write something.

:D Quite possibly!!!!

[Mercurious]

Most exciting news of the week..... I got new pegs! Woo hoo. They are so lovely.
You have my attention! What do they look like?

[Joey]

I need new pegs :)

[Phoenix]

They are from woolies, thick white with green, blue and pink tips. Very stylish. I only got one packet and I am wanting MORE!!!!

[faery]

i'm in toowoomba too! actually i'm in shock that there are toowoomba people here. where are you in this town!!???!!!! :yipi

[Phoenix]

My pegs discriminate. They don't like the fat clothes only the thin clothes.

[mrs fox]

We are now in Murrumba downs....I think it may be time for a park get together for all those in the north brissy!!!
ANy takers?

[soulmama]

Split thread..

new thread here (http://www.intuitiveparenting.com.au/showthread.php?1182-North-Brissie-Get-together%21) for get together! :)

[Anarcostar]

Hi all. I'm new here, but I thought I'd put myself on the map :)

I'm in Ferny Grove (Brisbane) at the moment. I see there a few others not too far away to which is so cool!

[Phoenix]

Hi Chrissy, your boys are similar ages to my boys. I hope you enjoy IP, it is a great community! :)

[mrs fox]

Holiday get together next week anyone....I am happy to have at mine if u do not mind a small puppy who will properly hide from kiddies....WARNING My back yerd is TINY. But I was thinking we could lay some paper on the front driveway and let the children paint, do leaf stencils.....the park is 10 houses up the road too...

[jodiemiller]

Oh what a lovely idea, Jill! We'll be away until next Friday, but I hope it's a great day, and I plan on paying you a visit sometime soon.

[mrs fox]

Thanks Jodie...a silk kimono would be nice...jokes.
I Hope u have a nice trip....

[cef77]

That sounds lovely Jill! I will get to meet you IRL :) Could you please PM me your address?

[mrs fox]

I am thinking wednesday around 10am ish.....its the middle of the holidays (we all cauld use a break by then). just byo if u have diet requirements and a potluck for the rest....sound fair.
i will do drinks and set up the portocot if anyone needs it.

[Phoenix]

I would love to catch up but I had already made plans with a school mum! Will catch up with you at some point.

[cef77]

Oh bugger, we are going to Southbank with some southside friends on Wednesday. Another time......

[Astra]

Pretty central Brisbane, 2km from the city centre. Probably not too far from you kaoss.

[mrs fox]

Sorry Ladies but it seems that I will havr to cancel.....Harry and I are getting sick again......

[Astra]

That post didn't quite end up where I expected it to. Oh well. Wish I could come but I am spending most of tomorrow on ward rounds.

[battlecrumpet]

Back to the OP...I'm at Moorooka on the southside (a bit lonely as most other IPers seem to be northside!)

[Phoenix]

My mum lives in Moorooka!

[battlecrumpet]

Moorooka's a great place for most things (except traffic noise, depending on where you are) :)

[Phoenix]

She doesn't get much traffic noise, she is in the area behind red rooster.

[battlecrumpet]

Wow she must be only about 3 or 4 blocks away from me!

[Phoenix]

Awesome. We could catch up at a park around there one day if you would like. I only have both boys on the weekend as B is in school!

[battlecrumpet]

That's be great :) PM me if you're going to be in the area and feel like catching up :)

[Avalon]

Hey hey.. new here, just thought I'd stick my hand up. In Surfers at the moment, have been in Qld less than 3 weeks so have yet to see most of it. Took a drive up Tambourine Mtn the other day, very beautiful. Burliegh looks nice too. I dont know if its because everyone is in permanent holiday mode, but so far my impression of Qld'ers is that they're much more open and friendly than us sandgropers; (dont take it to heart ;)) a lot more smiles and hello's on the street!

[jodiemiller]

I love Mt Tambourine. Used to teach at the two little primary schools there. :)

[soulmama]

Yep, we Qld'ers are a pretty friendly lot. ;)
Welcome!

[Phoenix]

Battlecrumpet, my mum just moved to Ipswich. :(

[Twinings]

Newbie here, Im north Brissy at the moment but only for the next few months then we will be south side or ipswich.

[Phoenix]

Hello S! :)
Welcome to IP! You can go into the Intro forum and write a little bit about your journey as a Mumma. I also did a thread when little man was on his way so you are already known by a few people here lovely as they shared in your birthing journey!

[chaos]

hmm, don't seem to have posted in here yet!
I'm far-southside of Brisbane, just up the hill from the Logan Hyperdome.

[Twinings]

I read the thread Phoenix, it was beautiful thank you very much hun xo

[Mercurious]

Lots of North Brissy girls here.

[katieandbean]

Hey :) Im new to Ip :) I am North West of Brissy.

[Phoenix]

Hi, welcome to IP. Maybe you could go over to the introductions forum and write a bit about yourself. Looking forward to hearing more. There are quite a few Brissy Mumma's here :)

[checkingboxes]

I'm a northsider too, Geebung.

[Zenifa]

Can't remember if I've already posted in this thread, anyhoo, we are on the southside in Brisbane :)

[lucylu]

In my dreams, I'm in QLD!!! And all my wonderful friends and family and the community in which i live is there too ;)

[bubbalove]

I'm now officially a Bayside resident :) Anyone know of a decent hairdresser over here?

[jodiemiller]

Nope. Maybe search in Carindale? Happy housewarming, by the way!

[Zenifa]

Hi Kerri Ann, lovely to meet you on Sat, and big thanks again!!
I don't know of hairdresser on Bayside, but do know of a great one in MtGravatt.

[bubbalove]

Thanks Jodie :) Can't wait til the place is box free, and DP is home...

Was lovely to meet you too, Zenifa! Thanks again for the madelines ;) Hope she liked it xx

[Zenifa]

Wonderful to meet you too Kerrie, my friend Karen is overjoyed with the seat, and so happy you liked the madelines :)

[mummaT]

Hi All, new here. Im in Mackay, anyone else round here?

[mama_bel]

Hi Mumma T, I bet there's a couple of IPers nearby. :)

[Astra]

Hi MummaT, welcome to IP. We have an introductions section if you would like to write a little about yourself, we would love to get to know you :)

[boy wrangler]

Thanks for bumping this thread.

We're back in the Bris now and (I'm sure everyone knows already) near Ikea ;)

[elflyn]

Takes me about 40 minutes to get to Ikea :yes
Just sayin'
xx