STRAWBERRY FIELDS

While we were in Stanthorpe we visited Strawberry Fields, a farm where you could pick your own.

Diana was keen to do that.

First the flower

Then the fruit

Rows and rows of them

Now the eating, yum yum. We bought ours from the shop at the same price as PYO. I am not keen on bending over for long time due to a prolapsed disc. Since we have been home we have made a strawberry pie and a strawberry crumble.

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Location:Stanthorpe Qld Australia

THE ITALIAN CONNECTION AND LAW DOGS

 As mentioned in the last post, we spent  two days at Stanthorpe a beautiful town in the ranges. It was settled by Italians and their heritage is still very obvious in the district. Vineyards and orchards are everywhere. There are also Italian stores. The first night we had our Judo Club Reunion dinner at Anna's Italian Restaurant and it was delicious.

The next day we stopped by "Vincenzo"s" store and cafe for morning tea coffee. Can you believe this motley bunch of wrinklies used to do Judo. 

  

 All the tables had beautiful fresh roses another thing that grows well up there.

 The store was full of Italian delicacies like these sausages.

Lots of wine and liqueurs.

After morning tea we drove to an attraction called "Law Dogs Australia"

 It is where dogs, mostly German Shepherds are trained to be  protection dogs and detection dogs. This one is big Kye. He had powerful jaws and could knock a man down in a flash.

This is another one (I can't remember his name), in fact the trainer's favourite. Very intelligent and easy to train.

They start real training at 18 months but puppies are introduced to the idea early by giving them social skills . It was an informative show. I love German Shepherds, we used to have one years ago. He had loads of personality and was protective of our girls.

STANTHORPE'S AUTUMN COLOURS

Stanthorpe is a lovely country town in the area called the Granite Belt. It is a 3 hour drive south west from Brisbane up into the highlands. It is the coldest town in Queensland and therefore can show off some autumn colours, which we don't get in many other areas of Qld.

We went to Stanthorpe for a reunion of a few members of the Port Moresby Judo Club. 50 years ago we all belonged to the club in P/NG. We stayed for 2 nights in a motel which was on the banks of Quart Pot Creek. I went for a walk along the creek, I was enthralled with the beauty.

 The Granite Belt area is famous for its wine. The grape vine is showing off its colours.

This house is called a Queenslander as the architecture is what was used in the early days of settlement. The houses were built up off the ground and with  big wrap around verandas to keep them cool.

I mistakenly grabbed the wrong lens for my DSLR camera when I left home. I was mad with myself and so I had to make do with my phone and the macro lens which I had brought by mistake