Flashback to Keith's arrival at Pearl Street

Week 35:
Danny has a street meeting with Poustie. His work at Moreton is nearing an end. He said he is looking forward to coming back and working on Keith. Hoorah!

Week 36:
Danny edits Keith's Arrival video that I shot last year on our Sony HandyCam and posts it on youtube.



Then...Danny buys something on ebay that is very exciting!

The Redcliffe Rag

Redcliffe Song & Danny's Photo Documentary

Week 31
Well it rained for 6 days over Christmas, and so Jim D'Ville and Danny wrote a song about Redcliffe "The Redcliffe Rag" and we recorded it in our loungeroom with:
Sammy on Vocals; Danny on Guitar; Jim on Ukes and Linda on Uke
Then it was sunny for 2 days and Jim shot a film clip around Redcliffe and edited it on his laptop. SEE ABOVE POST

Week 33
All this recording and videoing was very inspiring and now Danny has the film bug. He made lots of great short photo documentaries about the recent floods and posted them on face book.
This one is my favourite:

Pouste (our Pearl St handyman) was home for a day over Christmas, then back to Moreton Isle for the busy season.

Keith is being very patient and has become a temporary shed in the meantime!

Keith gets a 4x4 Friend for Christmas!

Week 28-30: We have been looking forward to this Xmas.

Our USA friends Jim and Linda arrive today and we were hoping that the car carrier from Darwin would get through all the QLD flooding and deliver our Xmas present!

Danny bought a roof basket from ebay for $100 and picked it up from a guy at Sandstone Point. It needed some adjustments, so Poustie managed to get it done on his day off from Moreton Island.

Hoorah! We picked up our 1996 Suzuki from CEVA at Acacia Ridge two days ago. We bought it from Larry, a semi-retired sparky in Cloncurry a couple of weeks ago. It was advertised on ebay, but we made an offer and bought it over the phone. He seemed like a genuine guy: the car was owned by his daughter, had no beach work and had only 176 000km.

The Suzi drove back from the Southside of Brisbane with no problems and Danny got stuck into it straight away.

First he gave it a good cut and polish and pushed out a dent in the bonnet. Then he pulled out all the carpet and replaced it with the rubber matting that was in the back of the ute. This will make it easy to literally hose out after going up the beach.

Danny then black-jacked underneath, took all the tyres off and sprayed with rustkill lanolin to protect all of it. Two days of work and she looks and sounds great. Thanks Danny.

Hope you'all have a wonderful Xmas and holiday season from Keith, Danny, Sammy, Indigo Velvet and the Suzi xx

Straddie, Art Proposal...Keith waits patiently.

Week: 14

Toad Fish

Keith and Indigo Velvet stay home, while we go to nephew Simon's wedding on Nth Stradbroke Island.
More whales! and dolphins and a great weekend catching up with family.



Elliott & Amy

And Lissie makes a new friend called "Donna the Dead"



Week 15:

Serious work on Danny's public art proposal. Postie busy with other jobs and a trip away.

Keith doesn't mind. He is very patient.

Week 16:

Been a bit of rain, so we decide to put the big tarp over the front of Keith - covering the bedroom and bathroom.

Poustie will come back when he can get a run of 4 or so days to re-skin.

Keith will hopefully be regsitered by Christmas

Byron Bay, Archerfied and Rocky

Week 11 & 12: Keith has a rest

Sammy and Danny spend a relaxing couple of days in Byron Bay at Clarkes Beach Caravan Park. Next time we will take you Keith! (although Dogs not allowed...)

Then Danny has his Briefing for the Redcliffe public art project he is putting a proposal in for. Sammy packs up the big display cabinet and tv chiffoniere and off to they go to Tikki Boo, Clontarf.

Week 13: Off we go to Camec

Poste takes out the windows and doors.

Danny takes out the lights...a little too enthusiastically, but Poste says it can be resurrected.

Sammy gives the bedroom curtains to the op shop and manages (after much difficulty) to stuff all the couch cushions in the shower/toilet cubicle.

Poste and Danny take an interesting trip to the southside to Camec (they don't like to give too much info away) and purchase: roofing & sidings sheets, a screened door and back window (20% off this month) and fridge vent kit.

Sammy goes to Rocky for some gigs, Poste starts on Johnno's "beck dick" (said with an NZ accent) and Danny works on his art proposal.

All ready to strip off the roof...this week?

Front End: Repairs Finished

Week 9 & 10:

Poste tidies leads and Toys (Redcliffe) do the break leads for us. Danny strips and bogs the front vent and doors.

Then some more blackjacking in the engine bay and undercarriage.

And bright blue for the foot wells.

Lots more sanding and bogging and spraying of grey paint. Keith's lookin good...

Poste welds some framework for the skirt on the drivers side.

Danny finishes spraying the cab and puts the doors back on.

Keith looks awesome!

But what colour to paint the cab?