Lake Bonney/Cobdogla South Australia

 

    Lake Bonney was a place of tranquility and amazing bird life. We stayed a few weeks at Lake Bonney Holiday Park and can highly recommend it. The staff are very friendly and courteous and the park clean and tidy. There is plenty for the kids to do.  You can read more about our stay at Lake Bonney on our travel blog  http://gabblingaroundaustralia.blogspot.com/2010/07/little-birdie-told-me-so.html

   Cobdogla is only a short distance form Lake Bonney and is a small town full of positivity and smiles. Whilst staying at Cobdogla Station Caravan Park we had many visit to feed the animals and spent time sitting on the jetty with nothing much on our minds. Read more at: 

http://gabblingaroundaustralia.blogspot.com/2010/09/cobdogla-sa-where-smiles-are-plenty-and.html

   This package of cards consists of information on Lake Bonney Holiday Park, a Lake Bonney postcard and a postcard from Humphrey Pump Cobdogla.

  Our positive messages:

" You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. You don't have charge of constellations but you have charge of whether you read, develop new skills and take new classes" - Jim Rohn.

" When you realise how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky" - Buddha

Mail from Mid North Coast New South Wales

   Thank you Joan McNamara for your three postcards. Joan live in Nabiac NSW but could not find postcards to represent her town so collect some from the surrounding area were she shops and visits.

 These represent - Forster -Tuncurry, Taree-Manning River and Hallidays Point-Blackhead Beach.

 Joan's positive messages:

'Life is what happens while your making other plans'

'Serenity is the calm within the storm'

'Live one day at a time'

Tamworth, Balranald, Coffs Harbour and Tenterfield

 

  Although cold and breezy when we visited these town we had the time of our life. There was plenty to see and do. Photo's at the big guitar in Tamworth were a must and a stop of at the Big Banana, Coffs Harbour was fun for all. I had been to the Big Banana on numerous occasions as a child and each time a frozen chocolate coated banana was a must. The tradition was kept alive during this trip as I purchased one for each of the kids. Still as yummy as ever!

   This was our first trip to Balranald and  we were surprised when we came across all the frog statues throughout town. Well done Balranald for adding something a little unique and brightening the day of tourists with your comical humour. 

  Unfortunately we only had time for a quick stop in Tenterfield but will revisit when it is warmer and the sun is shining to check out the history and Peter Allen story.

Our positive messages:

" I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not" Lucille Ball

" What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind.' Buddha

" Every life is a story. Make yours a best seller."

 " It's ok to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn" John Bradshaw

August Minor Prize Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our August Minor Prize

Most Creative - Kelly Azuma Western Australia. Kelly sent us a coloured in premade template which represents the bi-cultural part of her family life. 

  Kelly wrote " This postcard was coloured in by me on a premade template. This is very popular in Japan at the moment. My Japanese mother in-law introduced me to the craze"

Most Inspirational - Ron Prasad Melbourne. Ron is a Certificate IV Life Coach running his own business Impetus Success Australia. Ron also added the personal touch to his postcard, making it on his computer.

  Ron's message; "See the world with different eyes each day! Things barely change the way we see things change!"

  On the back of his business card her wrote: "Things that are priceless are worth pursuing"

  Thank you Kelly and Ron for your time, effort and positive thoughts. A hard copy of September Good Gabble and a pack of 12 photo cards are on their way.

Where have we been?

  August and September have just flown by with our travels well and truely on the way. The month of August was spent in New South Wales enjoying fun and sun......of course whilst still working hard. We have had to do a return trip to South Australia due to health commitments but are spending our time wisely spreading the word around South Australia till we leave again.
   During our trip we have collected lots of postcards which I will be blogging over the next day or two. I wish I could say the postcards are being sent to us at an alarming rate but it seems that people are hesitant to get this project started. Thank you to the few who have sent us their cards. We hope to receive more in the near future

Winner of 1st postcard competition

  Congratulations to Lisa Merlot from Alice Springs who is the winner of our 1st postcard competition. Lisa's card was the first to be pulled out of our first mailbag.

  Lisa's positive message to all : What do you do with a dry river bed? You make the most of it and have some fun!

   Lisa's card of of the Henley on Todd in the Northern Territory of Australia.

  Lisa will receive the below package which includes a t'shirt from Cobdogla Station Caravan Park, postcards and a copy of August issue of Good Gabble Newzine.

   The winners of our monthly competition of most creative and most inspirational postcard will be announced at the end of the month. At this time we will also blog all postcards received during the month.

   Remember you can enter as many times as you like so send us a postcard every month for your chance to win the monthly prize.

Good Gabble Postcard Package No: 1

  Here is our first group of postcards to start off the Positive Postcard Project. We are expecting the arrival of our first mail bag mid next week and are looking forward to sending a prize to the first postcard we draw out of the bag. On the 31st of July we will choose the most inspirational and most creative card that we have received within the month and they will receive a prize.

   We have decided to include all positive messages on a separate page within this site as well as in the blog. This will allow our readers easy access to a quote to brighten their day. We hope you will visit daily and grab a quote to inspire you and make your day complete.

   Get creative and keep the postcards coming. We will endeavour to keep a tally of how many postcards and items are in the box and include it at the beginning of each blog.

Good Gabble Postcard Package No:1

       Contents:

 Postcards - 3 x Berri South Australia, Lake Bonney - Barmera South Australia, Humphrey Pump Cobdogla South Australia, Loxton South Australia, Riverland Farmers Market South Australia.

Bookmark - Fruit Fly Hotline, Government of South Australia

Bookmark - Tri-State Fruit Fly Program

Booklet - Traveller's Guide to Australian Interstate Quarantine

Brochures - Cobdogla Station Caravan Park, Katfish Reach.

Business card - Cobdogla Station Caravan Park

Sticker - Katfish Reach

Pelican figurine.

The Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone activity sheet.

Pen - Berri South Australia

Messages of Positivity

 The Messages:

 'Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect, it mean that you decided to look beyond the imperfections.'

'Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world' Albert Einstein.

'I had the blues because I had no shoe until upon the street I met a man who had no feet.' Ancient Persian saying.

Three small rules for living a happy life:

1. Start each day with a grateful heart.

2. Focus on the positive aspects of every person you encounter.

3. End each day with a grateful heart.

                                                      Lucy Macdonald

'Attitudes are contagious. Are your worth catching?' Wendy and Dennis Mannering.

'Wherever you go, no matter what the weather always bring your own sunshine' Anthony J. Angelo 'The College Blue Book'