Yippee – we have a brand new colourbond roof on our house. Slowly we are repairing and upgrading the house. It is a steel blue colour and eventually we will change the colour scheme to a blue to match the roof, a cream for the trimmings and a sky blue for the house itself. The [...]
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Our Recent Visit
This school holidays, I had my Mum, her partner Peter, my best friend Ann along with her kids and her friend Terry and his daughter visit us for 10 days. One thing that was very clear was that they all wanted to visit Somerset Dam and take in some of the peace and tranquility that [...]
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Getting Warmer
Greg, Geoffrey, Peter and I went up to the dam last weekend. When the house is not booked we try to use it ourselves for some rest and relaxation. The thing I most enjoyed was the sunshine and being able to sit in the sun as I drank my first coffee for the moring. We [...]
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Busy Busy Busy – Get in Quick
Far out, from this photo, you can see how busy it is at the Dam. When we went to the Spit, we didn’t expect it to be lined with boats and Jet Ski’s from one end to the other…. or expect to see how popular the Dam is at this time of the year. It [...]
Origin Of The Name Bethsaida
After we bought the house, we were thinking about what we would name it, given that we were going to list it for rental for holiday accommodation and retreats. As such, we wanted a distinct name that would be memorable and easy to remember. As Christians, we thought of Somerset Dam and the fact the [...]
Welcome to Bethsaida
All I could sayw as WOW! what a great house we have just bought… I had never been inside a Queenslander before and were staying with friends up at the dam when we went to the house we bought to borrow a cake tin from the previous owner. As soon as I walked inside I [...]