Christmas and all it entails is now quietly slipping into the past and once again normal life can resume.
Desperate to get out and about Colin and I hopped into the car to go and visit family that live at the Northern end of the Gold Coast. The area in which they live is reclaimed land - land which used to be sand at the bottom of the sheltered patch of briny between South Stradbroke Island and the mainland. A series of islands was created and a covenant ensured that only homes with a huge price tag for their constructions were permitted. As a result the islands are home to some of the most amazing mansions you could hope to see. Some are beautiful, many are unusual, some have multiple garages for dozens of vehicles but all are magnificent.
I just had to stop and take a photograph of one of the homes that is still under construction. If you click on the picture to see it larger you will see evidence of the builder's activity in front of the main entrance. While most of the homes on the Sovereign Islands are huge, this one manages to dwarf most of them.
The house covers four house blocks. This is not really the front of the building - this is the part that faces the street, the front of the house faces the waterway known as the Broadwater. Only a regular sized family lives in this amazing mansion - a couple with two children. They may be regular sized but they certainly cannot be called a "regular family"!
If the outside of the home looks this grand I suspect that when finished the interior will be breath taking. I doubt very much if I shall ever get the opportunity to see the inside or even the front of this home but I can hope!
AJ
