https://youtu.be/dQBzCvQcNCc Welcome to Selflove Concierge Vlog. Today I travelled to Tenterfield NSW about a 40-minute drive from Aplin Cottage at Glen Aplin Qld. I had heard of a grand heritage listed Airbnb Tiligra “Tilly” at Tenterfield NSW built in the late 1800’s, walking distance to cafés and boutique shops. Bek Tom is the owner […]
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Aplin Cottage
Wondering why you haven’t heard from me for 6 months? The past 9 months I have been renovating my 1950’s cottage here at Glen Aplin. It has been 262 days, 6,228 hours, and 373,680 minutes. The Glen Aplin community has a population of 566 and it has grown over the past year. Stanthorpe is 10 […]
Why I moved to Glen Aplin
January 2021, I realised that it was time to secure my future as a single lady after divorce to purchase a home. The Gold Coast prices were not in my budget and at 61 years young I didn’t want a high mortgage. I started looking at country areas and found Glen Aplin. I did some […]
Frustration
Frustration – The feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something. It has been a struggle over the past 5 month, all my plans have not come to fruition, I have lived like a gypsy in a small cabin with Benji my dog and I am […]
Merry Christmas 2021
My first Christmas at Glen Aplin was MAGICAL, the words to express the friendship, love, joy, it was absolutely fabulous. From the moment I woke to when I rested my head on the pillow that night was great. The country welcome from new friends was like I had known them forever. My man woke up […]
Visit the Country in 2022
Visit the Country Visit the Country in 2022 Visiting the country from the city is a welcoming change. When you drive into Stanthorpe there are no traffic lights, 3 roundabouts in the main street and a warm country welcoming atmosphere. Leaving the Gold Coast in October 2021 and becoming a resident at Glen Aplin has […]
A house with pets is a house with love.
A house with pets is a house with love. Meet Mr Benji my bichon x poodle dog who is now 3 years old. He is my joy, and the unconditional love fills my heart each day. Benji picked me, after my 2 dogs I had for 13 & 15 years left this earth. He is […]
Puppy Love
Miss Molly is the beige colour & Mr Benji is grey and handsome! She was walking down the street and wandered into a stranger’s front garden. Was different to her garden the grass, flowers, and smells. She left the garden and continued her walk. A few days later, on her walk she was drawn to […]
My Country Cottage
Now I have the land at Glen Aplin, need a house for the land. Before I bought the land, I researched moving a house to the land. Up on the northern side of Brisbane you will see there are companies that advertise Queenslander style home moving to your land. They have been around for a […]
My Purchase of Land
The story of buying the land………… I have wanted to live in the country for many years, I was born in Toowoomba in 1960 and it was a small country town back then, has just grown in population over the past 46 years when I left at the age of 15 to live on the […]