Friday - 6.9.24
Out the door at 9am, but had to get some extra things for Jeff's "hamper". Then we needed to get breakfast. So it was after 10 by the time we got away from Canberra.
Lake George shining
Stu put on an audio book - The Easy Life in Kamusari.
At the Nattai River hill we were passed by a hoon. I was disappointed there wasn't police on the other side of the hill (there often is). When we got to the M7 turnoff in Sydney there was a bit of a traffic jam and we were in the wrong lane to turn onto it, so that was a bit stressful. We were finally able to merge in and when we got to the pyramid there were police cars and the same hoon pulled over and under arrest (literally saw him in handcuffs on the ground haha).
Stopped at Ourimbah for petrol and lunch.
New freeway and overpasses at Hexham
I'll miss the old bridge at Hexham
Then just drove on. Mostly finished the book.
Arrived in Port Macqaurie just before 6. Dumped our stuff then headed out again.
Went out to Potty's for drinks and pizzas. Most of the family was there so that was nice. The kids were very loud heh.
Saturday - 7.9.24
Didn't sleep very well - the pillow was too thick and the bed too soft. I did go and get my own pillow which helped, but kept getting a sore spine from the soft bed.
Got ready then went out for a good long walk around the beaches which was pretty nice.
Folly, on Windmill Hill
Butcherbird
Nobby Head
Oxley Beach
Flagstaff Lookout
Town Beach
Oxley Beach
Waves crashing off Oxley Beach
Town Beach
There was a small formation of vintage aircraft flying around
Port Macquarie Observatory
Gak gak birds!!
Then I tried to find coffee and breakfast. I'd already passed one busy cafe at Town Beach but wasn't ready to get stuff yet. I found one other cafe but they didn't have any nice pastries just a couple of cakes/banana bread type stuff. Looked for a few other cafes but they didn't look the sort to do takeaway coffee. So #fail. In the end got some snackages and coffee in a can from the Foodary.
Annie stopped by to drop off a dress (I don't own dresses lolz). It was a bit big but looked marginally ok. Stu thought I should wear it.
Then we headed up to SWR, and finished the book on the way. It was kinda funny. Nice story.
Kempsey Northern Gateway Sculpture
At Jeff and Ruth's we arrived in time for morning tea (everyone was already there, so that was a bit stressful), and they put on a slide show which was pretty cool.
Jeff about to go through the slide show
Then we headed off to lunch - The Old Bank in Gladstone. They'd setup a table outside under a big tree overlooking the river - absolutely lovely setting. Had a pretty awesome lunch there. And there were lots of speeches hehe. And there were two snakes. Or the same snake doing the rounds. I thought it was Sally's leash that was moving, and things weren't computing, and everyone thought I was having a seizure or something. But I hope I didn't step on it (I don't think I did). Left after 3.
Family photo
Ruth and Jeff
Arancini balls
Chicken sausage rolls
Prawn platter
Green tree snake (take 2 - the other one that I nearly trod on got away before I could get a photo)
Beef tenderloin I had for lunch
Annie reading her poem
Jeff's birthday cake
Happy birthday!!
The plan was to go back to Jeff and Ruth's to get changed to go for a swim. But then it was decided to drive around the beaches to see which one would be the best. But then it was decided which beach they were going to go to, but noone told us, and most of them didn't come back to Jeff's. This made it Too Hard, so I just stayed with the Stu's.
Then back to Port for dinner of snackages (still full from lunch). Watched some Big Bang Theory then to bed.
Sunday - 8.9.24
Still too soft a bed to sleep very well. Woke up at 5.
Got ready then headed out to Potty's for coffee. We were first there which was nice.
Had breakfast at The Scottish Restaurant then tried to get petrol. But if you're coming from the restaurant side it's incredibly confusing and we drove around a couple of times and in the end came in through the back cause they made it too damned hard.
Put on the next Kamusari book which we got most of the way through (Kamusari Tales Told at Night).
Hexham Bridge
Had lunch in Ourimbah, and got petrol in Marulan.
At Lake George (which is still very full) a wallaby on the side of the road started moving onto the road. Stu slowed down, gently, then rapidly, then to a hard stop. We were lucky we didn't hit the thing. The dude on the right didn't slow down at all and zoomed past us while we were stopped. If the wallaby had kept crossing the road it would have been hit. In the end it went back off to the left. So that was a bit rattling.
Home a bit before 6.
This view coming into Canberra never gets old!
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