Archive for January, 2009

Hi All

Since the last post we left Sydney and headed for the Mid North Coast of N.S.W.  My old home town of Forster was our base for the next week.  We had really strong  winds every aternoon but luckily for us, both weekend days were not too bad for the markets.  In the middle of the week we had to head back to Hornsby to the dental hospital where I had two teeth extracted.  Anyone who knows me, knows my innate fear of dentists so can work out how traumatic that was.
We arrived back at the caravan park to find the awning collapsed by the wind and blowing over the top of the van.
We headed of for Wauchope to our first country music festival and arrived at the showground to camp there.  If I tell you it was the first and last visit to Wauchope you will gather that it wasn’t the most pleasant experience.
We met a lot of nice people, listened to a lot of good music but the organisation of the festival left a lot to be desired and the committee stayed well away from all the stallholders throughout the weekend.  I don’t think there was even one of the many stallholders who would be in a hurry to repeat the experience.
On our last night we went to the local RSL for tea and although the food was good there wasn’t a lot of it.  Bev, we had sweet and sour chicken with jasmine rice served in a lettuce leaf.
We headed off on Monday morning back to Sydney as I had a follow up appointment at the dentists.  We had intended to head to Laurieton and Port Macquarie but decided we would do the sensible thing and head back south.  So again we availed ourselves of that lovely little caravan park that has become almost a second home for us.  The cats, at least, were delighted by our return

We purchased a new gazebo with sides this week, more able to stand up to weather conditions and the ability to leave it up and cover all four sides.  We also bought an inverter and intend to do a little more bush camping now that we can charge the battery with our new christmas present, a solar panel which we received from the caravan park owners here

Motley1 did some handyman jobs and fitted a new mixer tap in the kitchen so I think we come in handy sometimes, at least one of us does.
Today Motley1 and the Chills went for a bike ride at Homebush Bay.  They cycled 17kms and the weather was perfect.  I took a comfy chair, a new Jeffrey Archer novel and sat by the river in perfect peace for an hour or two.  Heaven………………………..
Here are a few photographs taken on the bike ride.  1.   2.   3.   4.   5.

When we arrived back we overseeded the new lawn to fill in on a few patches which hadn’t grown and then chilled out for the rest of the day.

We have a couple more days here and then we head off again back on the road for another attempt at setting off.  I will keep you posted.

P.S. Here I am typing this post for the blog.  Don’t bother anyone to mention the amount of weight I have put on, I know, I know