Port Macquarie - 28th Oct - 11th Nov
We're back at Port Macquarie to see Chris & Graeme & Jo, Luke & Liam. Our site at the caravan Park is really good. We are on the rivers edge facing the breakwall so spend a lot of time watching the hundreds of people walking with prams, dogs, cups of coffee etc sometimes all at once! The breakwall is busy with people literally from Sunrise to well after sunset.
Melbourne Cup was on the Tuesday after we arrived. I went to a lovely Melbourne Cup lunch with Chris & Jo in a bistro walking distance from the caravan Park. (just about everything is walking distance from the caravan Park) The lunch was organised by a business networking group Jo belongs to. We didn't win anything but had a really nice time. Gary enjoyed some peace & quiet in the van.
It was Liams 5th birthday so Chris, Jo & I were busy preparing for his party. His birthday cake theme was one of his favourite movies .... Hotel Transylvania. Chris made his cake & Gary used his creativity & helped decorate it. They did a fantastic job, it looked great.
We're back at Port Macquarie to see Chris & Graeme & Jo, Luke & Liam. Our site at the caravan Park is really good. We are on the rivers edge facing the breakwall so spend a lot of time watching the hundreds of people walking with prams, dogs, cups of coffee etc sometimes all at once! The breakwall is busy with people literally from Sunrise to well after sunset.
Melbourne Cup was on the Tuesday after we arrived. I went to a lovely Melbourne Cup lunch with Chris & Jo in a bistro walking distance from the caravan Park. (just about everything is walking distance from the caravan Park) The lunch was organised by a business networking group Jo belongs to. We didn't win anything but had a really nice time. Gary enjoyed some peace & quiet in the van.
It was Liams 5th birthday so Chris, Jo & I were busy preparing for his party. His birthday cake theme was one of his favourite movies .... Hotel Transylvania. Chris made his cake & Gary used his creativity & helped decorate it. They did a fantastic job, it looked great.
The Day of Liams party The temperature was about 36 degrees & windy. It was held in the park across the road from their house. They erected 4 gazebos so we had plenty of shade. Just as we started bringing the food out a huge gust of wind blew the gazebo down & plates, chairs & anything else not weighted down blew over. There was a mad scramble to hold up the remaining gazebos to stop them blowing over. Luckily, kids are oblivious to such things so Liam had a great party which is all that matters.
We watched Jo & her friends compete in 'Sand Mudder' on the beach next to the caravan Park. It took them
about an hour to run along a track, climb up & over obstacles & through the water. It looked like great fun if you had even a moderate level of fitness (which Gary & I don't)
Michelle & Nixon came down for the weekend for Liams birthday.
We had a lovely breakfast at a hotel right next to the caravan Park before they were meant to drive 3 hours back to Newcastle. While there Michelle received a text saying there was a huge bushfire burning out of control so the main highway was closed & cars were being diverted through the hills. Unfortunately poor Michelle takes after her Aunty Jenny & was very nervous about driving that distance with the very real possibility of being diverted off the highway to an unfamiliar winding road. Michelle decided to stay one more night. Gary & I had no plans so we drove Michelle & Nixon home to Newcastle in their car. We stayed overnight then caught the 'country link' train back to Pt Macquarie. The 4 hour train ride was really good. It was like a Greyhound coach with very comfy high backed seats, toilets & snack bar that also served meals. It was a great trip, we enjoyed looking out the windows at the scenery & knitting teddies. A lady sitting behind us asked what we were knitting & then asked for the pattern as she had heard of Trauma Teddies & wanted to knit them too.
Its always great staying in Pt Macquarie getting to catch up with my family.
Next stop ..........Back in the farm at Cooranbong
We watched Jo & her friends compete in 'Sand Mudder' on the beach next to the caravan Park. It took them
about an hour to run along a track, climb up & over obstacles & through the water. It looked like great fun if you had even a moderate level of fitness (which Gary & I don't)Michelle & Nixon came down for the weekend for Liams birthday.
We had a lovely breakfast at a hotel right next to the caravan Park before they were meant to drive 3 hours back to Newcastle. While there Michelle received a text saying there was a huge bushfire burning out of control so the main highway was closed & cars were being diverted through the hills. Unfortunately poor Michelle takes after her Aunty Jenny & was very nervous about driving that distance with the very real possibility of being diverted off the highway to an unfamiliar winding road. Michelle decided to stay one more night. Gary & I had no plans so we drove Michelle & Nixon home to Newcastle in their car. We stayed overnight then caught the 'country link' train back to Pt Macquarie. The 4 hour train ride was really good. It was like a Greyhound coach with very comfy high backed seats, toilets & snack bar that also served meals. It was a great trip, we enjoyed looking out the windows at the scenery & knitting teddies. A lady sitting behind us asked what we were knitting & then asked for the pattern as she had heard of Trauma Teddies & wanted to knit them too.
Its always great staying in Pt Macquarie getting to catch up with my family.
Next stop ..........Back in the farm at Cooranbong
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