Blogs from Taree, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Hello!! It is very overdue for this blog's update! Here we go....Port Mccquarie was 2 weekends ago (the 3rd through 6th of March) and a lot of fun! Tom, Piers, Chelsea, Heather, and I arrived Thursday night, after a horrible 4 hour drive! I had some serious car sick issues on the way- not very enjoyable. First, we had a home cooked meal of yummy pasta then we took a walk to the beach! Port Mccquarie's beaches were very different from other beaches that I am use to in the United States. There were many beaches that were separated by clusters of trees and huge boulders. We stayed at the beach until nightfall and headed back for bedtime. On Friday, we spent all day at the beach called Flynn's. The water was very clear and pretty ... read more

Today we picked up mum and drove up to Old Bar to visit Rosie, Shelly and Sarah. Our Sarah is staying with Rosie while she does her 6week prac. at the Health Services in the Taree Area. We enjoyed a lovely visit and had a barbeque lunch before setting off for the long trip home. On the way home we detoured off the road at Bulahdelah and took a drive through the Myall Lakes National Park. We continued on until we came to a River Punt. We crossed the river and continued through the National Park, on the other side, driving through Dees Point, Mungo Brush and on down through Tea Gardens and then back onto the Pacific Highway............ rather a large detour!!! but very pleasant.... read more

The train from Gosford arrived a bit late, but Roz was still waiting at the station. This is another cousin I've never met before, but it felt good. We got back to their house( Rick had a barbie ready ),nattered all night, and enjoyed seeing each other. Their house is in a beautiful spot, very quiet, no passing traffic! We spent Friday on a whistle stop tour of the best of the Manning River area with their youngest daughter Shelley (who had to miss school for the occasion - shame!), punctuated with morning tea and fish and chip lunch stops. We had a lovely swim at the beach, then caught the train back to Gosford ( much later this time - nearly asked for my money back!). Luckily Sue checked arrival time before she left home. ... read more