What a lovely weekend! Casey and I drove to her house in Ulmurra, NSW, right outside of Grafton. We took our time driving back, leaving slightly before lunch on Saturday and driving on the scenic country roads to New South Wales. The drive is really picturesque, and there are lots of beautiful forests, pastures and streams along the drive (especially along the Lion's Road). I was the navigator (rather, navi-guesser), window-washer, food-fetcher and company for the trip. Casey drove and chatted with me as we went along--she's a great driver with a good sense of direction, and a sturdy, zippy little car. We had a great drive and stopped to get photos of a liquid amber (the only deciduous tree I've seen!) in what we thought was a gallery (it actually wasn't the 'Rainforest Gallery,' but
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