Friday 7th April

We have just come back from 4 days in Terrigal, a small town on the central coast, about an hour and a half (80km) north of Sydney. Tim rented a rather smart house a short walk from the beach. Though it is autumn here the weather has been kind to us with temperatures in the mid 20s (centigrade) so we were able to walk about in shorts and t-shirts.

Like so many coastal towns here Terrigal has a long sandy beach, we were able to sit and watch the surfers and swimmers though we didn't go in ourselves. We also visited other local towns, Avoca, and the Entrance  where Lauren used to visit as a child. It was nice to get out of the city and certainly quieter as we did not have planes regularly passing overhead. As we came back towards the city the carriageway going the opposite direction was packed with vehicles as people were going away for the ho;iday weekend.

The local pelicans like to perch on top of the rugby club floodlights

Hazel is still getting used to travelling in her car seat and did very well.

Today being Good Friday many of the shops are closed and again on Easter Sunday so we shall have to make sure that we have all that we need. We have also had a thunder storm this afternoon, it did not rain too hard here in Breakfast Point but parts of the city seemed to be getting a good soaking.