The Last Post!

Well it is time to say goodbye to the blog - at least for the time being. We have had 3 fabulous days in Yamba, including Craig's birthday yesterday. The weather wasn't the best, but we still managed to have prawns for lunch by the beach, and a walk along the breakwater where we saw dolphins, and we went out with our friends Jenny and Bruce from the 'Firesiders' caravan club for dinner.

Today we awoke to the most beautiful blue skies, so Craig started the day with a bike ride as usual, I did the 'Holly Tri' again - though its a bit further here to the beach, but I get to have a coffee at our favorite cafe on the way back - and then we hired a boat for 2 hours and cruised around the Clarence River. After lunch we headed into town for a bit of retail therapy and afternoon tea, then we took the surf mat down to the beach, and while Isabella is still not keen, Craig and I were happy to catch a few waves on it, though I'm sure we look quite ridiculous! We finished our final day off with BBQ salmon, and the latest Indiana Jones movie at the van park - one of the perks of being in a flash van park is that they have a huge conference room that they show movies in every evening.

Isabella is tucked in bed, and it won't be long before the adults are too after a big, but absolutely wonderful last day. This has been an amazing trip. I feel very very lucky that I've had the chance to see and do everything I have, and that it has all gone so very smoothly. I did wonder how the three of us would go, spending 2 months together 24/7, but it has been very easy 99% of the time. And luckily we had Mum and Jarred at home to hold the fort - Jarred looking after the house and dogs - including cleaning up after Pele, who decided to show how much he misses us by pooping in various rooms around the house! And Mum has been great - keeping an eye on the house (and Jarred!), collecting mail, paying bills etc.

We are home for a few weeks and looking forward so much to catching up with friends, and then we are off to Bargara for 10 days at the end of January! Got to suck every possible opportunity out of these 3 months off that we have!

Thank you friends for reading the blog! MERRY XMAS!!!