Judy & Brian Tour Oz

Emerald Beach NSW August 30 2015 Just a couple of days doing nothing. We are at Emerald beach which is just north from Coffs Harbour, close enough to be half-handy, far enough away to be relaxed. As relaxed as one can be with mum, dad and the 4 kids across the road going flat out at full volume all day from 630. One of the kids just sits there and squeals all day. They have a pop-top van with the beds folded out each end. They have 5 bicycles, 6 chairs, a play pen, several tables, a BBQ, numerous toys. The whole lot is spread out over two caravan sites. Mum sits out in the road, using it as a table to fold the once clean clothes. Dad is reliving his childhood through his children, which is OK, except he's making more noise than them. We went out. Naturally, on day 1 we gravitated to Coffs itself and stumbled into the markets, a car show, saw a steam engine, snapped a DC3 and had an ice-cream at Sue's sisters place on the wharf. We wandered around the marina and found some...

Fathers day. Hey that's me. Thank you to my dear children for your best wishes. Today dawned bright and sunny and almost calm. Going to be a fabulous day. I went for another big walk over the hill and back, i must be getting fit again! Then we had a slap up breakfast of bacon and eggs and tomatoes. We just had to take advantage of the good weather and ran a pile of clothes through the washing machine, washed the van and part of the car, and played a game of table tennis. Hey, good news, I took a game off Judy. We are spoiled for choice for lunch, but in the end the open deck at the Tathra Hotel overlooking the ocean came out the winner. I had the roast, Judy elected for the fish, Both excellent. Tathra Wharf got the consolation prize of coffee and something sickly sweet: I had a Mongolian doughnut and Judy chose the vanilla slice. We finished the day with a run down to Merimbula to find the boardwalk and the 'back lake'. The boardwalk is a 1.7 km boardwalk that ru...