The drive North to Brisbane
We left on Monday 3rd of July on our 1st leg of our "Big Adventure " to France & the Loire Valley.After a long day driving through eastern Victoria we finally arrived at Moruya on the southern coast of NSW to stay with our dear friends Col & Bette Endall.
After picking up some refreshments from the local Woolworths store we were at the Endalls at about 6.00pm.
We settled in for a lovely meal & wine before heading off to bed at 10.00pm.Bette & Col were disappointed that we were leaving the next day so we decided that we would stay on for an extra night,they were more than happy with that decision.
We were both obviously quite tired after the drive up as we didn't surface until about 8.30am.We enjoyed a pleasant breakfast & a very relaxing day just reading & enjoying copious cups of tea & coffee.
Col's brother Reg lives some 13kms south back down the coast at Tuross & they had arranged for us to join them at the local Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant for Dinner.
After a nice easy day we headed down at 5.00pm to Tuross where we met Reg & Phillis,their son Trevor & his wife & their 2 girls,we had a quick pre-dinner drink before heading down for a most enjoyable evening with nice food & good company.
We said a fond farewell to Col & Bette before leaving at 9.00am heading towards Sydney.After filling up in Sydney we negociated our way through to the Freeway north to Newcastle.
We made good time on this leg & we were soon on our way to Bulahdelah.We stopped at Bulahdelah for a quick lunch break & a stretch before calling in to see if Ray Newton (Big John's) dad but unfortunately he was still up at Hope Island & wouldn't be in Bulah for another couple of weeks.
We pushed on to Kempsey where we decided to stay for the night as it had been another day of 9 hour driving so we thought that it would be better to have a shorter day the next day.We opted to have our meal in our room & it turned out to be very nice,I had a great eye fillet while Sar had a very nice piece of fish & all washed down with a good red,it's so hard when you are on holidays but someone has to do it.
We were on the road by 8.30am & had quite an uneventful day through to Kim & Keith Taylor(Sara's sister) who lives at Wishart just south of Brisbane arriving at about 4.00pm.The car had performed well & had used 10litres/100kms so I was quite happy with that.
Friday 7th July was an extremely lazy day & it was only in the afternoon that we went to Carindale shopping centre to do some browsing & get some food for the night's Dinner.
Our dear friends Alana & Marshall Miller had organised to get some of our Brisbane mates together at 3.00pm on Saturday afternoon for some drinks & nibbles. It was great to catch up with Marg & John Buckley,Jill & Ed Boast,Louise & George Tinos,Gloria Edgar & Denise O'Brien,Kim & Keith also came along to join in the party so it was really nice.
After vast amounts of food ( Alana is the best at this ) drink & plenty of laughter with people like Louise,Alana & Sara we finally called it a day at about 10.30pm,we had enjoyed the day as it was great seeing them all again.
It was a slow start to our Sunday but after a hearty breakfast we were refreshed & ready to push on.We said a sad farewell to Alana & Marshall before dropping Denise's car back to her at Lota( she wisely left it at Alana's the night before ) we bid her farewell & hoped that we would see her over in France in 2007 it just depends on when she intends to come,we'll keep in touch during the course of our stay.
It was a quick shower & new clothes before we settled down to a sumptuous lunch of roast pork & vegies followed by chocolate cake,strawberries,profitiroles & cream.Kim had invited her Dad's friend Joan around for the lunch along with our nephew Reid so it was very nice to catch up with both of them.
We were all very full at the end of it all so we just lazed around in the late afternoon doing nothing.Kim drove Joan home & we said that we would see here on Tuesday morning to drop off the car as she has offered to garage it while we are away overseas a very generous offer.
We have a few loose ends to tie up tomorrow ( Monday 10th July ) before we head off on the "Big Adventure " on Tuesday.
We are starting to relax now that work is no longer an issue & are looking forward to the challenge ahead,we will send our next report once we are settled in France.
After picking up some refreshments from the local Woolworths store we were at the Endalls at about 6.00pm.
We settled in for a lovely meal & wine before heading off to bed at 10.00pm.Bette & Col were disappointed that we were leaving the next day so we decided that we would stay on for an extra night,they were more than happy with that decision.
We were both obviously quite tired after the drive up as we didn't surface until about 8.30am.We enjoyed a pleasant breakfast & a very relaxing day just reading & enjoying copious cups of tea & coffee.
Col's brother Reg lives some 13kms south back down the coast at Tuross & they had arranged for us to join them at the local Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant for Dinner.
After a nice easy day we headed down at 5.00pm to Tuross where we met Reg & Phillis,their son Trevor & his wife & their 2 girls,we had a quick pre-dinner drink before heading down for a most enjoyable evening with nice food & good company.
We said a fond farewell to Col & Bette before leaving at 9.00am heading towards Sydney.After filling up in Sydney we negociated our way through to the Freeway north to Newcastle.
We made good time on this leg & we were soon on our way to Bulahdelah.We stopped at Bulahdelah for a quick lunch break & a stretch before calling in to see if Ray Newton (Big John's) dad but unfortunately he was still up at Hope Island & wouldn't be in Bulah for another couple of weeks.
We pushed on to Kempsey where we decided to stay for the night as it had been another day of 9 hour driving so we thought that it would be better to have a shorter day the next day.We opted to have our meal in our room & it turned out to be very nice,I had a great eye fillet while Sar had a very nice piece of fish & all washed down with a good red,it's so hard when you are on holidays but someone has to do it.
We were on the road by 8.30am & had quite an uneventful day through to Kim & Keith Taylor(Sara's sister) who lives at Wishart just south of Brisbane arriving at about 4.00pm.The car had performed well & had used 10litres/100kms so I was quite happy with that.
Friday 7th July was an extremely lazy day & it was only in the afternoon that we went to Carindale shopping centre to do some browsing & get some food for the night's Dinner.
Our dear friends Alana & Marshall Miller had organised to get some of our Brisbane mates together at 3.00pm on Saturday afternoon for some drinks & nibbles. It was great to catch up with Marg & John Buckley,Jill & Ed Boast,Louise & George Tinos,Gloria Edgar & Denise O'Brien,Kim & Keith also came along to join in the party so it was really nice.
After vast amounts of food ( Alana is the best at this ) drink & plenty of laughter with people like Louise,Alana & Sara we finally called it a day at about 10.30pm,we had enjoyed the day as it was great seeing them all again.
It was a slow start to our Sunday but after a hearty breakfast we were refreshed & ready to push on.We said a sad farewell to Alana & Marshall before dropping Denise's car back to her at Lota( she wisely left it at Alana's the night before ) we bid her farewell & hoped that we would see her over in France in 2007 it just depends on when she intends to come,we'll keep in touch during the course of our stay.
It was a quick shower & new clothes before we settled down to a sumptuous lunch of roast pork & vegies followed by chocolate cake,strawberries,profitiroles & cream.Kim had invited her Dad's friend Joan around for the lunch along with our nephew Reid so it was very nice to catch up with both of them.
We were all very full at the end of it all so we just lazed around in the late afternoon doing nothing.Kim drove Joan home & we said that we would see here on Tuesday morning to drop off the car as she has offered to garage it while we are away overseas a very generous offer.
We have a few loose ends to tie up tomorrow ( Monday 10th July ) before we head off on the "Big Adventure " on Tuesday.
We are starting to relax now that work is no longer an issue & are looking forward to the challenge ahead,we will send our next report once we are settled in France.
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