Home Safe and Sound

We arrived back on the Sunshine Coast yesterday afternoon following 6 nights away when we travelled about 900k's down to Nelson Bay near Newcastle in NSW. The main purpose of the trip was to see Trish's brother Bevan who is experiencing some difficulty with his Parkinson's Disease. Bevan lives with his son Peter, Pete's wife Michelle and at times 4 children. As you can see the house gets a little busy sometimes.

It was good to catch up with them all again and to provide some support to Peter as well. Trish was pleased to see her brother Bevan again. Bill (another of Trish's brothers) was there as well to add his perspective and advice on the situation.

We took Bevan shopping and bought some new appropriate clothing and footwear. His Parkinson's no longer allows him to easily do up shoe laces etc.

We now are waiting for a further health assessment on Bevan's condition which is due in a week or so. This will determine what the next step for him will be.

We spent three nights in Nelson Bay. It is a very pretty spot about 50k's north of Newcastle. Nelson Bay is about 200k's north of Sydney and a popular weekend or holiday water spot for Sydneysiders. The photo of the marina provides a quick insight into the beauty of Nelson Bay. Some great sight seeing tours of the harbour leave this marina.

There is a magnificent surf beach stretching for over 20k's between Nelson Bay and Newcastle called Stockton Beach. It is kilometres of beautiful sandy dunes and beach. We took a drive to Birubi Beach which is at the Nelson Bay end of the long stretch of sand.

I just had to add this photo of Peter's newest daughter Kay-Lee. She is a little charmer isn't she?