Home Again

Despite being totally worn out I will give a quick update on what has happened since I last posted on my blog page.

As you can tell we are now home having driven around 850k's from Newcastle yesterday.  Many of the northern NSW towns along the coast were very busy making our trip home a little longer than we liked.  We arrived home around 4:45 our time, or 5:45 Daylight Saving time.  Kempsey was slow but we were very slow stop start through Macksville.

Extensive roadworks north of Coffs Harbour also slowed us.  Then there were the ultra careful drivers doing 80 in a 110 zone with a stream of vehicles behind them which also made the drive a little longer.

We left Melbourne around 7 am on Monday and arrived 730k's later in Goulburn at around 4pm.  The motel was magnificently positioned within walking distance of clubs etc and also boasted a great shower.  The rest about the motel was extremely disappointing!  We didn't sleep well.

On New Year's Day we left Goulburn for Newcastle and arrived there around 1pm.  It was a leisurely drive.  It was less than leisurely when we arrived with friends Mick and Janet at their home. 

We were made to feel extremely welcome and had a great time with them.  Too much to drink and eat again and lots of laughs and chats.

On the following day Mick took us to a 'Company Apartment' situated overlooking Newcastle Beach.  It was delightful, a wonderful spot and a very comfortable residence.  Mick works for Arrium which was formerly a part of BHP.  Great view isn't it?

We visited a couple of the newer touristy venues situated along the river.  We believe we will possibly drive down again for a better look around Newcastle.

My computer started OK upon our arrival back home.  However it wouldn't start this morning.  Or it did start but there wasn't anything on the monitor.  I have been able to fix it but it took some time and some inappropriate language but in the end everything works agin.

There won't be much eating or drinking going on for a couple of days still I reckon.

I still aren't ready to give my daily bike riding a go just yet, more quiet time watching the cricket is on the agenda.

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