Lesley and I had a great night sleep in the Crown Plaza. We got up this morning and had porridge and headed out for a hike. There is a great trail that runs along the beach and up a hill to The Skillion which is a scenic overlook. It was a beautiful morning. We hiked around for a couple of hours and admired the view from several overlooks. We were able to get a late check out so we decided to spend a couple of hours poolside. We ended up walking back to the org...

Our morning consisted of recovering from last night and cleaning up. We were a bit slow getting going but we were all doing pretty good....considering. We got organized and Lesley and I headed out for one last night of girly fun. It is hard to believe that my time in Australia is coming to an end. To thank Lesley for her hospitality I decided to take her on an overnight to Terrigal Beach. Terrigal is only about 25 minutes from Lesley's but has a really swanky Cr...

My laptop has died. This morning I tried to log on and got the evil "no hard drive detected" message. It couldn't just hang in there for another two weeks? Anyway, everything was backed up so I won't lose anything but I just can't think of purchasing a replacement at this moment. I do have another computer waiting at home I can use. I will not have as readily available access to the blog for the next couple of weeks so things may be slow to come. Today we spent ...

We decided today to be tourists in Lesley's home town. I looked online fun things to do in the area and we came up with a good list of interesting touristy stuff within 20 kilometers of her house. The weather was amazing and we got a nice early start. Our first stop was the Edogawa Japanese garden and art gallery in East Gosford. The gardens were beautiful and it probably would have been a very peaceful place had it not been lawn maintenance day. There were thre...

Our plan for today was to go to Terrigal Beach and spend the day shopping and sitting on the beach. Earlier in the week we checked the weather report and it said hot and sunny. Guess what? They are just as bad at predicting the weather in Australia as they are in the US. It was cold and drizzly all day. We made the best of it. We did drive to Terrigal and spend the day walking around the shops and had a really nice Thai lunch. We did not make it to the beach thou...