During the holiday, we went up the coast to meet our visiting Canadian friends in a small oceanside rural town called Broom's Head. We rented a house that was right on the beach and spent a lot of time swimming, fishing (Vic), trying to surf (me) and driving into nearby Yamba, which has a great beachy-laid-back feel with nice little shops and cafes.
The theme of the holiday seemed to be booze, cheese and chocolate. Basically, a whole lot of overeating and overdrinking, which culminated in a night of excess at a neighbour's fiftieth birthday party the night we got back from our holiday. By the end of the night, I may or may not have been referred to as Miss Pavlova because of my obnoxious bragging about the perfect pavlova Jen and I made over the holidays. On the plus side, from what I remember, we now have new besties who live in Adelaide - so we may have to visit before we head home for Canada.
So, now it's time to get back at it. We have about 7 months left of our stay here in Australia, which means 7 months for me to finish my thesis. This fact makes me sweat with thesis-stress every time it crosses my mind.
Sunset at Myall Lakes, where we stayed on our way up to Broom's Head.
The Big Banana! We stopped in Coffs Harbour on our way up the coast so we could take a look. It is indeed a big banana. Not surprisingly, there's not much else to say about that.
Ta-dah!!! The perfect pavlova. I'm thinking of applying for Australian citizenship, using this picture alone as rationale.
Me, trying to surf, but instead doing a whole lot of this:
2 comments:
It looks like you had a great Holiday Miss Pavlova. Nice post - I actually felt a slight twinge of sadness reading about the Big Banana. Did you have a banana shake? I'll write you soon. Ana
Hi Ana, don't be sad - you didn't miss much! Do write soon (and I will too!), I want to hear what's new with you all.
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