Grand Adventure Part 6 Day 1

Lovely morning!

We started off with a lovely walk at Lapstone hill to see the Lapstone Zig Zag.  The site of the Lucasville station. Spike had a jolly good time at the lookout.

Breakfast at the Crusty Loaf at Blaxland. I had the most amazing spinach and feta roll. The off to visit the resting place of Sir Henry Parkes. Next stop, The Prime Ministers' Corridor of Oaks. Joseph Jackson conceived the idea of an avenue of oak trees to be planted by all the Prime Ministers of Australia or their nearest surviving relative.

Then it was lunch at Schwarz Patisserie in wentworth Falls. 'It is not only well known in the Blue Mountains, it is famous as a specialist German bakery throughout the region with visitors travelling from far a-field just to grab one of their delights.' Absolutely amazing food!

We toddled off to Leura cascades, Wentworth Falls and Lennox Bridge. We wandered off to Glenbrook Lagoon to see some ducks for Gem. We had tea with himself's dad and then it was off to the pub for dinner and a quiet trip back to the Elf Sanctuary. Spike and I had a fabulous day in the Blue Mountains. We shall see what tomorrow brings!

Pictures here

Grand Adventure Part 5

Way early start to the day to head off on an adventure with Paul Pavlinovich, Charles Strebor and Xtian... and Spike of course. We went on track patrol and had an amazing time check out the awesome that is checking out a train line in a nifty yellow railcar.

After that it was back to Casa Christensen to do the final packing before flying out to Sydney. Al hung out at the airport with me until it was time to board. The I was off Sydney for another part of the Adventure to start!

Grand Adventure Part 4

We packed up at the Bat cave and headed to Casa Christensen. We stopped for coffee on the way and met up with Shari Mattox and Peter Sherriff. There were some mighty fine cows there as well.

After some time catching up the Steve and playing with Charli, we headed up to Sky High to take photos of the sunset with Paul Pavlinovich. Paul was a wee bit late and managed to scare us half to death resulting in a lost lens cap... We had a chat and coffee than back to Casa Christensen.

Grand Adventure Part 3 Day 5

Late morning this morning with a lovely lunch at Temuru in Rhyll. To die for BLAT (bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato) and the most enourmous mugs of coffee ever. I am sure you could almost bathe in them.



Then off to The Nobbies for some amazing views and the occasional penguin. The water was stunning as was the sky. Highly recommended (wear warm clothes and wear a beanie if you have a hole in your skull)

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 Back to the bat cave for fish and chips!

Grand Adventure - An explanation

I just realised I had not explained the reason and story behind the Grand Adventure. I had organised my annual trip to Sydney for the mid year University break. Everything changed and I could not fly out as originally planned so I moved my flight to the September University break.

The wheels fell off everything. My Father had an accident and broke his neck. After 5 days he lost his fight and went to be with my Mum. The day I was supposed to fly out was the day of his funeral.

I had decided to go back to University when the semester started, I went for the first week and realised that I was in too much of a mess to be able to cope with University as well as my grief and declining mental health.

I went to see my psychologist and we flew out to Melbourne straight after the appointment. We had a few days there and came home. While we were away a dear friend had a horrific crime occur resulting in significant and mental damage. He would be in Melbourne six weeks after our visit and I was desperately worried about him . I booked a flight so that I could catch up and see him while he was in Melbourne.

I was in need of some time out away from the daily reminder that my Dad was gone. So the Grand Adventure was born. This is my way of keeping in contact with family and friends while I am away and to share some of the experiences I am having. It will be a reminder for me about the adventures I have had while keeping the chronology in perspective. I still have problems tracking past events.

So I leave you with this explanation of the Grand Adventure. I am having an extended trip away on my own trying to manage my mental health.

Grand Adventure Part 3 Day 4

It was a slow morning followed by another trip to Nude Food for brunch.

Following that, Ms Al and I headed to 'Island Healing for 2 hours of bliss. It was a surprise for Al. We had a 1 hour Body Massage, 30 minute Hand & Feet Massage and a 30 minute Aromatherapy Facial!

After our blissing we popped down to the jetty for some photography. Al had an extra bit of an adventure. We picked up things for dinner and headed home.

Fantastic dinner then bed.

Edit Topped off by a phone call from my beautiful boy who missed his Mummy cuddles and a chat with my darling husband

Grand Adventure Part 3 Day 3

We took Mr Charles back to his hidey hole. Spike went with us for morning tea but hid before I could photograph him. Ms Al has the evidence.

After that Ms Al and I went down to the beach for a beautiful sunset. Playing in the water and sand was nifty. I got the legs of my pants wet. The lengths we go to to help our friends.

No photos from me today