Our last day today, so we headed up to Palm Beach to walk up Barranjoey Head to the lighthouse. How appropriate then that we walked past them filming Home and Away at the Surf Lifesaving Club. Chatting to the security people it seemed that we might have recognised one of the actors there from when we watched 30 years ago, but we haven’t watched it since living...
Today was market day in Avalon – the once a year market held here. So, with various roads in the area closed, it seemed easiest to just go to the market! The range and selection was huge, but after a while we just went cross-eyed with choice, so headed for a coffee on Avalon Beach. A notable resident of Avalon is apparently Yahoo Serious. You may not be...
A driving day today. We headed off first thing from Port Stephens and drove down the coast to Avalon Beach. Avalon is named after Avalon (!) – the final resting place of King Arthur, though we can be fairly sure he didn’t make it out here. According to Celtic legend Avalon is an earthly paradise and though it is nice here, earthly paradise may be...