Kickback Cottages Lakes Entrance

... this morning as the sun was streaming in and the skies were blue. Another lardy breakfast tucked away and a few deep breaths of the 7c cool mountain air and I was on my way.<br><br>A long drive today &#8211; about 250 miles but much of it on winding mountains roads so I got away early so that I could take some time to explore the coast &#8211; when I eventually got to it. First curious sight of the day was the copious amounts of horse poo on the road. This ...

... working brake it was quite an experience when he decided to make the 4x4 go sideways and in circles; apparently I reacted pretty well because I held onto the door, most of his friends grab the steering wheel and yell at him to stop. Up and down hills, over logs and ditches we finally made it back to the house. Then I took Sally onto his uncles grass air strip where I got her up to 120km on the slippery wet grass in the rain. The ...

... to Gypsy Point and Mallacoota, both lakeside, scenic, fishing, boating places, but quite a distance from the main road. Both would have been better if the sun had been shining. The weather makes such a difference. If it&#8217;s warm and sunny, you feel as if you&#8217;re dragging yourself away from a lovely spot. If it&#8217;s cold and threatening rain, you hop back into the car and move on.<br><br>Apart from a stop at the Information ...

... the Great Alpine Road, until we reached the sea. The view is from the top of Lakes Entrance, a very pretty holiday town.<br><br>It was Gigs birthday week, so we are going to go out for dinner at some point, should be good! <br>Also thanks for the birthday messages and emails!<br>

... to the frontal position (i'm sure there's a better more official but cool snowboarding-type-of name that could be used there but i don't know it - for now i'll call it the 'snowboardy man from the iphone game position' as a catchy description). The instructor, who 20 mins ago i thought was a completely incompetent gob-*****-can't-be-*****-to-teach-begin ners-laid-back-arrogant-australian dude now taught me to stand up with a straight back instead of crouching ...

... in front of me, some simply sat on the floor and refused to do any work at all, others would just walk away and ignore me whenever I asked them a question about the evidence, and the entire lot thought it appropriate to talk throughout the whole presentation, back-chat their teachers and interrupt any other conversation that was going on. <br><br>At the end of ...

Bugger, so we Australians say.......My husband is still working up in Queensland and maybe if he is lucky today is his last day. Poor Chris (husband), he has practically worked for the last 6 weeks or so straight. I his wife, am stuck on a ship in rough weather. I was due to fly home today to prepare for our holiday. We leave on Monday and a helicopter currently can't land because the swell ...

... half a bottle of scotch was empty. We got pretty loaded but no hang overs.... Big two and Paper, Rock Scissors were the games of the night and it was a good time! We even were a little too loud and got yelled at! "Do you know what time it is??!!" Oops sorry about that! heh heh heh All I have to say wow this is a long, long post..... Ummm I guess I will add the next parts under the next entry so i wont be too boring! Until next time! The Wong Brothers

... drive that is longer, but is a prettier drive. We chose the coastal drive of course. Basically the best way to describe it is to compare it to driving from San Fran to LA. Highway 5 will get you there the fastest, but it is such an ugly drive. Highway 101 is prettier and it pops out to the coast every once in a while to see the ocean. This was no different. It wasn't as coastal as it looks on the map, but the ocean was never ...