Jasmine Lodge Motel Forster

... me, so I storm off safe in the knowledge that that showed her! Hmmm. SO in the end I have to resort to going back to the van, which isn't that bad really, as I have beer and 3 half drunk bottles of wine in the noisy fridge. Whilst finishing one of the bottles, I notice how weird and spaced out the doves are. I call them punk doves, cos they have long tufts like mohicans, and when they walk their heads bob, which I guess is more headbanging, but hey its all rock'n'roll to me!

... of oldies sunbathing and one guy fishing it felt very laid back. Hawks Nest is a tiny little place mostly residential with a couple of convenience shops, we stopped in a little Thai cafe for bacon on egg roll to get me through my hangover.

I took over the wheel for the short drive up to Forster (oddly it is pronounced Foster) which was initially recommended to us by Chris and Leonie, is really a nice ...

... a lot bigger place than expected and we spend more time on the road than enjoying the sites, not to mention my back. To be fair, we also chose to stay only one night in each place so we could reach Sydney Thursday evening and discover this Great city and its surrounding during few days. The superb beaches start to be boring.

... towns of Forster-Tuncurry we drove through the Myall Lakes national park and had a quick stop at Seal Rocks which is a tiny town with a great little beach. Unfortunately we were running a little late as we'd stopped off for lunch earlier which took longer than planned so we didn't have that long to hang around as we still had a bit of a drive ahead of us to Forster not to mention finding somewhere to sleep for the night- this turned out a little harder than we thought it ...

... likelihood of stopping. A granny in a station wagon... no way is this lady stopping. Teenage kid in Mom's car with girlfriend...he's not thinking about us. Flatbed truck... put the thumb away, we don't want this ride. A **************** and I was just thinking of running to the bushes to answer nature's call, holding on line one if you get my drift, when a minivan packed with a small family came by. They won't stop. But they ...

... the van, tired but contented. Ignoring the noisy, chocolate fuelled american kids we tucked merrily into our sarnies and savoured the panoramic view, discussing the probability of a) getting up at 3 the next morning and b) surviving the ascent with only a headtorch each to guide us. In the end sense prevailed and we decided it was too dangerous to make the climb at night, and though disappointed not to be 2 of the 60,000 we were quite relieved aswell. 3am is very early...zzzzzzzzz

... sea means to people. I was also sitting down eating dinner at this stage, and right there in front of me I saw the most beautiful sea bird - no idea what it actually was - but it was just perched on the rock, stretching its wings out and basking in the few minutes of sunshine that were left. That bird just fascinated me. The way it looked as though it was going to take flight any minute but felt content to just be in the moment. Sorry to stoop to the bird-as-person analogy ...

... we had to leave a few out to save time, but we got the gist of the area, it was so picturesque. We went to see the Wentworth Falls but they were not very visable as it was summer and it was a trickle, so in winter they are much better, going to try and go back later in the year when back in Sydney again? We made it back to Lidcombe again and stayed in the same motel in a twin room for 3 nights, sharing with Paul (on the sly) for one night as he flew ...

... at you and you're the only one watching the road. But, they apparently have lower insurance because they are more visually aware than the rest of us! When we arrived, four of Cindy's friend were there, but one had to leave. We were having focaccia sandwiches, so we put them together and toasted them. I wound up with roast beef, avocado spread, a few onions, a sweet potato, an eggplant, and a few types of cheese, and lettuce on mine. I was pretty hungry by that point, so I was ...

... in the right hand corner of our desks. Oh yeah, and we had assigned seats too. There were rules against leaving the room in the first 30 minutes and the last 10, so I made sure I was well and done with 15 minutes to spare. Then I went to the library to look for Schindler's List (we had talked about watching it). Well, the catalogue computers were missing so I walked around looking for a lab computer (successfully) and found out that the movie was in the ...