Stanwell House

... to the salad and it turned out strangely tasty. Charlotte came back, and on her advice, we took the train all the way to Stanwell Park after picking up a few supplies along the way.  It is a little town, right next to the ocean, surrounded by ...

... one of the reasons I find it hard to leave behind even with all it's other issues. One final challenge greets me, my keys to the house are not in the keysafe where I left them as my lodger has given them to a friend of mine and haven't been put back and ...

... seemed deserted compared to India, although it was probably average for that time in the morning. Driving back to my Dad's house everything was unreal - the daffodils bobbing on green grassy banks, the empty road, space everywhere, things moving so fast ...

... people staying here***. The sitting room, transformed in readiness for the film, is now distressed and in the style of 'half crack house half women's refuge'. Woodie is asleep on the remainder of the couch but not for long as the noise of the kettle and ...

... while it hurts! The streets were busy, dirty. Hey it's Cairo! After checking in and showering (oh and some emails) I had three house of well needed sleep. It had gone dark by 7pm I spent the evening reading, resting, pondering on the hotel balcony ...

... it was over to Laine and Steve for a quick cup of coffee.  Thanks once again for letting us end up at your house. From there it was over to Stew's to spend the night at his flat.  After the Saturday night/Sunday morning drinks we were keen ...

... I'd anticipated. I had stroked my bunny rabbits goodbye, as well as the dogs, had a last look at our rooms in Pauline and Les's house, and picked up my backpack and day bag, ready to go. We put our bags in the Land Rover, the bags that contained all the ...

... the garden, me telling them how much things have grown, the pond is huge compared to when I left, then we walk around the house and nothing has changed. It's comforting after being away from your home for 2 years, that you can go to the cupboard, grab a ...

... the return leg down-river, letting me & the two lazy Marcuses sit about enjoying the scenery. After lunch at a little cafe in Stanwell we slept off the rowing on gorgeous Stanwell beach (just south of the park), where Marcus T did his usual battle with ...

... action plan is to go check out Sydney's North Shore, maybe get a glimpse of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House then drive to maybe Stanwell Park/Scarborough, maybe as far as Woolongong but that's about it. So we decide whilst driving that the ...

... for many years although they do not have title to the land). From here we continued down the coast to Bald Hill lookout near Stanwell Park to see the new Bridge that has been built at Coalcliff. It was built around 2004 and follows the contours of the ...

... Bay to see the Captain Cook memorials and museum, walked in the bush, went down throught the beautiful National Park to Stanwell Park and Wollongong. We went to the beach and swam at Cronulla, which itself is beautiful and fished off the jetty ...

... discover that the visitor information office had shut down.  This meant we ended up continuing along the beautiful coastline up to Stanwell Park.  We had a bit of a rest here and checked in the local information office (in the art gallery) for ...