It was HOT. Weird. But wonderful while my parents, Mike and Jan, were here. My folks most likely hold the world record for longest distance to travel for the shortest visit. They arrived Christmas day, the 25th, around noon and were gone on the 29th. But we sure crammed in a lot of stuff in a short period of time. I wrote up this recap for my folks so they could remember everything we did. Good thing too...I took so long to write this post, I needed it too!
On the first day of Christmas:
- Pick-up from airport
- Open gifts
- Ham and mash potato dinner
- Russ Littlechild and his son David came over for a bit
- Walk to Kevin's fort area by the Georges River at the end of Chester Road in Ingleburn.
On the second day of Christmas:
- Brekky at home
- Daryl Williams (Daz) house for barbi (met Paul Gerard-Rawdy, Baz-Barry and Mercedes, Lee-anne and her parents, Daryl's kids Carely, Megan/Justin (grandson) and Jeff, Matt Laws-Lawsy and children Zoe-lee and Laughlin, Freddo and Dawn). I think that's all....
- Home to recoup from Daryls (too much grog and heat)
- Andy and Val (from Manchester England) came over for a drink (or two)
- Theo Vanderbelt (Dutchy) showed up
On the third day of Christmas - The Beach :
The following link shows our route the day we got re-ended (yeah, got corn-holed by a Kiwi in a Mercedes while using Daryl's car...with my folks & Kevin in the back seat...nice..sorry Daryl).
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&saddr=Ingleburn+NSW&daddr=Old+Illawarra+Rd+to:Wattamolla+Rd+to:Austinmer+to:Appin+to:INgleburn&hl=en&geocode=FYI4-f0dqAn-CA%3BFaa9-P0dZCkACQ%3BFWoZ9_0dvtIBCQ%3B%3B%3B&mra=ls&via=1&sll=-34.13011,150.9504&sspn=0.524051,0.785522&ie=UTF8&z=10
Our trip included:
- Brekky at Kitty's Diner in Ingleburn
- Royal National Park - Audley Weir and Wattamolla Beach
- Standwell Park (overlook and hang gliders)
- Scenic Bridge just south of Coalcliff
- Headland Beach in Austinmer (where we got hit)
- Then home through Appin.
After we arrived back home:
- Skewers on the barbi
- Ingleburn RSL (Return Services League) Club to play some pokies (met Peter, Freddo and John (Nipper not Dippy mom..LOL))
- Andy and Vals for a drink (met Jen and Toni (Spanish couple), Robbo and Maggie, DCK and Michelle, and another couple I can't think of there names)
On the fourth day of Christmas - The City:
- Hopped in the train from Ingleburn Station to Circular Quay via the Airport Line
- Walked the shops to the Opera House in view of the Harbor Bridge
- Botanical Gardens
- Lunch at Hungry Jacks (Burger King)
- The Queen Victoria Building
- Ferry to Manly
- Manly Surf Beach and shops
- Back on Ferry to Circular Quay
- Hopped on train home
- Steak dinner at home
- Mic came over and met his wife Bronlyn and daughters Haley and Courtney
On the fifth day of Christmas - Fly home (*sniff sniff -tear tear*)
COME BACK!!! More pics below.
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