Long Weekend

The past weekend was a bank holiday in New South Wales which gave us more time to explore further afield. We made a few day trips, one to the north and one to the south of Sydney.

Avoca beach (below) - beautiful quiet beach on the central coast.

Shot looking up the central coast towards Terrigal. We did a short bush walk down along the coast to the nearest beach you can see on the picture.

Later in the day we headed to a place called The Entrance which is home to hundreds of pelicans. We arrived in time to see the local "Pelican feeding team" dish out the fish.

On the Sunday we headed south to Stanwell Park which has a historic association with man's quest for flight. Stanwell park is where Lawrence Hargrave carried out some tests flights to assist the Wright brothers. (OK I took that bit out of a book!) According to our book the spot is still a popular destination for paragliders and hangliders, although we didn't see any on the day. In the afternoon we made a quick trip to Symbio Wildlife Park which is home to many native Australian animals.

Yesterday I was all psyched up to do 6 laps around centennial parks (about 10 miles) with a couple of friends. Conveniently I got a "flatty" just as I was coming to the end of the first lap! We are debating whether to do the 50km Spring Cycle event which includes cycling over the Harbour Bridge. There's only a few weeks to go, so hope the training goes better next time!!