So, the trip was fantastic... Was so good to be able to just cruise around, go whereever with no time limit or plan... just find the good spots!
We were away for about 10 days, went all the way down to Sydney, and back. We had planned to go down around the coast, and come back up through the mountains, but due to mechanical issues and losing two days waiting for the car to get fixed, we decided we'd travel the coast road the whole way round, and take some well needed time out on the beach.
We stayed at the same place we did for New Year, one night, then went down to Coffs Harbour, stayed in a 4 star caravan park there, directly opposite the beach, which was practically empty, complete with pool, games room and more... all for a ridiculously cheap rate of $22 a night! (BARGAIN!) Then travelled down towards Newcastle, ran into car issues, stayed south of Newcastle in this little place called Belmont. Found another 4 star caravan park that was right on the shores of this gorgeous lake... was so good.. another ridiculously cheap place that was amazing... Stayed a couple of nights there... then continued down to Sydney, busted a tyre on the way into Sydney, changed it, then stayed in Bondi at a ridiculously expensive dodgy backpacker... ($70 for a double room that hadn't even been cleaned and was generally pretty standard for backpackers.. ) haha... Then went to get new tyres, got 4 second hand good condition tyres for a really good deal from some tyre guy out in the 'burbs... then travelled back up north, went to a little place called Seal Rocks, which was just beautiful. Completely off the track, hardly anyone there, and these fantastic empty beaches... only thing there was that the water was ICE COLD.. and we couldn't really swim. But we did see a whole pod of dolphins off-shore, which was pretty awesome.
Stayed there for a night, or was it two.. think it was two.. then travelled all the way to Byron Bay, stayed there for a night, and then back to Brisbane.
Was great to have some time out together before Mateus flew back to Brazil, he left on Monday morning. I spoke to him last night, he is doing really well, happy to be back with his family. His sisters wedding is this Saturday, so there is lots of final preparation for that at the moment.
Before we left we asked if we could have a puppy at home.. unfortunately no, which is really disappointing, because we really thought the landlord would say yes. We're really hoping he changes his mind... :) Found this adorable Bull Mastiff x Cattle Dog cross while we were away... and even almost bought him.. hehe.. we joked that if he had said yes, we would go and buy him and drive straight back to Brisbane.. hehe... is a shame... but its alright..
Works good, i'm pushing for a better position here.. more news on that as it comes to hand... maybe a southern acquisition coming into play soon... ;)
I'm focussing on a lot of things to do for me while Mateus is away... going to start running, have been thinking of getting back into that anyway... thinking about buying one of those nike ipod sport packs, that have those cool little sensor things that give you all the details on your runs, how far you've gone etc. etc. And I'm also thinking of buying a longboard, a longboard skateboard that is.. purely because I saw this fantastic one in Bondi that had this really cool picture on the base.. check it out:
Cool huh??
Hehe... i want it only for the picture... :)
And yeah.. some other things I'm concentrating on too... I chose all my uni subjects on Tuesday... for the first term... 4 subjects so far, I hope they aren't too full-on.
Anyway... thats the update from me...I'll let you know how i go with that longboard.. heheh.. :)
...loving the rock courtyard...
...and the beams in the kitchen...
...loving the fact that they play ping-pong with their pup... and the fact that they have a ping-pong table...
...and their garden is so sweet with the picket fence around it...
...and if you haven't guessed already, they are my idols... hahaha when i grow up! ;) 
