I woke up this morning, realizing that when I made plans to catch up with Rese today, I was thinking Queensland time, but she would have been on NSW time. So I’ve suddenly lost an hour! To make the morning even more interesting, there was no water in the house as one of the circuits had tripped. Uncle Owen got that sorted pretty quickly – he was expecting a visitor at 8.30 so was up early this morning.

Our original plan was to go to visit her in Ballina overnight; but due to Jesse having caught Covid, that wasn’t allowed. Kae had an appointment in Tweed Heads, which was a good “half way” spot, so we met at Kirra Surf Club. It was an easy run down (I borrowed Uncle Owen’s car again).

We had a couple of beers, and an early lunch, and just a general long-overdue catch up. We then drove up to Point Danger and had a walk around there; as it’s somewhere Grandpa used to like, I always like going there as I drive through and having a walk around, and watch the surfers.

We said goodbye, and then did a bit of a scenic drive, down Shearwater Parade to see Nanna and Grandpa’s old house. Then back in to Coolangatta to get an ice cream, and then on our way back home. We went via a flower shop to get some flowers for Aunty Linda, and got back around 5.00.

After a quick chat, we finished packing, said our goodbyes to everybody (Shannon was already home luckily) and then Uncle Owen drove us to Victoria Point, to see Nick and Sharon (and Georgia), who had moved up in May last year. Sharon let us in and started to give us a tour; eventually Nick got out of the shower. We then piled in to the car and drove down to the jetty, to catch the ferry over to Cuchimudlo Island. They had to hold the ferry for us for a few minutes, but luckily we made it, and were on our way for the short (10 minute) trip over.

We had dinner and a few beers at the Cuchi Pub, while watching the sun set. It was a beautiful location, and a very relaxing way to finish our holiday. We caught the evening ferry back to the mainland, and Sharon drove us back to the house, where Nick gave us the rest of the tour, and we sampled some of his home made bourbons / gins / sambuccas / etc. This also involved a chat with Pete back in Melbourne. Sharon and Kaoru went to bed, and eventually we both did too, after a great evening.