WM, Mum, MIL and I had a holiday/vacation in the seaside town of Woolgoolga on the north coast of New South Wales. We rented a three-bedroom house, facing north, overlooking the bay. For those of you who live in the northern hemisphere, this is the sun-catching direction. We had a 180° view of water. We were low enough to the ground and on the hill to be out of the cold, southerly sea breezes (and howling winds for one day). All in all, glorious scenery, almost perfect weather, and fabulous views.
You can see details of the house we rented here on Stayz. The photos are true to reality – the views, the house and the interior looked exactly like that (except the shower curtain in the bathroom had been replaced by a glass shower screen).
We woke early on the first morning, which happened to be WM’s birthday – we saw sunrise (it’s winter here so that was about 7am) and I saw my first whale of the season before 7am! From the front deck – without making the trek up to the whale watching headland and standing in the bitterly cold southerly winds.
We spent the days with DD, and the evenings with DD, SIL, and the two Grandsons. We celebrated WM’s birthday one Friday and Younger Grandson’s fourth birthday a week later. We watched whales migrating to the warmer waters of northern Australia for the winter from the deck and sometimes from the sun room. Older Grandson saw his first whale breech – what a great experience for a five year old! WM tried to take photos but mostly all he took were snaps of splashes – the movement had passed by the time he pressed the button! We had some lovely unexpected visitors and saw beautiful sunrises and sunsets – neither of which we can see from our home (due to other buildings and the mountain immediately to our west -- we live on the eastern slope).
Best of all, Older Grandson almost got the hang of knitting while Younger Grandson enjoyed trying and playing with yarn and needles (as it should be).
I won’t bore you with more words – please enjoy the photos taken from the first two days collection!
Looks and sounds delightful! A great vacation visit. thanks for sharing such great photos too!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Most, if not all, of those photos were taken by WM -- he's the camera enthusiast. I'm just grateful he captures some really special moments -- the photos of our grandsons are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I have a big smile on my face; what a wonderful time!
ReplyDeleteGosh what a wonderful trip that must have been!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see those giants free and wild like that. Always breaks my heart to think of them confined in tanks and zoos as was, and still is in some places, the only way most of us saw them in real life.
What a memorable trip for you all
It is, indeed, fantastic to see them -- even though they a re quite far away and size is hard to imagine, we have seen them and it is wonderful! This is the third year of being in town for the migration season -- twice for the winter trip north to warmer waters for the birth of the youngsters, once for the spring trip back to Antarctica. We have seen more whales on this trip than on the other two combined -- probably as a result of being able to step out onto the deck any time of day and not having to be on the headland in the cold wind and 'just the right time'.
ReplyDeleteSounds delightful! Glad you had such a wonderful time.
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