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 #fantasticday

these days are so treasured as they are so rare. :)

got up nice and early for a bit of a roadtrip to richmond and beyond! BILPIN!!! apple picking!

not what i expected!


it was still a bit wet and the drive on the motorways was very boring. going up the mountain was cool though. very very windy road.

the orchard itself? well, if we (okay, maybe i) weren't such city chicks, probably would have found it normal. but it smelt cause of all the apples on the ground and the grass was quite long. so glad i was wearing joggers and not flats. good judgement. gum boots would probably have been even better.

it was lots of fun though.

there is nothing like picking an apple of a tree and eating it. SO GOOD.


one of life's must-dos, taken off my list. =)

lovely that our little niece and cousin came along too. fun fun oh and and we went to el jannah for chicken lunch. good but enough of that for a while. won't be back anytime soon!

i even came home and baked fresh apple pie (went down a treat at work today, so i was told) and even managed to do some work. like actual work for work...

busy busy me. <3

Hunter Valley Road Trip!!!


Fun fun fun!

we got up mightly early (ok, same as a work day..) and we all met at 3rd aunts. was going to be 4 cars but decided with three full cars instead - 15 passengers, one handicapped car (guess who's - JC) with a semi-flat tyre, thankfully no probs at all in the end!

agreement was the stop at the maccas. and i got to lead. (okay, i led most of the day ^^)

ended up being a competition for biggest ass of the day. and there were some big contenders!

Nomination #1
Myself - cut to the right lane as lead driver with about 200 m to the left turn near Pymble with a massive bus in front of me. Almost lost one of the following cars in the process. Lucky for me, justin (last car) works in the area and knew the roads. phew!

Nomination #2
Coz 'Silly' Samuel - Overtook me with 1 km to go to maccas (he had all this time to on the freeway but had to be then!!!) and missed the exit so he didn't stop until cessnock. everyone in my car and justins laughed their asses off!!!!!!

Nomination #3
My dad - we drove up some very very scenic unsealed roads to a lookout. since the weather was quite wet, the ground was quite muddy and he stepped right into this massive clay-mud puddle and got grass and mud all over his shoes. we had to open all the boots to see what emergency supplies (water, wipes, newspapers, plastic bags) we could use to help him get it off. hahahahahaha

Nomination #4
Justii - guess it was inevitable. as the last car, he would have had an itch to get to the front. despite knowing it was double points and seeing highway patrol, there was a stage where he revved it up, clocking ~140 to get to the front of the pack. tsk tsk tsk dangerous!

anyway, we had heaps of fun despite a bit of rain. the scenery was delightful. we did the touristy stuff like gelato at tt, rosemount and lindemans (home of the O!) and brokenwood. a short stop at the village to sample the liquer and chocolate shops before home and dinner at the local chinese.

have to say i think lunch was the best (not of course, because i booked it but even dad and aunty said it was really good). nice and different. pot pies, damper and great pasta. :) and perfect timing because that was when it rained the hardest! and kangaroos across the road. nice nice nice!!!

drove back via the harbour bridge and everyone came to our place for coffee (hehehe gets to use my machine again!) before heading to dinner.

thoroughly enjoyed myself, enjoyed leading and driving up. want to do it again

nitenite :)

yum cha with grandma - that me and juzzi and steph shouted. . . so we tried to eat loads and make up for it. hehehe. pretty cool.

my lil nephew is sooooooooo cute. he has a "driver's license" and he knows what to do when he gets "stopped by the cops". hahaha should have videoed it.

then decided to pick a fight with VHA for wendeh. $50 credit... hrmmm.. for about 3 hours of my time... i'll take it! better than nuttin

and then it was going to be a pretty boring, ordinary night...

except that mum was random. and like.. lets go out for siew yeh... @ chat thai!!!

whoop whoop.

so we went out at like 9:30.. and drove to the city. and got this awesome spot right outside capitol theatre and didnt even wait that long for chat thai.

had coconut ice cream and those pandan bread thingys and iced coffee and skewers. mmmmmmmmmm goood.

left just as mary poppins was finishing... oooh i know that feeling when those people walked out of the theatre!!! looks like it was a full house.

then drove home... pretty quick getting to and back from city tonight. about 20 mins each way which makes the trip well worth it.

good times.

rain rain.

lots of driving.

but lots of fun.

whale watching today was windy. but seeing whales and dolphins on a lil catamaran was pretty cool. so much better than the big boats!

had lunch on the marina and then went for a drive to newcastle which is only about an hour away and u have to cross the most amazing bridge. its light lit up on both sides and soo curvacious.

walked along the waterfront. so many things have changed in 18 years... ;) (nah duh)

i much prefer driving the roads of the hunter region. it might be that we're driving a lot after dark but i find it more difficult and very curvy. and the speed limits change a fair bit. not to mention the wet weather coming into the port.

we also passed a pretty bad accident the first night.

nice weekend to get away. would have been so much better without the rain.

still trying to spot the koala in the backyard!!!

life is so different here.