The eagle has landed

Drew helps lay the table

We had a pretty good flight from Bangkok to Sydney, though not a lot of sleep was had.  Still, we arrived to a glorious sunny day.  We stayed in Erina, which is near Terrigal on the central coast and had a fabulous time with Sam, Andy and Drew.  The weather on Sunday was amazing - 37 degrees - but the wind was really strong.  We thought about an ice-cream on the beach but Mr John, quite rightly pointed out, it would soon have a sand coating.

Terrigal beach

I've not been to this part of New South Wales before and the area is really picturesque.  We enjoyed fish and chips near the sea on Sunday night and they were really good. Having selected Mr John for bedtime story reading on Saturday, Drew turned to me on Sunday evening and advised "it's your lucky night" as it was my turn to do the reading!

We had a fabulous time and I believe we may have put on the 5kgs we'd lost in Thailand just by the meals over the weekend.  Sam did an amazing BBQ and we were joined by Angela, Barry, Marline and Mick who provided excellent company.  A cooked breakfast was greatly appreciated too.  Our time here was all too short and we were sorry to wave goodbye on Monday, but there's plenty more places to see and people to meet.