It has been another big week, but it has been a lovely one! This being my week off – which is always a very nice place to start, I had a couple of days of wallowing and doing chores and then had an adventure, and we all know how much I like those!

For Christmas I gave D a weekend away to a place neither of us have been to before, and we decided this was the perfect week to take it. He had a couple of rostered days off which tied in very nicely with my days off, and so we went. Our destination was Yamba in northern New South Wales about a 4 hour drive away from home. On the way down we stopped at my very favourite spot in Cabarita, to climb the headland and sit and watch the waves for a while. It was beautiful!

Our next stop was at Byron Bay and a walk around the lighthouse. It is a truly beautiful part of the world – although I much prefer the beaches on either side of it! We spent ages watching the stingrays swimming around the rocks, before heading back into town for probably the best fish and chips I’ve ever had!

Another couple of hours down the road and we got to our destination of Yamba and our very nice ocean front accommodation for the next couple of nights. The weather wasn’t the most cooperative, but we made the best of it with a glass of wine and a cheese platter for dinner while listening to the ocean – a very nice way to spend the evening.

Day two had us enjoying brekky on the balcony, before we went for a fabulous walk on the beach. The waves were wild and the wind was blowing and I loved it! We also took ourselves off on a drive through town and ended up at another light house and then a walk along the breakwater with a pod of dolphins for company… you really couldn’t ask for more!

One of my sisters and her husband stopped and had lunch with us on their way to having their own adventure in Tasmania, and after a glorious afternoon nap, we had dinner with a good friend who calls that area home now. It was a seriously relaxing day.

Driving home the next morning, we decided to head into McLean – the self described Scottish town of Australia. D had very high hopes being a Scot himself, and unfortunately was left disappointed! The highlight of the town were the very faded, tartan painted power poles around the place, and the view of the Clarence valley from the lookout… and that’s about it!! The other stop we made was at New Italy – a rest stop on the side of the highway which also disappointed- but we had a pretty good laugh about it!

Lucky for me the day was not a complete dud as we went out to a very romantic Candle light concert at St Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane that night. It was one of my Christmas presents and was really beautiful. A very talented string quartet played love songs from various movies with the most incredible sounds and ambience.

It’s hard after such a great week off to head back to the real world, but that’s all part of it right!? I hope your new week brings you some good times and happy moments x