The morning view!
So...today....they woke in Nelson Bay and it was......RAINING! What a pain! Anyway, the motel does breakfast and they were down for 9am....and the place was packed! It must be breakfast central, Nelson Bay! Any way.....L had eggs benedict while a opted for.......yawn......toast! But it was very nice toast!
They were due to check out by 10am...and so when they got up to their room....they were distracted by birds! That is sometimes easily done....but this time it was of the feathered variety! Here on the balcony rail was a parakeet.....sitting bold as brass looking in to the room! It was sitting on one foot and was preening itself! Even when they got right up to the window and opened the net curtain.....still it sat and just looked at them! So.....they fluttered about (A and L I mean!!) and got cameras out fully expecting it to take off! But no.....it just sat......and then....along came it's friend! So...there were two brightly coloured birds sitting looking at us! I sometimes wonder if they are on holiday too and they just like watching the big folk to see how stupid they are! So....then they got brave and opened the sliding door to get photos without the glass getting in the way....and still they sat and preened!
L decided it might be a good idea to take one of the biscuits from the coffee tray and break it up and put it on the table! I bet the staff would love this ......here they are just leaving and they are encouraging the local wildlife to come and beg for food! Mid you....one of them had obviously been here before and didn't like the biscuits and so just ignored them altogether.....or perhaps it was a female bird.....and you guessed it......its on a diet!
Anyway.....they eventually checked out and they were off! As it was raining they didn't go and explore the beaches....they just set off! As Nelson Bay was way out on a headland they had to double back along the road they came yesterday! The weather had kind of spoiled it as they Meade it all the way out but didn't really see much of the area at all! But they were heading now for Newcastle, then Swansea and the The Entrance! This was going to be another long journey....but they knew the end result would be Sydney!
They made it to Stockton and then made their only error with the sat nav! They tended to set it place by place which meant they could choose the route they wanted....as if you put in the final destination it would select the route which went by the main road and would avoid the scenic route! However, they ended up at one point heading back to Brisbane! L had set it for a place....but it picked a road of that name in stead of the town!
After driving for two hours they decided they needed a break and they stopped in a place called Budgewoi (pronounced budgie-woy!) which was quite small and there wasn't relly much more to say about it! But it did have a bottle shop!!
Anyway, they continued on and drove on...this time down the coast yet again to a place called The Entrance! They had been here before with A and M and was famous for the Pelicans that 'live' there! This is within distance of Sydney and would be both a holiday destination and a day trip venue! It was quite busy and they enjoyed a lovely walk along the foreshore and back before the rain came on...and everyone rushed for the shops and the cafes!
The Pelicans are fed at 3pm but they set off just before this! This was the last stage of the drive and they were excited to be reaching Sydney! The drive took them down the motorway and it was a stunning drive! The road leads you up into the mountains and and the motorway weaves through the thick forests in a route that has been carved out of the rock! The engineering that went into building these roads was amazing and at times you were driving through channels that were edged by sheer rock cliffs stretching way above you! From time to time you got great views of the forests round about and of the valleys before hitting the northern edge of the city!
The sat nav took them right in and before long they started to see names and places that they recognised and then they were there! Even on a Sunday the roads were busy....but the sat nav was great!
So.....just before 5pm they turned into Ridgewood Place and I was sitting on the dash looking at our destination for the next three weeks!
The car has to be back in central Sydney by 10am tomorrow which means leaving at 7.45 to make it in through the traffic in time! And then....its down to Circular Quay to see the bridge and opera house!!
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