After 23 weeks, we are finally home and oh how I have missed this......
This is the view we wake to each and every morning. How extremely blessed and lucky are we!
The trip home took us five nights with stays at Miles, Mount Morgan, Cape Palmerston, Alva Beach and finally Cowley Beach before arriving back at Palm Cove. We always aim to arrive around 1-2 pm at our destination and try not to drive anymore than 400-450 kms in a day. As Philip is the designated driver and I am the designated trip planner, five to six hours of driving (at around 90kph) is plenty. We are usually sick of it by them. Cowley Beach is a favourite. Not much to do here except watch the sunset over the Coral Sea. Drinks and Nibblies are a given of course....
Before we finally left Toowoomba we had a farewell lunch at Rosalie House with my Aunty, Uncle and cousins. The meal once again was exceptional quality and I would gladly recommend it. I chatted to the owner of Rosalie House and mentioned to her that the winery was recommended to us by a mutual friend. We chatted for a little while about Jess but she was run off her feet on a busy Sunday so I left her to it.
Our final few days in the South East were spent with our friends at Leyburn. They have a huge backyard well set up for caravaners with both water and electricity points. They have been our friends forever (or so it seems) but it is almost 50 years! We have been through a lot of ups and downs together and although we don't see a lot of each other these days, when we do get together it is like time has not passed at all. I was able to spend a little time with their gorgeous grand-daughter and her daddy so that was extra special.
We also paid a visit to Shane Webcke's farm outside Leyburn where he has set up a fantastic venue inside an old renovated shearing shed, to cater for any occasions from weddings to birthdays. Indeed he was to celebrate his own birthday (50th) there the weekend after we left. That would have been quite the party.
