Friday, November 19, 2004
Last Weekend
It was our first wedding anniversary recently, and to celebrate Anna & I visited the Wild Edge Retreat in the Wollombi Valley. The retreat really was quite spectacular, and was tucked away at the top of one of the many ridges in the area. The gravel road up to the ridge line was fine in our RAV4, but you'd want to take it slowly if you were worried about a lower, sportier car. We drove up from Sydney on Saturday afternoon, stopping at the Wollombi Tavern once we got into the town, and had a relaxing evening at the retreat. Sunday started with a massage for Anna (I don't know why, but I can never relax enough to enjoy massage myself), then we headed into Yengo National Park for a tour around and a picnic lunch. We had a good dinner at Quarantini's in town, along with a cast of several hundred insects, before heading off to bed. Monday, we had a relaxing breakfast before driving back to Sydney. As had happened the day before, we had our breakfast on the deck outside and a local magpie took a fancy to the feast in front of him. Once we had finished and started clearing away, as soon as we were both inside, the magpie was sitting on a chair having a look at what might be left - not much as it turned out! All in all a very relaxing and enjoyable trip! Chrisposted at 11:59 am
