St. George River

During our stay at Lorne, our friends took us to St George River, where it meets the sea. Their dogs had a run along the beach, some braved the water, and Peter found an elevated spot to do another sketch. After that the afternoon sun began to make some very magic images in the still (or rippled) water of the river, so Peter shifted from sketching to photography. That was fun. Barb and friends returned from the beach when the amazing light had mostly gone. It did not matter. We make our fun wherever we are.

Puzzles at Lorne

We stayed a few nights at Lorne with other friends. This month we definitely have got about, this time along the Great Ocean Road. Though we did make a few excursions into the town for coffee, and looking along the shops, a lot of time was spent on a certain jigsaw puzzle. This puzzle depicted ancient Rome with a modern Rome overlay, a puzzle on top of the first puzzle, foam over cardboard. It was still coming together at the time we left to return to Melbourne to officially end our 'holiday'. Out of the last fourteen nights we had only spent one of them in our home.

Sandy Point

We had the pleasure of staying at Sandy Point again with good friends. The sand is so compact that vehicles can easily traverse it. There are loads of interesting flora and fauna and not too many people about considering that January is a peak holiday time. Everybody, young and old, were wonderfully polite with a hello and a smile as we passed. Encouraging. We posted about our last visit to Sandy Point, November 2014 - same friends same fun. Peter's swim on one of the days was memorable with amazing water reflections. Sorry, no pictures of that. Camera not waterproof.

The walk over the dunes from the beach to the town of Sandy Point always holds a special memory. We share a 2014 video of the walk here for those who might be interested.

Farm Camp 2017

Barb cooked for 60+ people for a week this month at Coolamatong Farm Camp. This was the third year in a row that she has done this. Peter tagged along as a camp team member to help where help was needed. The seven days away were greatly enjoyed. Old friends met again over many fun board games, sailing, sea-biscuit-ing, a launch trip, swimming, and all the time trying not to get sun-burnt.

Camp loom worked a treat making two mats out of ripped cloth in seven days.

It was nice that Peter managed to do a sketch while there.