Owls and Orchids

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our  late arrival meant we missed the scenery, so here is what we missed seeing yesterday.

Quality Resort Sails, Port Macquarie

Carp in the pond

Cormorant on the pontoon

We had a laughable start to the day. After deciding a “late” start was appropriate after the day before, we ordered breakfast for 8.30am, settled ourselves for the evening,  a light meal and after luxuriating in the shower fell into bed for a well deserved sleep. The next thing we knew was the knocking on the door the following morning – at 8.30am NSW time!

We forgot in the pleasurable rush to relax to change the time on our small travel alarm! It was set, but of course wouldn’t go off for another hour. A semi sleepy breakfast later, which tasty beautiful, we were ready to quickly shower and start traveling again, but not until we explored the grounds and took some photos. Then we climbed aboard our trusty vehicle and headed off into the traffic.

There were road works aplenty, which didn’t slow us down too much. What’s a couple of extra hours at a slow  speed compared to seeing huge machines and dust/mud  on the windscreen, compared to getting a six lane highway which should have been built in the beginning?

What started out as a fine sunny day quickly became very windy, I mean gale force winds which rocked the car around like a kite on a string.  Then, just as suddenly the storm we could see building over the Sydney area hit us too, big fat wet drops hitting the windscreen and making visibility difficult. What does a little more time on the road matter? More time to  chat and talk about all those things there are never time for in the hurly burly world of the normal work day, and of course being able to practice my amateur photography skills.

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Wilton NSW. A brief stop in the trip. Back on the road again…..

One of the many cuttings on the Newcastle  Calga Expressway. Trying to take these at 110kph is no easy task, blurry images filled the camera for a while.

Arriving in Bateman’s Bay at dark, tired and weary and ready for a nice cup of coffee. All  clocks changed to daylight savings time now!

Party time tomorrow!

“Never any weary traveler complained that he came too soon to his journey’s end.”
Thomas Fuller