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Chris’ last full day in Manly, spent a few hours at the Bavarian Bier Cafe, a German bier haus. Had some nice German beer and a few schnapps. |
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Lindsey made a nice last brekky for Chris on his last day. She made sure to get rid of all the sausage that was in the freezer. |
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We celebrated Jack’s birthday by going to dinner at the Nepalese Kitchen in Surrey Hills. Jack and Tim are above on the left. |
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Above you can see Tim sporting his new cowboy boots (a parting gift from Tom and Lynne, who are now living in the UK). He’s a whole new man when the boots are on! |
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Back to their place for Chris to show us what he has on the guitar. And it looks like Jack decided to take his shirt off. |
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Chris started playing Wonderwall – even though the guitar needed some tuning – and everyone sang along. It was a fun night! |
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Chris and I rented a couple of surf boards in Noosa. First time either of us has ever tried surfing and it was a lot harder than we thought it would be. |
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Catching a wave wasn’t that easy and the crowds didn’t help. |
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We could have used some pointers. We took lessons once we got back to Sydney and learned that we were doing everything wrong. |
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Paddling out to catch a wave. |
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Starting the descent to Brisbane, about an hour and a half flight north from Sydney in Queensland. From there, we were driving 2 hours north to a beach town called Noosa. |
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We hiked through Noosa National Park and saw some giant lizzards and a koala bear. We ended up at a remote beach only to realise it was a nudest beach! We did not join them…I got a bit of a sand burn when one of the waves got the best of me. |
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On the second day we took a day tour to Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world. The island is made up entirely of sand so we needed a 4 wheel drive to take us around. |
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The highlight for me was Lake Mckenzie, a fresh water lake in the middle of the island. Since the island was all sand the sand acted like a natural filtration system for the rain water. Water takes 80 years to make its way through the sand and into the lakes and rivers. This results in some of the cleanest, purest water you can find naturally. Pretty amazing to swim in. |
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The first ever TimTam Slam, stacking three TimTams together and eating them all at once. To prepare for Chris’ visit we made sure to have a good selection of TimTams. |
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We went to trivia night twice during Chris’ visit at a pub near my office. We finished dead last both times, blaming the Australian-biased questions. |
Rob and Linds 