Lake Macquarie | Rob and Linds

Rob and I went our separate ways this weekend – Rob went to Bluey’s Beach with the guys and I had a weekend away up on the Gold Coast with the girls (Annie, Keth, Sian and ME!).

The day before leaving, my colleagues informed me that every year around this time the ‘schoolies’ get out for summer holiday – which means the Gold Coast bars and pubs will be filled with 18-year-old boys (think freshman year spring break in college). Now that isn’t all that bad, but after doing some googling I found it’s quite a big deal and is something to be avoided. ‘Schoolies’ even have their own website!! http://www.schoolies.com/. Fortunately, for us 20-and-30-somethings looking to relax on the beach with a good book, it wasn’t as bad as I would’ve thought. Sian and Keth were smart enough to know to stay off the main drag. It was such a lovely weekend … and was perfect … until we found out our flights were cancelled and we had to drive to Brisbane to catch the next flight out.

Rob spent the weekend at one of his workmate’s family beach house – which was a four hour drive up the coast at Bluey’s Beach. The guys were able to get two rounds of golf in (surprising since it was pouring rain in Sydney that weekend) and even had a very close encounter with a huge kangaroo named Ben (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVU7lG4nx60&feature=youtu.be). Rob also caught an awesome sunset at the Rekky Club.

We went to Selby Cottage near Lake Macquarie to celebrate Rob’s birthday. The lake cabin was recommended by our friends, Grace and Shane, and advertised as a ‘relaxing weekend away’ and it was!

The owners (an older couple who have lived there for nearly 2 decades) live in the main house above the cottage and were absolutely lovely! Upon arriving on Friday, Bob was waiting outside to help bring our bags down to the cottage and show us around. Then, just as we were packing up the car to leave, Bob and his wife invited us in for tea & biscuits! ..An hour later we were on our way.. They don’t even have to advertise!! It’s all word of mouth and we weren’t able to book for months (first available weekend was the end of August when I rang at the beginning of June)!!!!