Sunday, 21 January 2018

Coffs Harbour Sojourn 1

We're hosting grandson Max for something like 3 weeks over the school holidays and last week we travelled to the coast for nearly a week. Dot selected the Aqualuna Beach Resort as our venue and the location was nice - right on the beach and fairly peaceful as we about 5 km north of the town of Coffs Harbour at Sapphire Beach. Our accommodation was not quite as good as expected, but we spent considerable time away from it ferrying kids around and going sightseeing or to special events. I use kids in the plural advisedly as our party also included one of Max's friends, Campbell.

Here are some images of the resort and you'll be pleasantly surprised by its look and feel. You can see the Tasman Sea in the background of the first picture. Facilities included a tennis court, sauna, gym and those sorts of things, but alas our demographic and the presence of two energetic 13 year olds precluded their use!



There was some interesting wildlife thrown in, including Ibis and Brush Turkeys!



Max and Campbell both preferred to head to the beach. It was not to go swimming because the beach was not patrolled by life-guards, the waves were often high, and we could see some dangerous looking rips which could easily sweep people out to sea ... even though Max and his friend were both competent swimmers. Instead they like explore the creeks, headlands, vegetation, and do gymnastics.


It might be difficult to make him out, but here's Max attempting, successfully, a cartwheel, followed by Campbell  doing a somersault.



They loved going to a local bouncing place. Here's Max almost in mid-air!


And of course they loved climbing rocks or other precarious places - fortunately no harm came.


Both Dot and I loved going for long walks along the sweeping beaches in the resort's vicinity. Here's Dot on one such journey. And I regularly walked alone at 6 am when the air was a lot cooler. During our visit, Coffs' temperatures were in the mid to high 20 s range, about average for mid-summer. Fortunately we had no wet days, though some of the time saw ferocious winds.


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