#21 High Tea on the Harbour

#21 High Tea on the Harbour – Completed Saturday, 14 May
Well here we are the final one… Mum was in Sydney for the Andre Rieu concert so that meant we could have a belated Mother's Day celebration - and what better way to do that but High Tea on the Harbour. It was a pretty cold day in Sydney but the sun was shining so it was great to be out on the water. A Glass of champagne and relatively good food - the scones were fantastic! 

Although short (1 hour 15 mins) it certainly was a lovely time and a great way to finish this list.

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#16 Breast Cancer Walk

#16 Breast Cancer Walk – Completed Sunday 8 May
So up bright and early today for the 8km walk. Meet up with Kirsty & Boots as they were doing the 4km walk – Kirsty is currently going to through treatment for breast cancer so it was great to see her. I never thought in my life time that I'd know anybody who had breast cancer but I have three friends – Cherie, Kirsty & Sally that have been or going through treatment and so my thoughts were with them throughout this day.

Sydney put on a fantastic day full of sunshine and clear skies. The walk started by The Domain and headed along Macquarie/College streets before heading down Art Gallery Road to Mrs Macquaries Chair and back to The Domain.

I said goodbye to Kirsty & Boots after the 4kms and I continued on to complete the 8kms. Tired and sore at the end but so glad this was on my list. Great day for a great cause.

(Kirsty's blog http://hmmcancer.blogspot.com/).

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#17 Lawn Bowls

#17 Lawn Bowls – Completed Sunday 1 May

This one was so much fun!  Rita, Costa, Penny and I meet up at The Hunters Hill Club at 12pm for lunch first – what  a beautiful day!  Certainly made a difference having some sun for a change.

We headed down the back 'green' at 1pm for a quick session on how to play then got underway – first go was a bit of a laugh, didn't get the ball down the green anywhere near the white one.  I seemed to get better and better as I played thank god! Costa was trying to beat us all so between Rita, Penny and I the games became about stopping Costa from winning - way too funny!

Great fun and something I'd do again – it's so addictive!

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#40 Horse Riding on the Beach

#40 Horse Riding on the Beach – completed Sunday 24 April

Chris and I headed off do our 2 hour bush and beach ride through Gunnamatta Trail Rides down on St Andrews Beach.

The weather was trying to decide if it wanted to be hot or cold & raining but lucky for us it cleared up as we headed out on our horses.  I had Chewy and Chris has Sadie.

The Bush part was basically the trail just off the roadside to get us to the beach which took nearly an hour – the group was only on the beach for 15 minutes but we manage to trot which was great – something if you don’t get it right can be quiet painful!

Great day and we were both very very sore afterwards!

Would love to do again but for longer on the beach next time.

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#22 Coastal Drive to Melbourne

#22 Coastal Drive to Melbourne - completed 22-25 April

So my day begins with the alarm going off at 4.30am… good lord.  With a bit of a struggle I managed to get myself showered and finished packing out the door by 5.20am.

My first stop was at Sea Cliff Bridge to see the sun come up at 6.30am what a great start to the trip – managed to get some good photos (testing out what I learnt on the course!).  The whole point of this bridge is that it's made to go over the sea .. hence the name.  Very cool design and often used in a lot of adds.

From here I went through to Mollymook, Batemans Bay, Narooma , Eden and finally crossing the border at 3.45pm.

I arrived at Mallacoota on the Victoria coast line at 4.30pm and I can honestly say I was exhausted!  Managed to pitch the tent and get organised before the rain came so by 6pm I was wrapped up for the night – way too cold to do anything else and I wanted to rest before my next day of driving.  Of course I never expected to get any sleep in a camping ground fill of people/families so ear plugs it was….by 6am it was time to get moving.  Got some great photos of the sun rise that day.

So Day 2 is heading to Lakes Entrance the last part of the 'coastal drive' will be heading inland from here.  I saw a Koala cross the road which was too cute!

I stopped at Lakes Entrance for breakfast and what a beautiful day! Onwards I head to Moe stopping at Sale for a break - starting to get really tired now.  Unfortunately my leaving 1 hour early and hoping to get to Mornington Peninsula early was completely ruin by getting lost.  Stupid Google Maps or is it Stupid Kaz…… ANYWAY, I back tracked a bit and took a different route and managed to still arrive at my hotel by 3.50pm.

Hot Shower, Dinner and Sleep was all I cared about.

Meet up with Christina and Jeffry for breakfast Easter Sunday after a night at Chris's place my trip was over and I was heading to the Airport on Monday 25 April having driven 1355kms.

Great trip – not so sure I'd do it again in only two days…..

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#15 Australian Ballet

#15 Australian Ballet - completed 7 April
My original task was to participate in a “Chance to Dance” ballet class offered by the Australian Ballet, however when I went to book in for it I found out it doesn’t exist anymore so best alternative was to see the Australian Ballet perform - which I’d never done.

Sarah, Janine, Val and Elise joined me on this task. The ballet we choose was “Madam Butterfly” which is very well known - my mistake was not reading the story outline we were given upon entering the Opera Theatre so I was pretty lost most of the time doh!

It was a beautiful ballet from what we could see (we had restricted viewing seats) and I really enjoyed it - I think next time I’d like to see something more traditional like swan lake where the girls actually wear tutus and have more ‘ballet’ type moves. There were a couple of parts in the show where the lead male and female dancers worked together and that was pretty amazing - some of the lifts and leg extensions were quite beautiful.

All in all a great night and one I’d do again.

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#19 Volunteer Day

#19 Volunteer Day - completed 6 March

Well its Clean Up Australia Day today so I decided helping my own community area was a good place to start as a first time volunteer - something I’d seen advertised for years but never bothered to participate in. I joined the ‘site team’ down at Meadowbank Park which is only a short walk from my place. I met a great couple Sue and Terry, the site co‑ordinator Anjan and his family (who have been doing this for many years - his wife even made scones and tea for everyone!) the Independent MP for Ryde - Vic Tagg and a few families with young kids.

Sue and I hit it off instantly chatting as only a couple of girls do (Terry realised he wasn't going to get a word in so he went off on his own). We went through the Park and was surprised at how relatively clean the area was - of course down by the water not so much. Apparently last year they collected double what we all did - I’m hoping that’s a good sign that people are not littering as much.

I certainly enjoyed myself even if it was a very early start for a Sunday! Really think this is something that I’ll do each year.

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