Since my last post I’ve travelled to Australia to visit
family, and am now happily ensconced in a newly built beach house three and a
half hours north of Sydney. Glorious! We arrived late on Friday night and woke
up on Saturday morning to wonderful views of mountains and beaches.
The trip out was simple and fast. We flew Emirates Newcastle
to Dubai in seven hours, had an hour and fifty minutes in Dubai airport which
looks like a must-see for anyone with retail therapy in mind. I bought my
favourite Guerlain perfume and enjoyed a cup of coffee before we scrambled onto
the next leg of the flight – 13 hours to Sydney. We slept for a good six hours, and since we arrived, we’ve not
yet suffered any jetlag, and don’t think we will now.
Saturday morning, with David and Helen as our guides, we
walked south along Blackhead beach and sampled egg and bacon butties in a beach
side café, and fell into conversation with some locals. They picked up on our
accent right away. You can say the simplest sentence, and the words are the
same, but all the vowel sounds are different to ours. There’s a moment of
hesitation on both sides while the ear attunes….
Next day we walked north along Diamond beach, with the
distant headland as our target. Sad to say we gave up two thirds of the way,
and ducked through the dunes to a holiday resort for a much needed cup of
coffee. Came back exhausted, and waved goodbye to David and Helen, who have to
go back to the big city and face work while we linger here enjoying ourselves.
1 comment:
Sounds fabulous. Have a great time, Jen!
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