It was a huge week after recovering from our three day excursion to Katoomba. There was not a lot of rest as the cases had to be repacked to head off to Salamander Bay on Monday.
Friday was a very heavy day of rain following up the deluge that we had already had. I had a busy day taking care of business that had built up while we were away including the final matters of the Estate.
Saturday I made some inroads into weeding the garden & filled up a couple of green bins with the build up of weeds that had grown profusely in the wet weather.
Sunday we cancelled golf as it was just too wet and the course was closed in any case. Mark & Anne Stimpson called in for morning tea & we got Peter's flight for his week of golf in June at the Gold Coast booked on the internet via Virgin. In the afternoon Barry & Dale arrived & we had a good time catching up with them. We went to the "Trackside" Restaurant for dinner that night. The meal was good. We ordered our food on a red hot stone on which we could allow the food to cook to our liking. It was a rather unique way of cooking & my first experience at this type of meal.
Dale & Barry stayed Sunday night and continued on home Monday morning.
We left later in the day for Salamander Bay for three days of golfing. The weather had been so bad we were thinking that it was a bad idea as all the golf courses were rain affected.
We met the rest of our group at the Colonial Ridge Resort at Salamander Bay. We were sharing a unit with Ray & Wendy. Doug & Robyn were sharing a unit next door with Fay & Wally.
The units were well set up with two large bedrooms, good size kitchen, laundry & lounge room.
The bathroom/toilet was a good size but four people sharing one bathroom does get difficult when we have to all be ready for golf at the same time. It was good value for money & was quite suitable for what we needed for three nights.
Monday night we went to Soldiers Point Bowling Club for dinner which was good value.
Tuesday we decided to play golf at the Muree Golf Course because it was not as rain affected as
The Dunes which was too wet to play. Muree was a lovely course. We were not allowed to have electric carts so we had to settle for push carts. It was hard slogging but we got 18 holes in & only had a bit of occasional rain. Tuesday night we went to the "Oceanic" Chinese restaurant at Salamander Bay. We had a good meal there to finish off the day.
Wednesday was a bit better day. We had an excursion morning to Nelson's Bay to have a look around & then went to Horizons Golf Course where we played 18 holes. The weather held for us and we were allowed to use electric carts on the pathways only because of all the rain in previous days. We were lucky & did not have any rain to speak of & we all had a good day. As we played golf later in the day we decided to go straight to the Soldiers Point Bowling Club for dinner.
Thursday we decided to play Horizons Golf Course again as we had all enjoyed it the previous day. The Dunes was still too wet to play. We were lucky with the weather & got a fine sunny day which helped a lot. When we finished golf we had a couple of drinks and then headed for home.
The three day golf excursion was a big success considering we were lucky enough to scrape in some good weather.
Friday was a catch up day with washing & ironing, hair appointment & a shopping excursion with Anne to check out & buy some new baby gear.(12 weeks to go!!!) - not that we are counting!
Lyn & Richard arrived in the afternoon to stay a couple of days so it is good that the weather has fined up.
We had a bottle of wine with dinner to celebrate the birth of Clay & Belinda's son "Alex James" Dawson born at Gosford Hospital yesterday, 19th February 2009. Proud grandmother Kay is arriving tomorrow so we will be visiting Gosford Hospital tomorrow for a viewing. Watch this space for more reports & a photo of Alex.
Photos attached: With Dale & Barry; our group at Soldiers Point Bowling Club; various photos of our accommodation at Salamander Bay; photos of Muree Golf Course; our group at Nelson's Bay; various photos of Horizons Golf Course including a pile of golf balls found in a wet low area of the course and a Koala Bear in the trees on the course; our group at Horizons Golf Course.
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