Sat 26 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie to Sydney

Sat 26 February 2022

8:00am wake up

Have Metamucil 

Pack bags, pack car

9:35am checkout

Drive to Laurieton. Armstrong Oysters 🦪 JT buys 5doz @$15 a doz. And fresh school prawns 1kg @ $16/k

Drive to Tuncurry. Woolworths- chasing cheap phones. They have one but when they ring it up and it comes up as $5, they need to check. Ends up they tell us there is a fault with the phone and they can’t sell it. BS.

Drive to Forster Woolworths- no phones. Back to the highway and head home.

2:00pm stop at Heatherbrae. Piss stop. Buy $6  quarter pounder small meal with cheeseburger.

2:30pm back on the road. Raining as we approach central coast.

4:35pm home. 

6:00pm dinner - hot pot

Fri 25 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie

Friday 25 February 2022

Slept in

10:00am breakfast. Metamucil 

Weetbix and muesli 

11:00am Shopping at Spotlight

Buy over $300 - canvas material, wool, mask elastic 

Fill up petrol at Mobil station 

1:00pm back at resort

Mee goreng with fried egg, coriander and af chicken for lunch

Blueberry yogurt 

Crocheting 

4:00pm feed the fish

Crocheting 

8:00pm dinner Viet wraps with prawns, vermicelli, lettuce, cucumber, carrots. Fried pancetta, boiled sweet potato and potato.

Strawberries with bulla ice cream 

Lychees 

Shower and do washing 

Pack up kitchen stuff 

Crocheting 

Hang clothes 

11:10pm bed

Thu 24 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie

Thursday 24 February 2022

Wake up early- pouring rain 

Wish Evan Happy Birthday 

7:00am do washing 

8:30am Metamucil 

Weetbix and muesli 

10am drive to Taree in pouring rain 

11am shop at Big W

1:00pm buy Disney puzzle in Sanity

$29.99 less 35% $10.50 = $$19.49

Shop in Woolworths- JT buys school prawns 🦐 $23/kg - 1 kg

1:30pm drive back to resort 

Still raining

3:00pm prawn dumplings and af wings with cucumber 

Still raining- clean car 🚘 

Finished jigsaw puzzle 🧩 

4:30pm watch tv, crochet 🧶 

8:00pm dinner spaghetti bol with garlic bread and school prawns 

Do washing 

Watch movie Hustler - jennifer lopez

Have mango

Wed 23 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie

Wednesday 23 February 2022

8:30am do laundry

10:00am breakfast 

Oatmeal and egg

11:00am shopping at Settlement City. Big W, Reject Shop. Best & Less

2:00pm back at resort

3min noodles with bak choy, prawns and egg

Go for walk around lagoon after lunch

Have an ice cream 🍦 

Puzzle and crochet 

4:30pm shuck oysters 🦪 

7:00pm dinner- sushi rice with char siu, wilted salad greens and oysters- raw and steamed with ginger, shallot and coriander 

Puzzle 🧩 

Lychees 

Watch TV

Crocheting 🧶 blanket 

Jacq msg - bought tix to A Chorus Line at Sydney Opera House for Wed 2 Mar 7pm. $132.25 Use dine and discover vouchers $107.25 to pay to JC.

Raining heavily 

11:30pm bed

Tue 22 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie

Tuesday 22 February 2022

8:00am laundry 

Do poo. Have stomach ache. Another poo 💩 Diarrhoea 

Might have Soph’s gastro bug

Have Metamucil 

Just lie on couch. Drink Berocca.

12:30pm JT makes 3 min noodles with egg, coriander 

Eat lunch 

Toilet again but at least not runny. Feeling better 

2:30pm go shopping at Spotlight. Buy wool and crochet needles.

Also check out Anaconda- nothing 

Go to K-mart - looking for bargains 

Buy 10 more snail glue @$2

Raining heavily as we are in K-mart. 

4:30pm back at resort

7:00pm dinner 

Sushi rice, roast pork and choy

Mango and grapes 

Start crocheting a blanket 

11:30pm sleep 

Mon 21 Feb 2022: Kempsey

 Monday 21 February 2022

8:30am do laundry 

9:00am weetbix with muesli, Metamucil and Berocca 

10:00am drive to Riccardos- pick 2 buckets of strawberries $18. Tomatoes $5

11:00am drive to Kempsey Woolworths. JT buys 2 more phones. Check out Big W. Nothing for me.

12:30pm drive to Kempsey TAFE - visit library but it is closed - no one there. Try to work out the map, but it looks old.  Found out later that the library was open. It had moved to another building. There was no one around to ask.

1:05pm Kempsey Farmers Market. Nothing special 

Drive back to resort 

2:30pm ham cheese tomato toastie with 1/2 cucumber and salad 

Jigsaw

Nap - tired

7

:30pm spaghetti marinara - ate too much. Feeling bloated.

Watch Aussie Survivor 

9:30pm shower 

Sat 20 Feb 2022: Laurieton and Camden Haven

Sunday 20 February 2022

8:30am do laundry 

10:00am cook bacon egg and tomato for breakfast 

10:30am last walk around the lagoon for Ally, Just and Soph

11:30am head to Laurieton markets. Follow JC car as they have to fill up petrol.

12:30am arrive at the riverside markets. Lots of stalls but we don’t buy anything.

1:30am say bye

Check out Armstrong oyters - they have unshucked oyters $15 a dozen for large. JT buys 5 doz. Plus 1 doz. Call Soph and get them to come back to take oysters home.

Say bye again 

Drive back and stop at the Addictive pie shop. Get 2 x Steak diane pies for $6 each. Pick up $2 and use it to pay for pies $12.

Walk the Camden Haven river walk

3:30pm drive to Lakeside Woolies. No phone but JT buys $0.50 floaties x 2

4:00pm drive back to resort 

4:30pm stop at Aldi to get milk and bread

Have ice cream and watermelon 

7:30pm have vermicelli noodles with chicken vegie soup - leftover from last night

7:30 - 8:30pm Watch Dancing with the stars

Winter Olympics skating special 

Pineapple and lychee 

11:30pm closing ceremony 

Sat 19 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie

 Saturday 19 February 2022

Raining and overcast 

7:00am do laundry 

Make pot stickers 

Soph not feeling well. Nauseous, vomiting and diarrhoea.

10:00am drop Nathan and Eva off at airport. They head home.

1:00pm Ham, tomato, cheese toastie

Go down to lagoon with JT, Soph and Ally. Feed the fish

5:15pm go down to lagoon beach with Ally, Justin and JT.

7:00pm have pasta with vegie soup

Lychee 

Fri 18 Feb 2022: Bills Fishhouse and Bar

Friday 18 February 2022

7:00am do washing 

Ally is up

Breakfast- weetbix and muesli with blueberries and milk

Go swimming after breakfast with Justin, Soph, Nathan and Ally

Ally has pasta

Soph and I go shopping at K-Mart, Big W, Woolworths 

Nathan and Eva go swimming.

Graze - chips, snacks

Have air fried wings and gozleme

5:30pm Justin drives. JT and Eva stay at resort. Head to Flynn’s Beach.Go to Shelly Beach. No parking at other beaches. Ally plays in sand. Having fun. 

7:00pm back at resort 

Shower. 

8:00pm drive into town 

8:30pm dinner at Bill’s Fishhouse and Bar

Nathan orders. Eva pays

From the Chilled Bar:

Yellowfin Tuna $24 wasabi gel, avocado cream, soy dressing and sushi rice puffs

Scallop Carpaccio $27 black caviar, lemon thyme, tomato broth and garden peas

House Sashimi $24, Tuna, ponzu, watermelon, miso aioli, coriander, quinoa and sesame crisps

6 oysters 3 ways. Natural, cucumber and lime granita and warm chorizo $24

From Warm starters:

Cantonese spiced squid $24 black garlic aioli, chilli jam , crispy shallots, coriander 

Mains

Roasted barramundi x 2 $38 king brown mushrooms, greens, samphire, lemon gel and macadamia 

Sous Vide lamb neck x 2  $36 sweet corn, black garlic ragu, polenta & bacon crumb

Catch of the day - pan roasted Blue eye cod, sweet potato, char broccolini, pickled fennel and coconut curry crunch x 2 $40

UGB seeded roll $5

2 still water bottles 

10:30pm back at resort 

Watermelon 

Watch movie: Kingsman but don’t finish it go to bed at 12midnight

Thu 17 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie

Thursday 17 February 2022 

Another nice day

7:00am wash clothes 

9:00am breakfast- oatmeal and egg

TV, puzzling 

12:15pm vermicelli noodles with peas carrots corn

1:30pm shopping at Settlement City

Petrol fill up $69.55 (36.62l @ $1.939 = $71.01.

Big W, Reject Shop. JT goes into Woollies.

3 tops at Heidi Beau for $20 each $60

4:30pm NC and I go to Lighthouse Beach. I walk beach. Nathan goes in for a swim.

5:30pm back at resort. Go for swim

6:30pm drive to Aldi. Eva wants pineapple. Buy bread, and salami, prosciutto.

7:00pm cook

7:30pm dinner- Steak with mashed potatoes, choy, onions, mushrooms and gravy.

Pineapple and pear

Watch Winter Olympics 

11:00pm Justin, Soph and Ally arrive 

12:00midnight go to sleep 

Wed 16 Feb 2022: Laurieton

Wednesday 16 February 2022 - Laurieton

8:30am breakfast- weetbix and muesli with blueberries and milk. Metamucil and Berocca.

12:00pm lunch - ham, tomato, cheese toastie, Aldi hot wings x 2 and salad.

1:00pm drive to Laurieton - head to North Brother lookout but road to lookout is closed.

Drive to Dunbogan and stop at Trevor’s corner. 

2:30pm Then to Pilot Beach. 

Small protected beach. 

4:00pm drive back to Port. Coles to buy choy

5:00pm back at resort

Yogurt and chicken chips

7:00pm dinner- rice with butter chicken and choy

8:00pm drive to Flynns beach to check out the full moon but lots of cloud cover

9:00pm strawberries and ice cream and watermelon 

Tue 15 Feb 2022: Riccardos and Kempsey

Tuesday 15 February 2022 - Riccardos and Kempsey

9:00am Breakfast - oatmeal and egg. Metamucil and berocca.

12:30pm Riccardos 

Greek salad with salt & pepper squid $18.50

Battered flathead with salad $18.50

Pumpkin scone 

Flat white

$56.58

Strawberries picking. 2 mini buckets about $13

Also bought 2 strawberry jams @$8 each, tomatoes @$5, passata sauce $

Drive to Kempsey Big W and Woollies

Bought muslim wraps $18 and cot quilt $20. 3 toddler tshirts @$3 each. 

Buy groceries in Woollies - Nathan’s snack foods, drinks

3:00pm Drive to McDonalds. Buy $6 small McChicken meal with cheeseburger. Eat outside.

Drive to Crescent Head. Lookout. Walk to headland. 

Drive back to resort 

6:00pm Have Pho with beef, char siu and roast pork for dinner. Big bowl. 

7:00pm Drive to Town Beach. Park up top and walk down to beach and Flagstaff Hill lookout.

9:00pm back at resort eating strawberries with 1/2 utopia ice cream, honey and watermelon 

Mon 14 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie - Resort Day

Monday - 14 February 2022 - Resort 

6:30 am Up early to do washing 

Back to bed

8:30pm hang up washing 

Breakfast- weetbix and muesli 

Metamucil 

Berocca 

Jigsaw puzzle time all day

11:00am Have ham, cheese, tomato toastie for brunch

Superbowl - LA vs Cincinnati - LA wins

12:30pm tennis with Eva and JT

Chicken crimpy. Mixed lollies. 

Swim and spa

NC and Eva use the gym

JT makes roast pork for dinner

Sun 13 Feb 2022: Port Macquarie

Sun 13 Feb 2022 - Port Macquarie 

Oatmeal with egg

Metamucil 

Drive to Port and park in old IGA carpark. Walk to headland and town beach then back to Port Central. Buy top and shorts for Ally in Target $6 each.  Buy Berocca in Chemist warehouse.

Have lunch in food court. Doner kebab $12 combo $6 chips and drink (coke). NC also has kebab. JT eats my chips. Eva has chinese takeaway.

Walk back via port central shops to main street, walk back to car.

Drive to fruit shop. JT buys lettuce, watermelon, coriander. 

Drive to KMart. Buy snail glue $2 x 20. 2 jigsaw puzzles $9x2 and wooden fruit/vegetables for Ally $9

Stop at Aldi on way home. NC and JT go into buy water, pepper and baking paper.

Back to resort

4:30pm head out to Lighthouse and beach

6pm back to resort

Make spaghetti marinara for dinner with garlic bread.

Watermelon and pineapple 

Sat 12 Feb 2022: Sydney to Port Macquarie

Saturday 12 Feb 2022 - Syd to Port Macquarie 

Breakfast- Metamucil, weetbix, muesli and blueberries. Party pie, chicken nugget.

Pack car. Then it starts to rain. Rains on and off during drive to Port.

Leave home 10:40am

Stop at McDonalds Heatherbrae for pee stop. Buy 2 big macs for $6. 

Fill up petrol at 7-11 - $36.69 (20.87l @ $1.967)

Stop at Raymond Terrace Woollies- JT buys phone. I eat my big mac and wait in car, while others go to big w and Woolworths.

4:30pm arrive at resort. Gate pin 8741

Bungalow 9

Area in front of clubhouse is under renovations. Pontoon is inaccessible. 

5pm show Eva around the resort.

6pm drive to Settlement point and do a loop around town to give Eva and Ming mini tour. Fruitshop is closed. Drive to Aldi and do grocery shopping. Eva and Ming must be hungry. They want steak for dinner but are buying everything else.

7:15pm back at resort. Put groceries away. Prep potatoes. Make salad. Eva cooks the steaks. I cook mushrooms. 

8pm have dinner. Steak, mashed potatoes, salad, garlic butter mushrooms. Pineapple.

Have shower

Have utopia ice cream 

10pm watching tv Winter Olympics 

10:31pm sleep