Our old friends Grant and Reta Dyson from NZ were in Sydney for a few days. I took them for a drive up to the northern beaches. It was supposed to be a lovely sunny day, but there was sea fog on the coast – very unusual and quite eerie.
We had a stop in Manly for a coffee, but we could hardly see the waves for the fog. Then we meandered up to Whale Beach for a sit on the beach, but we couldn’t see the headlands either side of the beach cos of the fog. It finally dispersed after lunchtime. We had a great swim in the surf pool at Whale, then went to try the pool and the waves at Palm Beach.
Very warm, sunny and pleasant. Some spectacular kitesurfing at North Palm Beach. We were wondering, whatever happened to windsurfing? It seems to have died out!
They came back home with us and we later went to the Bakehouse Korean for a barbecue meal. The glowing coals of the barbecue in the middle of the table made for a warm evening, but the food was great. We talked for ages catching up on latest news and reminiscing about the old days in Hongkong 30 years ago. They made us promise to fly over to visit them in Tauranga. We will of course do that some time!
