Mum highlights

All the Caleb bits in last post of course :-)

Had the best donuts ever...from a market at a town 20mins away from Byron Bay...Mullumbimby (?)...organic again and yummy! Had the best steak sandwich at another tinier town called Uki...had eggplant, sundried tomatoes and pesto.

Uki was tiny - it reminded me of Samoa except tinier! But it had this great cafe with the steak sandwich. Mullumbimby had a great market...first time in ages I had been to a great traditional market where I could have bought something from nearly every stall - lots of unique handmade pieces. And some stalls were such bargains I couldn't believe how cheap.

We went to these two towns on the day we flew out. I bought so much stuff that I was glad I had an spare bag! Then we went to a clearance store with more bargains which almost made us late for our flight. We had less than 10 mins to repack our bags, return our hired car and check in. This airline had a strict deadline for check in so we were really pushing it.

The beaches at Byron were the highlights. They were long stretches of beach with hardly anyone on them. Lots of sand and enough of a surf to entertain the boys. I could easily see my nieces and nephews running amok here.

Byron Bay town - expensive and tourist filled. Glad we stayed 5 mins away by the beach at a little holiday park. Our cabin was right by the path to the beach. We had native turkeys roaming through the park.

Another highlight for me was being able to walk on the beach from one end to where our holiday park was. We drove to a spot which I thought was a different beach but Myles realised it was the same. So he said he would drive home with baby and I could walk home along the beach. It was exaclty what I needed.

I could have spent our whole holiday by the sea but Myles thought we should explore the towns since we might not see them again. He was right. But it was still nice to walk barefeet on the sand, enjoy the smell of the sea, and explore the seashells and perfectly flat litle stones scattered along the beach. Oh how I love the seaside.