Arrived in Coffs Harbour yesterday where we have been reconnecting with old friends. We had a wonderful reunion at Kent and Deb Brummitt's beautiful home in Emerald Beach just north of Coffs. In this first photo with me are Kent (my former husband), his daughter, Emily, and our dear friend Mike Galbraith. Kent, Mike and I came to Australia 39 yrs. ago and this is the 1st time since then that we've all been here at the same time. Kent's sister, Cil, is also here so it was quite a reunion. After lunch we all took a walk out to the headlands by their house where kangaroos are a common sight in the morning and early evening. There must have been at least 20 of them munching on the grass in the area.
Today we met Paul Marsh and his wife Jenni for lunch. The last time we'd seen Paul was 10 yrs. ago when he visited Seattle. We had not met Jenni before. She's a lovely person and it was great to spend some time with the two of them.
Tomorrow Mike plans on taking us on a tour of the area and out to see Kent again.
Wed. morning we will drive up to Byron Bay, a town about 3 hrs. north of here that has always been one of my favorite places on earth. Emily Brummitt lives in that area so we will get to see her again.
We saw on the news tonight that the Sydney area had a huge hail storm today! Glad we're not there right now. It was quite warm in Coffs today and a bit muggy after all the rain a couple of days ago. This area reminds us of Hawaii-----lots of palm trees, banana, papaya and avocado trees. And the bird life is amazing-----parrots, lorakeets and cockatoos abound.
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