SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER DIARY

 It was a busy couple of months, hence my diary being so late.

September commenced with an interstate girls weekend away. Athena, Jayne, Linda and I headed to Brisbane to see the play of our dear friend, Anita. It had been adapted from her book, Tiddas, which I project managed her tour in Lake Macquarie some years back.

We made a long weekend of it, staying in a lovely b'n'b, a converted church. We brunched and lunched and dined, and indulged.

We went on an evening Art River Cruise.

Checked out Eat Street

Visited the Art Gallery

Went on a day River Cat Cruise

Caught a fun play.

And of course Anita's amazing adaptation, that made us laugh and cry.

It was a packed but fun weekend

The following weekend, Andrew and I headed to Sydney to stay in the city and see the Hoodoo Gurus and Dandy Warhols with friends, Alex and Alastair.

You can read about it here.

Whilst there we saw Moonage Daydream, the wonderful David Bowie Documentary. It was perfect full of footage and music and images and I just know Bowie would approve.

I had my yearly Breast Cancer check up and was all clear - that's 4 years now!

Headed to the Civic to see Hannah Gadsby, finally after many delays due to covid. She was great and funny and it was just the tonic we all needed.

And at the end of the month I headed to Andrew's and we flew to Melbourne for stage 1 of our trip, Melbourne.

We did a lot! Roamed the streets, ate great meals, shopped, checked out the new ACMI, visited the Hellenic Museum, saw Hamilton, checked out the Music Vault, the Picasso exhibit at the NGV, visited St Kilda, caught up with lovely friends, and my sister.

We returned on October 1 only to drive to Port Macquarie for stage 2 of our holiday. This was very laid back, lots of coastal walks, we visited a koala sanctuary, and Ricciardos Strawberry farm.

The two trips formed my first holiday with Andrew and we had a blast. 

Sadly, I had a bingle on the roundabout leaving Port Macquarie, which left us stranded. Luckily my beautiful sister and brother-in-law headed up to rescue us, there are no words to describe our appreciation. At writing I am still without a car and been busing it for a few months. I am managing fine, but missing the freedom a car gives. What a privilege, I am humbled by this.

We checked out the Van Gogh exhibit, which was great but a little overrated.

Lachlan turned 20

I finally got to use my 50th birthday present from my gals, and we all headed in to Picasso and Pinot and painted the Newcastle Ocean Baths.

We headed to Brown Sugar for our 2nd anniversary.

Celebrated Mal's 50th at Honeysuckle

Towards the end of October, another weekend in Sydney, seeing the wonderful Richard E Grant. I have loved him forever and he was jubilant and an utter delight on stage, telling tales of his life, films, tv, and people he knows. Much laughter and fun!

I caught up with Di at Emilios.

And here are my reviews, September/October and November.

And some additional pics.