5/10/2008 Family, Foxes and Forster

We awoke to the lovely sound of birds chattering and after a quick breakfast at the beachside cafe (again...life is sooo rough, ha!) we were on our way. Saying goodbye to Gary and Kathy, we headed up to their daughter's place, high on a hilltop overlooking the most beautiful valleys. Everything was so green and lush (and this is their fall!!!). They live in a mud brick and cedar house built by Craig and his mates during his bachelor days. It was home to their family of five, 2 Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Gina and Rusty, an opussom, a guinea pig plus 5 horses!!!

After coffee, tea and "bickies" (cookies/biscuits)we headed down to Wingham Brush where we were hoping to see the flying foxes fly out at sunset, but a local gent told us most of them had flown south for the winter already so we just walked through and saw them hanging from the trees. These suckers were big!! Body the size of a cat with a wingspan of about 4 ft when fully extended! We stopped at their favorite place in Forster for "fish n chips" (the British influence you know) before getting back to Tuncurry.