I love Nord’s Wharf! Quite amazing given that until about September last year when we just happened to stumble across it, I hadn’t even heard of it. But didn’t that turn out to be a blessing. It seems that I am not the only one who hasn’t heard of it. Despite it being January school holidays and simply amazing weather almost all week we had the place virtually to ourselves. In fact there was one beach we went to that we had totally to ourselves (apart from two fisherman and surfer). And it was such a beautiful beach, crystal clear water and surrounded by bush.

The place we were staying in was pretty posh. Slightly posher than I thought it would be and probably more so than I would normally go for but it was nice to have a bit of luxury in my life. The views of the lake were stunning, I enjoyed many an afternoon just lazing around the balcony, and I managed to take advantaged of the massive bath as well. The pool table and the plasma TV was also taken advantage of. Probably more that I would have necessarily chosen but I am glad others enjoyed it.

My general day consisted of waking up to the magpies warbling and the light coming in through the curtains. Martin and I would spend some time hanging out in our room, it was massive and had lake views so it was a very pleasant place to hang out. Then I would do some exercise usually pilates (but did run twice) after which I would have a leisurely breakfast. After some sitting around and chatting or reading we would finally get going to the beach and spend the afternoon there. We would usually be getting home for lunch around 3 or 3.30pm which was probably a bit late but not to worry. After lunch there would be more sitting around and reading or playing a game then I would wander down to the lake for a paddle and a swim as the sun began to go down. It would then be time for some nibbles and dinner and then more chatting or games or movies. While not every day looked exactly like that most were pretty close.

Doing all that surrounded by some of the most wonderful people in the world was simply perfection.