My erstwhile colleague and good pal Trisha celebrated a big birthday yesterday with a group of friends (including PK and myself) at Norah Head, situated on the coast halfway between Sydney and Newcastle. We left the kids in the capable hands of Denise and Peter who kindly changed their plans to help out. Off we went up toward the Central Coast stopping in, where else, Brooklyn, for lunch among a Star Wars bar cast of characters, passing such towns as Mooney Mooney and Kangy Angy before arriving at Norah Head mid-afternoon. Trisha had fixed us up to stay in one of two cottages next to the lighthouse, in all bunking 7 friends in high style for the night. After a long walk down the cliff and along the beach, we celebrated Trisha's day more than adequately--champagne (lots and lots of it), beautiful cheeses, superb almond and fennel soup (made by David the Poet), lambykins and onion and gruyere tart (made by Trisha the Foodie), pavlova (put together by PK) and chocolate tart (brought by Mark the Early Modernist). With views of the sapphire sea and the lighthouse in the foreground, it was an enchanting day. Happy Birthday, Trisha!
PS--Can anyone identify the object/creature found on the beach by Trisha's friend Jane (behind the camera in the pavlova photo)? It's in the last photo. Also in attendance were Wayne (of archeology fame) and Ros (a fellow Early Modernist)-- a great group.
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