Christmas Lakeside

With Eugenie's renovation taking up most of my spare time over the last few months I decided to book ahead to make sure I got some time away with Annie before the Christmas School Holidays began.  I had wanted to stay at Belmont Lakeside for ages but only on Site 109.  I had seen photos of this particular site and one day I was working in the vicinity and decided to stop by and take a look for myself. It was PERFECT👍

I asked at the office when was the next vacancy mid week. It was 9 weeks away.  I'll take it 😀

Smoke Haze, Hot Days and Sunsets

In NSW at the moment there are 80 active burning bushfires.  Many of them are located close to the city but most are out west where the land is so dry from the years of drought. Close or far away the smoke has been choking our towns from the mountains to the ocean.  Lake Macquarie was no different.  The views on a clear day are usually outstanding but unfortunately they were absent for most of my stay.

However, the weather was warm, the water was clean and warm and Claire had a great time swimming and I had a great time relaxing playing cubby houses, reading, listening to music and not cooking😉