Easter Friday - Lake Macquarie

We stayed over at a friend's holiday house near Lake Macquarie this Easter. We had been there a few times before. However, because of change in circumstances with one of the other couples, this yearly event was cancelled a couple of times. We opted to stay one night only as we didn't know how Lara's sleep would be in a different place. It wouldn’t be very good to keep people awake for more than one night.

The traffic going there wasn't great. F3 stalled as soon as we got on it, and during several sections of it, we were moving at no more than 20km/hr (Husband said he's not traveling again on Easter Friday). Coming back was a lot faster. We timed both journeys with Lara's sleep so she was no trouble in the car.

We normally just relaxed and caught up with friends while we were there, but this year with Lara, it was not as serene. The constant rain meant we didn't go into the water. Husband and friend R did a little fishing. R caught a few small fish that were later used as baits for blue swimmers.

Lara went to bed at around 8pm and only cried briefly at 11pm when we went to bed. It was a relief that she adjusted very well in a new place. We feel more confident in tackling longer holidays to further places later on.

I didn't know what happened but I managed to take not a single photo during the whole trip - even though I had my camera charged the night before and I made sure there was enough space to take lots of pictures. The photo included here was a family lunch on Easter Sunday.