Awake
I felt like I’d had a terrible night’s sleep, but I could not remember waking up during the night. We had little planned today, so we took the opportunity for an extended lie in with bedside cups of tea.
Sea
When we did get up, we wandered down to the sea for another play in the waves. It was so much fun yesterday that we wanted to repeat the experience today. The waves were not quite as large as yesterday but just as powerful. I almost mastered the art of catching a wave and gliding into the shore.
Lunch
Once we were respectable again, we decided that we should have an early lunch as we were going out this evening. We walked around the various restaurants before deciding on the surf club for lunch. Up till now our meals had been decidedly deep fried which is why we both decided to have salad. We ate our meals and admired the spectacular view of the beach.
Nap
Even though the day so far had not been exhausting I felt that a lazy day requires an afternoon nap.
Show
We were pick up from the hotel and taken far out of town for an outback themed show that included a three-course meal and many horses running around an arena. The first hurdle was getting through the reception to be given a hat. Some had blue bands and ours had a red band. I did wonder if they were going to make us fight each other. The next hurdle was getting a drink at the bar whilst waiting for the red or blue door to open.
Dinner
Once the doors were open, we found our place and our starter. Wine and beer followed. The compare did a reasonable job of getting the crowd warm with some truly terrible jokes before the horses started running round the arena carrying riders in various poses. Slowly the story of love, drought and a cattle muster developed. The second course of the dinner was served as the cast sat around the campfire in the centre of the arena.
Dessert
After consuming the fare on offer the story carried on emphasising how hard it was for farmers in a drought and how the evil banks just want to foreclose on them. This was followed by a “we are all in it together” type message, dessert and the outback wedding with women swirling about on wires and horses covered in white dresses. It all finished with rain.
Hotel
We were the last to be dropped off as we were the furthest away. It felt very late.