have a picnic on the beach at sunrise

Coffee, pastries and good company…...

Thanks Sammie.

this may actually get done. It was one of the first goals I added to my list when I joined 43, it has been given up and resurrected so many times that I have lost count. Sammie gave me a call the other night to invite me to join them at the coast for the night in a couple of weeks….. so maybe, just maybe…............

Last weekend I had a fantastic picnic on a beach at the Northern end of Fraser Island. It was wonderful. I was taken in a friends (small) boat…without the slightest indication of sea sickness. It was a glorious day and we hopped out on the bank of a creek overlooking the bay. The sand was pure white, and the ocean so many shades of blue that I can’t describe it. A dingo came to visit (which put me a little on edge given that my fear of dogs is comparable to my fear of dentists) and watched the entire 4 hours or so we were there. It wasn’t sunrise at all but it was a great picnic, I can’t believe that I lived up there for 3 years and never had such an experience and it is only since I left 18 months ago that I have had the opportunity. There were only two things wrong, that I didn’t take my camera and I left my book behind, it would’ve been great to read while they were fishing.

I have wanted to do this for such a long time…....I am too gutless to do things on my own so I have decided that this will be one that I do…..my “picnic” might end up being a coffee and croissant and hopefully by Easter I will be able to tick it off.