Thankfully, the last few days of Dad and Alexandra's visit were sunny. I know it's disappointing to have rubbish weather on a holiday but the dull weather meant they got to do a lot more than just lie on the beach. They mastered Sydney's tram and bus system, visited Paddy's market, Manly, went to the movies, checked out a new shopping mall, lunched at flying Fish and found time to sort out our garden which needed a good prune and helped create a new raised garden bed for our herbs and salad greens. And Dad got to visit his beloved Harry's Cafe de Wheels for a classic Tiger - pie, mash, peas and gravy - not once but twice. When the sun was out they fitted in visits to Balmoral beach, the harbour pools at Redleaf and Nielsen Park, 4 open air inner west pools and drinks on the deck of the pub at Watson's Bay. We farewelled them yesterday, the evening after a spectacular final dinner at Aria. As they left the day before Scarlett's birthday, she was allowed to open presents from them a day early. We had an absolute ball having them here, the tv was never on, we ate together every night and then sat around talking and talking, recounting stories old and new. It's now just 16 weeks before we see them again in the UK. Huzzah.
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