Next stop was Ballina to see the Cronan Crew, Nik, Matt, Hazza, Will and Em. We have travelled and lived with these guys a bit over the last two years after meeting them at Mareeba in 2012 for Cape York. Once again we were lucky and pulled up in their driveway. Was incredibly surreal to see their house they had described to us and even weirder to see them in a house not a caravan. Took me a bit to get used to it. The kids soon caught up as if no time had past. Em and Charlotte locked themselves in the bedroom away from the boys to play. Jake was a little in awe of the big boys, and even more in awe of the video games! We had a lovely time chatting and sharing stories with Nik and Matt, two of our favourite people .
On Sunday we all went to the Channon markets. Its a lovely little drive from Ballina up through the hills to Channon. Its all lush green rolling hills country side, a beautiful place to live! We had a nice time wandering about, doing a bit of shopping and having some lunch. Just how Sundays should be spent.
Nik was lovely enough to take the four youngest kids to the pool and the water slide. Mark, Matt and Hazza wanted to watch Bathurst......and I kinda fell asleep on their super comfy slug pillow/bean bag thingy. I must have been tired from all the socialising! Sounds like they all had a blast and went on the rather big slides!
We are loving the joys of being in a house. Like laying on the floor on the Slug (blue bag), the most comfy thing ever, curling up on the couch, sitting at a dining room table etc. I tried to buy a slug at the markets but didn't have any :(. Will definitely be ordering one for our house.
I needed to do some printing and photocopying for work applications so we headed off to the library. I love seeing my kids passion for books. They had a lovely time sitting reading story books. Mark had a lovely time reading his story books too.....beer guides!
Nik and Matt treated us to some lovely meals whilst we stayed with them. Matty's ribs and lamb roast being a highlight! I even cooked a curry in their kitchen, I almost got lost, hee hee. Still weird sitting at a table.... I'm sure we'll get used to it again. I have to remember my table manners.
Nik and Matt live in a lovely area near this pretty lake. I had a few walks/runs around the area and thankfully didn't get attacked by magpies like usual. I have a big phobia about the horrid creatures now!
The three days just flew past, in no time it was time to head off again. We had such a great time catching up with the Cronans, so very sad to say goodbye to these guys. Its people like this who have made our trip all the better. Am sure we will organise a get together again, might be a few years though :(
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