To the other side of the world

We're back in Raymond Terrace after a few days queueing at airports and filling in hundreds of landing/leaving/quarantine cards... I bet the ones who land without a passport and illegally try to smuggle an apple actually are dealt with faster than the 100m queues the people with correct documents and no food hidden away in their bags get to suffer.

We just managed to check in on time for the last flight to Auckland on the longest night of the year (who wants another summer solstice anyway) after a free king prawn lunch courtesy of the cashier at woolies.

Jodi met us at the airport and as we landed so late went straight to Jodi's house for a night cap and a long sleep. Well, a long sleep for me, Matt is still on 2 time zones and gets up really early, any time from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. while I don't mind sleeping 12 hours in one stretch. Hey, I'm on holiday :)

We started with a fantastic lunch at a Belgian restaurant, then went for a few spins on the pokeys at the casino where Matt won $40 to spend on more free prawns at the Japanese Daikoko restaurant where the chef thrilled us with his teppanyaki skills. Sadly we saw no Swedish wierdos celebrating anything in particular though.


Saturday it was time to queue our way back to Sydney and the Central coast where we stayed with Matt's friend Marko and his girlfriend in Woy Woy. We hit the pub where I got to try my first barramundi fish, yum. However, the entertainment factor was not at its best so we took a taxi to a waterside club in Gosford where we spent the night trying to convince the dj to play some real rock and not the 80s/90s stuff. As you might've guessed, he wasn't inclined to switch music just because I was Swedish... well you gotta try :)

Yesterday Marko and Jess took us to a fantastic cafe who serves the best breakfast in the world. Cheap and plentiful and most of all worthy of a couple of michelins! A few hours later it was time to drive ourselves back to Raymond Terrace to meet Matt's mum and youngest brother who are back from their week in Brisbane.