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The Week That Was 7 The Week That Was 7

Port Macquarie, Calais and more……. Weekly Outing On awaking last Sunday, Bob’s first words were, ‘I think we’ll take a trip to Port Macquarie…..’ A two hour trip, we passed through country that had been decimated by last summer’s bushfires, but more on that later. Arriving in beautiful Port Macquarie in time for lunch, a […]

Calais to Arques, France Calais to Arques, France

What a day!!!! Being a sea port with tides of up to seven metres, one always has to work in with nature: the tides wait for no – one! The Calais marina only opens to allow boats in at high tide which takes place twice in 24 hours and because of where we were in […]