Tea Gardens

Charles took me on a surprise trip this weekend to the lake district about two hours North of Sydney.

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It was a beautiful area with a river on one side a stretch of tropical beach on the other. On Sunday we kayaked in the morning and hiked up a hill in the afternoon -to make up for all the food we ate, mostly. Vegetarian options in small towns tend to be variations of cheese melted and carbs.

IMG_7278.JPGSaturday night was Earth Hour.
Over 2,000 companies and 70,000 individuals signed up to turn off their lights for 60 minutes at 7:30pm. It kick started the effort to reduce Sydney’s carbon emissions by 5 per cent this year. I heard it was amazing to be in Sydney since they darkened the bridge, the Opera House and most of the buildings downtown. We didn’t expect much from a small country town but we did find a restaurant who was participating.

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Saving the world by candlelight -who says being hippy isn’t romantic? (Otherwise, we could have wasted gallons of water in our 70s hotel room with the cheesy heart-shaped spa. That’s right, heart-shaped.)

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