[Baz]

Thanks for the kind words Dale. It was a real pleasure to meet you and Deb and to show you our beautiful city and the Blue Mountains. It's a shame you weren't here a few weeks earlier so you could have attended the Nationals.

Over the three days that we had to show Dale and Debbie around, we did over 900 kilometres so we didn't miss much. As stated, we picked them up at 1pm on the Friday, took them home for lunch, took Dale for a run in the Cobra, met up with our Cobra Club's Vice President, Neil Streeting then drove down to Bulli Tops Lookout to show them the view over Wollongong. We then went down Bulli Pass and travelled north along the coast road, over the Sea Cliff Bridge and through Royal National Park. We ended up at the St. George Motor Boat Club where we enjoyed 2 x three tiered Seafood Platters with lobster. We dropped them back at their hotel in Potts Point at about 9.30pm.

On Saturday, we picked them up at 9am and drove into the city. We were lucky enough to find a parking spot right down at the Quay. It was like winning the lottery. We took them to Manly on the ferry, walked around Manly, returned to Circular Quay then caught another ferry around to Darling Harbour. We then drove out to the Gap at Watson's Bay and travelled along the coast through all the Eastern Suburbs beaches like Bronte, Clovelly, Bondi, Coogee, Maroubra and Cronulla. We then went to our favourite German Restaurant, the Rhinedorf at Beverly Hills for dinner before dropping them back to Potts Point.

On Sunday, we picked them up at 9.30am and took them up to Echo Point at Katoomba in the Blue mountains on the Sunday. It was a prick of a day with light showers and heavy mist in the Jamieson Valley. When we arrived, you couldn't see your hand in front of your face for fog, so we drove down Victoria Pass into Hartley, had a look around there for a few hours, saw a few herds of wild roos in the wild which our visitors really loved. When we returned to Katoomba, the fog and mist suddenly lifted over the Three Sisters and Jamieson Valley so Dale and Deb could take photos before it settled back in again. Everything went perfectly during their stay.

Besides getting to meet a great couple, it was thoroughly enjoyable for my family as well.

Baz