On the road again

The little red Corolla was working hard today. A reasonably early start from Taree took us through some beautiful green and healthy countryside - which we didn't allow time to stop and photograph - because we were "on a mission"! The evening before we had been aiming to reach Karuah and the oyster sheds so that Colleen could get a few dozen rock oysters. Unfortunately it was after six when we got there and of course, nothing was open! Great disappointment. However we did a little exploring and noticed the setting sun making a beautiful display over the estuary. I couldn't help myself, the car was stopped and I took several pictures. Here is one of them.

We reached our motel in Taree soon after eight - it was just as well I had run earlier in the day to warn the proprietor that we would be late and our approximate arrival time. We were only ten minutes later than my estimate!
We were surprised to find that we had exactly the same motel room that we had stayed in on our trip down to Canberra.
Next morning the sun was rising behind the paddock of cattle through the trees behind the motel. I had glanced through the small window behind the kitchenette and noticed the mist on the ground and the glow of the sun on its way. I grabbed the camera and dashed around the end of the building and down across the lawn to the stand of tall trees and rattled off half a dozen shots as the light changed.

I tried all kinds of different things - with the trees and with a few and will only a couple. It would have been good if one of the cows had come close to the fence that was just behind the trees - but apart from looking up to see who was looking at them not one of them moved any closer!
This shot is half way through the stand of trees. A little later and the sun was up and the pattern of shadows across the grass made yet another great shot!
We drove into a coastal town called Nambucca and found Colleen her oysters. They are freshly "shucked" (what a horrible word!) this morning and put in brine in bottles - so she has eight dozen of them to enjoy! We put them in the car refrigerator to keep them cool.
Just as we were about to turn off the highway onto the Linkway at Mudgeeraba the phone rang and it was Colin! I was able to ask him to get Colleen's car up to the road so that we could transfer her case from my car to hers. A cup of tea and a chat and she was on her way to Brisbane in her own vehicle.
It has been a great week and I appreciated her company on the long drive down and back again.
AJ