This past weekend Kristin and I met friends Kate and Craig in Nelson Bay. Kate and Craig are friends from Melbourne who I originally met in Boulder during one of Kate’s marathon training stints a few years back. (She is an Olympic marathoner and often visits Boulder for high altitude training stints). We finally found an opportunity to meet up in Nelson’s Bay (about 3 hours north of Sydney), where she and Craig had already planned a weekend getaway.
We spent a wonderful weekend cooking together, going for trail runs in the hills, reading magazines, and walking on the beach. The apartment we rented had a BBQ and beautiful views overlooking the bay so we were quite happy just relaxing in the apartment and taking a break from the city. I BBQ’d my first whole fish bought from the local fish monger on the docks, and Kate made us our first pavlova – an Australian dessert comprised of a crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside meringue with fresh fruit topping. It was an excellent weekend with good friends.
12 May 2009 at 9:51 pm
Looks great; thanks for sharing. Glad you slipped a picture of yourself in there.
I wonder if “pavlova” is named for what I think it is?
Dolphins – I saw the filmmakers early premier of “The Cove” last week – it’s scheduled for general release in Aug – keep it in mind.
12 May 2009 at 11:10 pm
nice pictures – glad you’re having fun down under!
26 June 2009 at 1:56 am
a little piece of heaven