Wooyung… stupid to say, great place to stay!

I’ve had absolutely no spare time over the last week!  It’s been a busy holiday period this year.  After Christmas/Boxing Days, I went camping with NMdG and MissCL, Eva, Carrot Cake and DrNick down at Wooyung Beach.  I’ve never been camping down that way before, and was pleasantly surprised.  It’s just south of Pottsville and the place doesn’t seem to be heavily inhabited, especially considering it was the middle of the holiday season.  We had a really good time, drank too much, ate lots of yummy cheeses and sat around talking trash for a few days.  It was loads of fun, but God I hate air mattresses!  My back has been playing up since I went to Canberra a few weeks back and spending a few nights on a camp mattress certainly didn’t help matters!

I even managed to dip my toes in and go for a swim in the ocean yesterday, even though the temperature was probably only about 27 degrees.  Normally I’m not one for swimming unless it gets over about 33-35, but the water was lovely, and  you forget how much fun it is to get thrown around in the surf for a bit.  NMdG gets kudos for his interesting take on beach fashion…..

After NMdG’s Wooyung Camping Extravaganza, I spent a night on the Gold Coast at a friends place, and we went to see Marie Antoinette at the cinema.  Seems lately, every time i go to the movies somewhere other than the Balmoral, I am constantly shocked and stunned at how much it costs to go see a movie these days.  The new Dendy in Canberra was $15.50 for a ticket, and the Reading cinema at Harbour Town was barely better at $13.50.  Obviously we’ve become totally spoilt by the Balmoral/Southbank independent cinemas, with their ticket prices barely coming in at $7.50 for full price tickets.  You gotta ask yourself how they can do it so cheap.. or rather why the big cinema groups are ripping everyone off so badly!!!  Anyway Marie Antoinette was interesting even though it feels a bit like it’s going nowhere…. but perhaps that is because you know where the story is heading the whole time.  The costumes were fabulous, and especially the shoes!  I’m not a shoe freaker, but even I appreciated the shoes in this movie.  I also loved the sneaky Chuck Taylors hiding in the Queens wardrobe!