‘I get by with a little help from my friends!’

May 11, 2013 by Karen

‘I get by with a little help from my friends!’

“In life everything happens for a reason. People meet not by chance but by fate. In meeting however… who cares about reason? I'm just glad we did.”

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We met Trish from Dunoon in Hampi, India last year. We had breakfast together in Bangalore and bumped into her again in Mysore. She gave us her contact details and told us to let her know if we were ever up her way as she had a spare room. Little did she know we would take her up on it! When we were going to be in Lismore we emailed Trish to see if she wanted to meet for coffee but later, when we lost our house sitting, we had to ask if we could park our van in her driveway so Nick could attend his course in Byron Bay. As we were trying to sneak out on Saturday morning to drive to Byron Maggie decided to make the most god awful noise. We are sure we woke the entire neighbourhood. Nick worked out that the fan was hitting something and that she was undrivable. We quickly joined the RACV only to find out we had a broken harmonic balancer and needed to be towed to Lismore.

Nick made his course in Byron Bay thanks to Trish letting us borrow her car and I got to enjoy the beautiful Tallow's beach.
I could relate to this graffiti in the main street of Byron Bay!
Trish took us out to see some of the local sites. Moby certainly enjoyed her ride in the car.
Our three nights with Trish turned in five as we waited for Maggie to be fixed. When she was back on the road we set off exploring and stayed the night at Maca's camping ground, in the middle of nowhere outside of Mullimbimbi.
We woke to find this big fella in the tree right near our van!
The caretaker wanted to swap his bus for Maggie but despite the additional space we said no!
We are learning to ask for help and getting over the thought that we are putting people out. We called Kate, Celi's mum in Tweed Heads and she was thrilled to have us stay with her for two nights. Kate took us over the border for coffee in Queensland where I instantly felt at home!
This one is for you Celi!

We enjoyed our walk on the beaches!

Leaving Kate we headed south. I was not impressed by this cheeky magpie at our lunch spot in Potsville.
Nick met Jacquie at a course through his friend John. Jacquie needed to go to Sydney with her new job and very kindly asked if would we house sit for her and look after her two gorgeous dogs. We were in heaven in her beautiful house.

The dogs certainly enjoyed the company and Nick quickly had a new best friend in Roy!

Meet Macka who is blind.

Nick found some time for a surfing lesson at the main beach in Kingscliff.

It was a beautiful day for a surf in Kingscliff!
Signing his life away before the start of the lesson! I checked his insurance was up to date!!!
About to set off into the water. At least the hair makes him look like a surfer!
Almost up!
We met Jode randomly in a Byron Bay cafe when she commented on how much she liked my dress. We chatted for ages and really connected with her. We took the opportunity to invite her over for a BBQ while we were in Kingscliff. Trish, James and Tara also joined us.
Roy, Nick, Jode, Tara, Trish and James relaxing at the end of the night.
We loved being in Kingscliff and made time for an afternoon walk on the beach.

 

Today we are off to Banora Point, Tweed Heads to do a work exchange with Little Trace, owner of Goose Bumps clothing, and an old friend and collegue from my London days.

Thank goodness for our friends, new and old helping us 'get by' on the northern coast of NSW. This post is for you guys! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

 

 

 

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