Tamworth Country Music Festival (aaaaaargh!)

21 January 2006 8:35pm

At an italian restaurant in Port Macquarie. I'm exhausted. Liz and i both hit breaking point and decided we needed a chill out day with no touring around at all. just a day free of overstimulation. it kind of worked for me - i did get away for a while, went shopping for camp supplies, drank coffee in the rainforest, slept in the sun and walked on the beach. my energy is still very low, but i should be able to get a good sleep. tomorrow we've planned lot of touristy stuff to compensate for the day off, but we also put a movie marathon on the list of things to do, so that should be good.

i haven't mentioned Peter and Sandy's awesome B and B, probably because gushing requires so much mental energy, but i know it's important, so here goes.

the retreat at froog-moore park www.froogmoorepark.com.au is the B and B to end all B and Bs. Liz and i have realised that B and Bs all over the world are now ruined for us. each room has its own theme, and the house is really kooky. if you sit in the spa at night, you share your experience with hundreds of glowing fish all over the walls.

If you feel like a seriously kinky weekend in Tamworth, book into the dungeon. My favourite parts of that room were the padded wall (for comfort and insulation of sound), the handcuffs on another wall (hidden behind a totally see-through curtain) and the whip on the bed. kinky but classy. very nice.

liz and i stayed in the moroccan suite - more luxury, less kinky. i still haven't stopeed dreaming about the food (Sandy you rock!)

we left there feeling amazing, but after a couple of hours at the Tamworth Music Festival (please, lord, make it stop! the flashbacks - i see it everywhere...) and a 5 hour drive through terrifying, twisting mountain roads in the pouring rain, getting lost (the man from the caravan park gave us totally the wrong directions "turn left 100m after the (non-existant) bridge". we checked there was no bridge - then he got angry with us when we called to say we were lost - we arrived, finally, just as he was closing the office) so on arrival we were somewhat less than relaxed. we needed today off badly. i need tomorrow off too, but no such luck - there's touristing to do. A recreation of an old timber mill town thing, camel rides, art galleries, coffee, movies - holidays are tough work!