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Until we moved back to Dubai in October 2005 Geina & I lived in the small seaside town of Terrigal on the New South Wales Central Coast, which is just over an hours drive from Sydney Harbour Bridge. We still have our house there, it's at the top of the hill which overlooks the bay and the town, maybe 500 metres or so back from the beach. Walking down takes three or four minutes, coming back up the steep hill takes at least ten! |
|  | When we discovered Terrigal we decided we'd like to move here, from Sydney, but only if we could buy a house with ocean views...and after a few months of looking we found one. It's from the back of the house that we have the 180 degree view, looking out over the town, the ocean, beach and headland. We redesigned the interior of the house to give us maximum enjoyment of the view, by knocking down two walls and putting in folding doors and a big balcony off the lounge.
Terrigal is changing quite quickly, with the little old cheaply-built weekend holiday cottages of the past being replaced with much better quality houses and apartments. Although there are a lot of apartments and town-house developments most of the town is still individual houses so it's still a green, country-style town. |
| | The house was originally a small cottage built in the mid-fifties but has been added to and changed over the years so that it's now at least four times bigger than the original. The front is single storey, the back is two stories because it's built on the steep hillside. |
| | With the blue sky, blue water and clear, bright sunshine that we have in Australia, daytime is spectacular. Even after dark there's something to look at because we see the lights in the Crowne Plaza hotel and the centre of town. |
| | When bad weather does come - and Australia is a real land of dramatic contrasts - there's a great view of that too. Lightning out to sea, huge waves...and the cloud formations can be interesting! |
| | And then of course there are times when rain and sunshine combine to give beautiful rainbows. So really, whatever the weather, whatever season, there's a spectacular view. |
| | (OK, I'll be honest and tell you the reason I put this chapter in is that I'm pleased with the photo and I wanted to find a way to use it! (It looks like an impressionist painting I think).
Since I took the photo of the front of our house I re-landscaped the front garden. When we moved in most of it was lawn, and in Australia's dry climate that wastes a lot of water if you want to keep it lush and green. So I replaced it with gravel and put a big flower-bed of Lavender in the centre. I think it looks good and the perfume is wonderful. |
| | When we bought the house the back garden was just a grassy slope and Geina decided she'd re-model it as a project. Most of the work, including the heavy digging and concreting, building terracing and steps, she did herself. I think she's done a great job and it's now a real colourful, useable garden. Autumn is a colourful time in southern Australia because many of the shrubs are in flower, as you can see from the photo. |
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jivanne96 Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:04 UTC
Hi Colin..how are u and Geina..sorry for the late invitation..but would you like to come to Al Ravi Rest..well its not posh rest but still ok... | JessH Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:04 UTC
Hi Colin! How are you doing? John and I are back, now "Mr & Mrs" & that suddenly makes me feel very grown-up, haha! Have posted the 1st picture on my Scotland page. Looks like we had better weather that you guys did down south? | newtooz Sun Jul 26, 2009 08:25 UTC
Please see my reply here. I would really appreciate your help :-) http://forum.virtualtourist.com/discussion-482593-1-1-Travel-0-0-Australia-discussion.html?s=2&p=1&l=3144&pl=3144 | pakistanibrain Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:48 UTC
I don't log into VT that often anymore. So here's a belated "Happy Birthday". |
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