SHACK

“In praise of an Australian Icon”

If some shaks are used as homes,

others are used as workplaces:

somewhere to run a small business,

ply a trade, produce an artwork.

These are places where you can

get stuck into work, dirty your hands,

make a mess, create something.

No one looks over your shoulder or

tells you what to do. A working shack

is the antithesis of the office, with its

computers and air-conditioned comfort.

(Page 53 – Shack, Simon Griffiths)

Never Boring – Always Invigorating.

TIP: The perfect gift for an overseas relative or friend – not only a beautifully made book, but historical and inspirational too.

.   .   .

Hubby and I had a beautiful and most relaxing weekend at one of our favorite places that we love to escape to every now and then – Cabarita Beach, Northern NSW.

My I-phone4S is a permanent fixture in hand as I am constantly snapping away images of anything and everything that catches my eye.  So here’s my weekend. I hope  you can feel the sun on your back, the breeze on your face and most of all the scent of fresh salt air.

Just over 10 kilometers of beach to walk along if your feeling energetic.  If you walk the distance you’ll arrive at Kingscliffe. You  can just see it on the horizon in the left side of this picture.

The main beach is patrolled in the summer months by volunteer surf lifesavers and there is a very active Nippers group who were out training on Sunday.

Can you feel the sand between your toes and the breeze on your face and body?

With the recent storms, king tides and flooding the beach has had it’s fair share of battering and has a small amount of debris washed up.  Someone was extremely creative – how cool is this.

More evidence of the king tides.

Wouldn’t you just love to do this walk or run every sunrise?

If you’re a beach goer who loves, surfing, body boarding, body surfing and isn’t overly fussed on big crowds, Cabarita Beach is so worth the trip over the border into NSW.  From Brisbanes’ CBD it takes approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.
You never know I might just semi-retire there, now there’s a thought.

The most stylish way to take lunch to work, school or uni has arrived so stop using  brown paper bags and keep re-cycling the plastic shopping bags as bin liners and invest in one of these gorgeous, stylish insulated little numbers with carry straps just perfect to sling over your shoulder.

Give grandma’s old china cabinet a new look and up-cycle it with a few of these ornaments and tips from HOME SAVVY and Home Beautiful
TIP:  Note the wallpaper finish on the interior of the cabinet – lovely