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A few months ago I wrote a blog called 'A Festive Spirit' which was about some ghostly happenings that occurred to me over the Christmas period. These extraordinary experiences happened during a visit up north to see the outlaws, ahem I mean the in-laws. During the Easter period No Worries (aka the wife) and I decided to take the gals and drive up the north coast to see her family.  We were both a little apprehensive.  Would I experience any more ghostly events? Would I sing my favourite songs during the long drive north? Or would Justin Bieber quit the music scene? The drive up to Ballina was generally a pleasant journey.  However, driving 10 hours with a couple of toilet breaks is not a great deal of fun.  Especially when there are kids involved.  We drove through a number of towns - both large and small.  Most had the traditional Australian food essentials available - KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Domino's and Red Rooster.  No Worri...

"Even the cane toads weren't distracting me. I may as well have been at Le Mans with all its twists and turns...I drove on and came to a very small town (if you can call it that) called The Risk. It seemed an apt name given our journey over Mount Lindesay!" During the Christmas period we drove to Ballina to spend time with my wife's side of the family. Christmas Day was certainly a big day especially for our two daughters. Santa somehow tracked down where they were staying and left lots of presents. Obviously he has a high tech GPS in his supersonic sleigh! Anyway, on Christmas day one of No Worries cousins invited us to stay for a couple of days with her and her husband as it was their oldest daughter's 4Th birthday. So a couple of days later we set off to the town of Beaudesert in SE Queensland - situated sort of between Brisbane and the Gold Coast and sort of in the hinterland. The drive was quite scenic once we turned off the Pacific Highway and head along...

"I had visions of the kitchen sink coming with us but fortunately No Worries didn't give it a second glance...she reminded me that the pie maker and coffee grinder were coming as well. Suddenly, I felt sorry for the toaster" I thought I would update all and sundry as to what has been happening these past couple of weeks. Well, to put it briefly we have been on a relaxing family holiday to the Northern reaches of NSW and also across the border into hostile QLD (no passport required). Subsequently, I decided to give my creative blogging juices a break so that they could be re-energised for the new year (with the help of some lovely amber nectar and sumptuous Indian food). Our holiday started a couple of days before Christmas and incorporated a quick stopover in Port Macquarie and then a further drive onto Ballina arriving on Christmas Eve. As is the norm, the lovely No Worries decided to start her packing on the night before the holiday was due to start. In fact, she didn...