We spent the second week of the holidays up the coast in Port Macquarie to enjoy the last of the beach days and have a look about.

 Town Beach was a walk away...

 ...of course La was straight in as soon as we unpacked!

 Leyla preferred the apartment pool but it was a tad too chilly!

 A big skate park nearby and kilometres of paths meant the girls spent a lot of time on their scooters.

 Exploring the beaches further north near Crescent Head.

 La will play in the surf forever while the rest of us sit on the beach and wait - at least there's some rock pools for Leyla to explore.

Lake Cathie inlet for a swim.

Up to Tacking Point Lighthouse to watch the dolphins surf the waves.

Hard to capture the event in a photo but it was quite captivating to watch.

Fun and games in the rental. Here's Leyla getting creative and playing UNO by herself after she exhausted the rest of us.

We drove out to Bago Maze, an amazing private maze found at a local winery.

It was quite a challenge to complete but a fun way to spend a morning. Kept these two occupied for hours!

Nobby Head.

La was excited to have a surf lesson here at Flynn's Beach.

Funny thing though, after convincing La for days that she won't get eaten by a shark, the beach was shut down half way through her lesson because there were shark sightings! First time in about 15 years or so said the instructor. Funny. Not for La though....haha. Still, she got back in the next day to finish her lesson. Fear conquered (and confirmed!)

The speck above the hill is Sami paragliding. You can almost always expect when we holiday, we go to places you can fly.

This beach was at Bonny Hills.

Making our way home down the coast after the week - lookout at Forster.

A quick lunch stop, another beach Elizabeth Beach about an hour south of Forster and from then on, home.

Easter fell during the school holidays so we had a burst of Easter fun before school let out and then Easter ended up being swallowed by our holiday up the coast which will be next weeks post. The Bunny still came, it's just that I forgot to photograph the occasion - whoops!

 Leyla's school Easter Parade creation - opting for a basket this year.

 The parade went off without a hitch with some amazing hats and baskets from all the kids.

 The annual Easter Raffle at school is always a highlight as we seem to be a lucky bunch. This time it was Leyla who struck gold - must be all those tickets your bought Ma Ma...you've got the lucky touch!

 I was busy knee-deep in assignments at the start of the holidays so I outsourced a number of jobs to La and Leyla who were happy to make some extra coin to take on holidays.

Love these little worker bees.

We were recently invited to a wedding of a friend of Sami's through his rafting connections. I didn't know the couple personally, but was happy to go along for the ride and his plus one. Would be a little strange I guess if he took someone else...

 The ceremony was at Freshwater Lookout at McKillop Park near Manly and it was fortunate for Hannah and Paul that the sun was out that day after weeks of nearly non-stop rain.

 With Paul the groom - the rafting contingent Sam, Sami and Morgan.

 The mood and decor of the wedding was lovely - natives, elegant rustic and the reception was held in the local Italian restaurant, Pilu. Absolutely amazing food, served shared style on each table which was a nice twist on the two-mains option. A wee bit fancy for this gal, I had to google what I was eating - still tasted fab of course and  Sami was in foodie heaven of course!

 I didn't get many photos as it really wasn't my show being an absolute outsider and didn't want to elbow out Nana for prime pics. Gorgeous event, location and food, we had a nice day out with friends.

So, while we were out, Leyla and La got to spend the weekend being utterly pampered by Aunty Ruth and Uncle Bill. Aside from lots of treats, park visits and stupendous bubble spa baths, the girls were treated to an excursion to Featherdale Wildlife Park.

 They hadn't been there before so it was a lovely surprise for them both.

Feeding time at the zoo was a definite hit and a lot of time was spent doing just that. We are so lucky to have our surrogate family here to help us out when we need it - thanks Bill and Ruth of taking such great care of our girls!