It was a long weekend here in South Australia, to celebrate The Adelaide Cup. However rather than attending the aforementioned horse race, Karen, myself and our closest associates headed for a shack on the coast. The long weekend at the coast is an Australian institution, and its easy to see why when a large part of the coastal regions of this big brown land of ours boasts views like this...



This photo was, without word of a lie, taken 3 steps off of the verandah of the shack we stayed at. The Pt Broughton shack is a quaint and comfortable building constructed single handedly by family friends Barbara and Norman, and a great way for a bit of soul reconstruction.

The eight of us who made the odyssey for the weekend had your classic lazy weekend, putting many hours into sleeping, reading, playing scrabble, monopoly and doing crosswords. Seafood, alcohol, chips and dips also featured prominently in the weekends activities. Personally I managed to get through a magazine full of crossword puzzles and read "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain cover to cover, so I count it as a very productive 3 days.

I have posted more photos of the weekend on the web, and you can view them by clicking on the handy link to the lower right. See it there? It says "click here to view James and Karen's photo album". Still can't see it? Try clicking here.