Tracy's 50th

Sunday, 16 March 2025

A few weeks ago Jon, Zali and I had the most magical weekend at Tracy's 50th Birthday weekend at Currawong Beach, nestled in the Kuringai Chase National Park.  Getting there was an adventure itself, we flew to Sydney where we met Zali who had come up from Melbourne, then Andy picked us up for the longish drive from the airport up to Palm Beach. From there it was a 30 minute ferry across Pittwater to the beach where we were welcomed by the caretaker like on Fantasy Island.  

The beach is round the corner from the popular camping spot The Basin where we spent a very wet weekend for Andy's birthday a number of years earlier, but Currawong Beach only has about 8 cabins that you have to book many many months in advance. Tracy booked the biggest house that fitted 16 of us, and Andy's family had a little cottage for 3.   All the beach's facilities were at our disposal - volleyball, tennis, golf (or disc golf), swimming and just relaxing and hanging out on the long picnic table in front of our house.  

While there were about 20 of us staying on the beach, another 20 or so friends arrived just for the day on Saturday so we had a big BBQ lunch with everyone. 

The weekend went by in a blur of laughter and games and fun - it feels like a bit of dream really.  Once again I'm so grateful that we have a great group of friends.