Having organised a luncheon engagement with the leading Ballina solicitor Ben "Hector" Crawford, the Prop and Mrs P set aside the morning to reconnoitre the local environs.
The "Fairviews" are located close to an old lighthouse which, by a remarkable coincidence, overlooks a beach called Lighthouse Beach.
At the southern end of Lighthouse Beach the mighty Richmond River meets the Pacific Ocean. So mighty is the Richmond River that the local municipal Council has been compelled to construct not inconsiderable breakwalls on both banks. In lively weather - like today - both breakwalls are called on to absorb the unrelenting force of the south-easterly Pacific swell.
Having spent the morning reconnoitering (is that even a word) like buggery, the Prop and Mrs P headed for the Ballina Courthouse.
As it happens, the Ballina Courthouse stands opposite the law offices of Somerville, Laundry, Lomax, solicitors and laundromat, being the very location at which "Hector" Crawford has been lawyering (and cleansing dirty linen one way or another) for nearly 30 years.
Despite his Tasmanian origins and having spent some time working for and with the Prop, Hector exudes a refined and cosmopolitan disposition and suggested that we take luncheon at the "Tel Aviv Yafo" a nearby establishment which specialises in Israeli cuisine - presumably entirely kosher!
Following luncheon, the Prop and Mrs P journeyed in the Tadpole to Lennox Head and to the "Pat Morton: Look Out!" to appreciate and view the very vast vista available.
Thence, to the Fairviews - for a bit more luxury.
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I used to live in a hole in the road
….and eat two handfuls of cold gravel for your tea - no doubt 🤣
A fine photograph of the master and the apprentice. Both taking the years in their stride.
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