Akuna Bay

We went to some friends for a barbeque on Saturday night - the first of the season - and managed to avoid most of the groups of kids wandering the streets for Halloween. However, an enterprising group on our street had sent round a note to residents during the week with an orange balloon to hang out if we welcomed the knock at the door, so we had one large group of kids excitedly coming down our drive once they saw the balloon, soon followed by another group that must have been shadowing them!

It has been a hot weekend and I joined our bike group on Sunday for a local ride into the national park and around Akuna Bay, an isolated marina in the upper reaches of the Hawkesbury River. Sue decided to opt out of this one as it was going to be quite hilly, and in the event there were only 6 of us on the ride, with most being regular, fit riders (which doesn't include me!).

I dropped Sue off on the way to the bike meet and she walked home from Narrabeen Lagoon, which was her 2 hour exercise. The bike ride was good and lasted the morning, although it was getting very hot by mid-ride, just as we were going up the long drag out of Akuna Bay where we had stopped for a drink. The roads around the national park are very popular with cyclists and there were a lot around as usual. We had a good ride although there were some hard hills, but of course they were all worth it for the downhills, and the water in the bay looked very enticing!