I continued to go to Aquafit classes this week and on Monday, I joined some of the ladies for lunch after our class. One of the women, Cheryl, had asked me last week if I would like to join them - I thought that was so nice. We ate at the sports club where Dad and I eat dinner every night. We ended up spending 2 hours together eating and chatting - it was a very nice social afternoon.
On Wednesday, after lunch, Dad and I spent the afternoon going for a walk along 'Shipwreck Walk'. The northern breakwater is known as Shipwreck Walk because of the several ships which were wrecked on the banks. The breakwater was originally built to protect ships from running aground. There are plaques mounted along the breakwater walkway which lists the names of nine ships wrecked near the breakwater from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. Most of the wrecks lie underneath the water or are part of the breakwater. We could only see one of the wrecks as we walked along which was called the 'Adolphe'. It was a sailing ship, that, in 1904, was the subject of one of the most difficult and daring rescues of the Newcastle Lifeboat Service.
On Friday, I went back to see the physiotherapist. She used an ultrasound machine on my arm and massaged it as well. She also gave me another exercise to do every day for my arm. She was pleased with the progress I am making with my arm. I, however, am tired of it hurting and just wish it would hurry up and heal.
On Saturday, we went for a drive to a little town called Kurri Kurri. It is known for its murals with more than 40 murals painted around the town depicting the history of the region and recent events as well. We were hoping to take a guided walk, but there wasn't one going on Saturday and so we took a self-guided walk around town to look at the murals. There were some amazing ones, especially ones which were not painted on a flat surface. Beside each mural was a plaque explaining what the mural was about. Every mural includes a kookaburra, a symbol of Kurri Kurri. Some of them were easy to spot and some were more difficult to find. The temperature was 34C (stinkin' hot) and so, after about an hour of walking around looking at the murals along the main street, we found it was just too hot and so we ended up getting into the car, putting on the air conditioning, and driving around the town to see the rest of the murals.
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In my research of things to do in Newcastle, I came upon a place called 'Harry's Cafe de Wheels'. It's a converted tram which sells meat pies with mushy peas and also pasties, hot dogs and sausage rolls. I got a meat pie and Dad got a chili hot dog. Dad enjoyed his choice. The meat in my meat pie was very tender and the pastry was very nice, but there was too much pepper in it for me. The mushy peas were very yummy. :-)
