Thank you Teva!

I'm over the moon! Finally, I've made it across the creek and have been able to walk on the beach thanks to a pair of Teva sandals from Athlete's Foot. These sandals are designed to be worn in water and have a strong arch support. They also have a drainage system so water escapes though the soles of the shoe. Whilst they are not quite as good for my foot as wearing orthotics and joggers, I can wear them on a short walk without any ill effect (so far).

In a small way I have experienced the disappointment and frustration of not being able to go somewhere because of a physical injury and my deepest admiration goes out to those who have to experience this on a daily and permanent basis due to a physical disability. I know that my injury will heal EVENTUALLY however it did leave me feeling quite depressed at times.

Over the past 4 months since re injuring my foot, I had often thought that someone should invent shoes with arch support that can be worn on the beach and in the water. To my amazement, someone has. There is quite a range of "water shoes" available on the Internet available in the US. Thank you Teva for making shoes available in Australia! I'd love to hear if anyone has bought any other types of water shoes with arch support.

Now after boring you with stories of my footwear, onto something else.

We will be moving further up the coast on 26 Dec to the Corindi Beach Caravan Park. Although a site became available here so we could stay until 3 Jan, we have decided to move on to experience somewhere new. Weeks and weeks ago, we sent emails to a number of caravan parks to see if anyone had vacancies from 26 Dec but most came back with "Sorry, fully booked" or "Sorry, no dogs allowed during the peak period". However, the caravan park at Corindi sent us an email today to let us know they had a cancellation and asked if we were interested. "Which one were they again?" I thought to myself. But after a quick look on their website, they are a nice little caravan park right on the beach. So off we go again next week.

There was a bit of excitement in the caravan park here today. 2 horses had decided to go for a run down the road and as we are at the end of the road, decided to run around the caravan park for about an hour. They were finally caught on the grassy slope just behind us after their owner finally arrived. All the rest of us could do was watch them run about and get out of their way. One of the horses had a couple of cuts on it's legs but on the whole I think they had a good time visiting us.

Bye everyone, Rosy