Birthday Boy

Even though his birthday was the weekend before I organise a weekend away from Sydney life on a houseboat up the Hawkesbury river. We only drove about an hour out of Sydney but it felt like a continent away. The houseboat company rang a few days before to say we could have it for an extra day at no charge so...we were beside ourselves with excitement. They take the boat into the open water for you and the navigation is yours for the next 3 days. We cruised 2 hours down the river (at 2 knots it's really not that far!) and found spots to fish and read books and drink whatever we wanted to. So beautiful.