Happy days in Kingscliff

Finally the sun is shining confidently in Kingscliff, just south of the Queensland border, after many days of unsettled weather and rough seas.

Not that bad weather unsettled us. For here we have been graced with the company of Carol’s sister Kay Bertini and husband Paul, of Brisbane, who share ownership of an onsite van with their daughter Madonna Adams and her husband Paul. It was a delight to have the Adams family visit for a couple of days at the park.

We have enjoyed surfing, long walks and hearty home-cooked dinners.


Pictured: Paul, Carol, Kay and Madonna; and Madonna's kids Ruby, Grace and Jack, and me.

At one of these dinners we received a surprise visit from Mr Happy, an old friend of the Bertinis.

Mr Happy managed to extract a slice of watermelon from Carol’s ear, a pencil from someone’s nose and other assorted objects from whatever orifice happened to be close at hand. He also astonished us with some deft card tricks.

It turns out Mr Happy, alias Noel Ives, is among other professions a clown who has performed all over the world entertaining kids (which meant he was completely at ease with us).

He occupied the van next to ours with wife Noela (yes, Noel and Noela) and so for us there was never a dull moment.

The only disappointment was that our bikes were pinched one night as we slept, the only night I forgot to lock them down. A lesson learned the hard way.