We are on our way to the Byron Bay Writers Festival and
decide to break journey in Coffs Harbour.
We pull in to Lorraine’s house and feel immediately at home when she
opens the door and warmly welcomes us.
She has captioned her listing old
fashioned comfort and we loved the charm and character of her beautiful
home. We are shown to the back where there is
separate accommodation In addition to the bedroom
with ensuite, there is a large lounge room and sunny deck – both great spaces
to relax in.
We connected right away with Lorraine and soon we were
sitting in the front room exchanging stories over wine and canapés. Lorraine has also travelled a lot especially
as a young girl and she was entertaining us with her stories of travel and
living in India for a year. We had
similar stories to tell and she was really interested to hear that we were both
soon to be launching our books. Steve
had just got his books from the printers and once Lorraine saw the book she
decided to purchase it right away and asks me to ship her a couple of my books
as well when they were printed.
It was a wonderful night and we knew we had made another
friend who would stay in our lives for a lot longer than our one night in her
AIRBNB. I absolutely love this concept
and we rarely stay at guesthouses anymore.
Lorraine was incredibly generous and we had enough food in the fridge to
keep us well fed for both dinner and breakfast the next day. We spent more time together in the
morning. The deck is bathed in sunlight
in the morning and Lorraine makes us some tea and we relax over crumpets and
fruit and green tea, feeling loath to leave too early.
Before we leave, Lorraine makes a call to a bookstore in
Bellingen and we detour to meet John at Alternatives bookstore who purchases 5
copies of Steve’s book and asks me to send him 5 copies of mine as well. It is a great start to our trip to the Writers
Festival and a great omen for this shared creative journey. I wonder where it will all lead…
