Last weekend Gary and I celebrated ten years together. Ten years! He had me at the correct use of ‘their’. The rest as they say, is history. I’m not going to get all soppy here. I love him. He loves me. We’re happy!

We spent the weekend at Scotland Island. Well, what a find that was. Accessible only by boat or ferry or super yacht (if you’ve got a gazzilion dollars at your disposal), it’s a great weekend getaway. There’s not a whole lot to do there but certainly enough to keep us very happy. We spent our time lazing on the deck of the Airbnb we rented - reading, playing cards and watching the activity on Pittwater. Oh, some time was also spent drooling over Jennifer Hawkins’ house which is in Newport - just across the water from where we were. A cool $20m could have us living there! Sorry, I digress. We also took a walk around the island which confirmed that ‘it’s a nice place to visit but I couldn’t live there’. It seemed though, that we spent quite a bit of time ferrying to and from the mainland - mainly to eat.

Here’s a couple of facts about Scotland Island-

It’s an island and suburb on the Northern Beaches, located in Pittwater, off Church Point. The island is approximately 1 km in diameter and its highest point is over 100 metres above sea level. To the east is the suburb of Newport, west is Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, and south are the suburbs of Church Point and Bayview. Apparently, around 1000 people live there, some as weekenders, others as permanent residents. There are no shops, cafes or industrial zones.

Our tips -

• Getting there and parking - Drive to Bayview. It’s the suburb before Church Point. It took us about an hour from Pyrmont - even on a Friday afternoon. Park on a side street off Pittwater Road and catch the 156 bus to Church Point Wharf. We parked in Sunnyridge Place which was a minute walk to the bus stop on Pittwater Road. There’s no free car parking at Church Point. 

• Book a table at The Waterfront Cafe at Church Point if you want a window seat - and by window, I mean a seat overlooking the water. We had two dinners and one breakfast there.

• Take a book or a game and enjoy the gentle pace and beauty of the shimmering water and surrounding bushland

• Check the fridge before you leave. Luckily our bottle of Fireball only had a teeny amount of the fiery cinnamon whiskey left.

We loved our little weekend getaway but we were also looking forward to getting acquainted with our new Google Assistant (Gary’s gift) who was soon going to crash our party of two and become our new best friend. I’ll let you know how that works out.

Until next week...