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Afternoon at the beach


That's it for beach shots this time round.  I was not overly inspired because I was recovering from my eye op (which also took 2 days out of our week at the beach) so had to wear dark glasses and was not feeling 100% a lot of the time.

However before we left I examined the map to see which road in Kiama beckoned and will start that tomorrow.  My plan is to select up to seven photos from each road and post one each day.

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