I know this is the most touristique/ cliched comment of all time.

But it’s only after spending time away from Australia that I appreciate how beautiful the beaches are. Like no other beaches in the world.

These last 2 photos were taken up in Avoca, on the mornings before the wedding as I ran into my friend who was taking a walk after a night up all night with her newborn, and we pottered up the beach together.

Or when I sat down to have a little early morning beach tear at the enormity of one of my oldest friends getting married that day, squeezing sand between my toes and trying not to get saltwater on my bridesmaid issue spray tan.