Day 5

We've just enjoyed an evening stroll down to the River Heart Parklands. It's really lovely there along the river at night. Today got off to another early start with a morning treasure hunting in yards and garages. I have my vital greens before we leave and even after an apple around 7, am usually ravenous and accordingly grumpy by around 8am. Today was quite different as my appetite has really waned since I've been running of raw freshly  juiced fruits and vegetables but I still have abundant energy. I was asked a question today on facebook about whether I was a vegan or vegetarian before beginning the raw journey. Thanks for your question Therese - the answer is not for some time. I was a vegetarian (but mostly vegan) for four years in my former life as a student. We went trekking in 2001 and ended up spending alot of time staying with local families in Asia. I broke my commitment whilst in Darjeeling due to the difficulty in maintaining the diet whilst being catered for by others (it was a week too soon - we had fish from the Bay of Bengal a few days later and let's just say it's a long way from Calcutta to the Himalayas - we were all very sick!). I do however make it a habit to eat a plant based diet previously eating stir friend vegetables with gooey soft boiled eggs for breakfast. I have also been tinkering with raw food over the last twelve months and recently visited From Earth and Water a raw foodie's paradise at Burleigh that I had been meaning to check out for some time. We were both hungry after some beach action at Tallebudgera Creek (one of my favourite spots). We ordered a main each and a drink with a view to both ordering desert later on. The food was absolutely delicious and we were so full we shared desert. I was beaming throughout! What a marvellous husband I am blessed with - carnivore that he is - he's always been very accommodating!