Healthy, Happy, Mind: The Boathouse

By the weekend we've just had, you wouldn't know we were in Winter. The sun shone brightly all weekend long, and the weather was cool but not too cold, that you couldn't enjoy being outdoors. While this weekend was filled with domestic duties and catch ups with friends, I wanted to share with you all a lovely sunny Sunday that I experienced the other week, that gets the body moving but can be social and relaxing at the same time.

My friend Amanda and I decided on an active and social Sunday plan - doing the Palm Beach Lighthouse walk, and then enjoying a yummy breakfast at one of the "hotspots" that the Northern Beaches has to offer - The Boathouse Palm Beach. Known for Moby Dicks Whale Beach, the newly opened Balmoral Boathouse and previously Armchair Collective, the Boathouse Palm Beach never fails to impress, both locals and those that travel some distance to experience what this gorgeous boutique cafe has to offer.

Being the active ladies that we were, the lighthouse trek did not take long at all. We stopped to admire the view, catch our breath, take some pics and then the urge for coffee overtook us and we headed back down.

We arrived on the Boathouse doorstep early enough to miss the queue that can sometimes snake out to the front, and were able to find a table inside, complete with blankies for those colder winter mornings as you sit and sip your coffee and read the sunday papers.

Despite everything on the menu sounding delicious, we both couldn't pass up the opportunity to try the Avocado and tomato on charred toast with goats curd and basil

(and our well deserved skinny cap & skinny latte)

Time passed so fast, as we sat and had a chat and did some people watching

A great way to spend a morning and to show that you can combine being active, eating well and having a social catch up in one lovely outing.

Not only can you dine inside or out on the sunny wharf (which you may recognise from watching Home and Away, yes, you are in Summer Bay territory) but the arrangement of fresh flowers, fresh fruit and coconuts are also readily available to take home.