Day 65 Friday 14/8/20 Evans Head to Coraki, lovely El Prado has problems releasing his Trailermate jack as it was slightly bent under pressure when we were setting up here a few weeks ago. Another camper comes to the rescue … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 65 – Evans Head to Coraki
Aug 2020, Evans Head, NSW We’re getting itchy feet again especially after our feral neighbour experience. We cook burgers in the camp kitchen and toss up where we’ll go next. Boy that’s an easy decision, we’ll go to Coraki rather than taking up our option of a third week here. The Prado’s drive into Ballina to do some shopping and decide to have lunch at the RSL Club which is a favourite of ours as the meals and the view of the Richmond River are excellent. But lunch isn’t to be, they are knocked back for being from a Victorian … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 62 – 64 – Getting Itchy Feet
August 2020, Evans Head, NSW Briefly escaping our feral neighbours at Evans Head and with VeeWee and Nic in the back seat we drive over to Coraki just to see what’s there, as so many roads in these parts seem to lead to it. Following the GPS we find ourselves on an unmade and corrugated road and cursing that Coraki better be bloody well worth it. And yes, it is. We find an old town that was once much larger and busier than it is now. Situated at the joining of the Wilsons River and the wide Richmond River, charming … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Where the waters meet
Or Sanitiser and unavoidable touch points We have been ‘on the road’ for 60 or so days since leaving Victoria at the end of the first lockdown. With no plans we now find ourselves wandering around northern New South Wales trying to avoid the virus and discover warm and interesting places to enjoy. The places that we once raced past in our haste to get to Queensland. In this ‘road life’ it’s hard not to use public restrooms sometimes. We had intended not to use them on our way north but we hadn’t factored in our dodgy caravan door. If … Continue reading Banned on the Run – Covid Safety on the Road
August 2020, Evans Head, NSW – a Saturday The TV guy quickly repairs El and Elle’s TV problem, it’s only a faulty cable but he gets a surprise when he bounds in the door to find Elle still in bed. … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 59 – 62 – Baritones, Bones and Booze
Day 58 Friday 7/8/20 Evans Head, overcast storm brewing, cold wet The park empties a little as Queenslanders high tail it for home before the border closes. We wake to a hot morning and heavy cloud but by 9:00am it’s chilly. Rain is forecast for the afternoon. I escape to walk on the beach while Woody cooks kidneys for breakfast. The rain starts mid morning. With little to do outdoors I colour my hair then we go to the RSL for lunch. Thankfully, we take the car as it is thumping down by the time we leave. We don coats … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 58 – Blonding up again
Day 57 Thursday 6/8/20 Evans Head, warm and sunny with a cool breeze Woody’s hearing is really bad now. We wait in the sun outside the clinic for a 9:00am appointment. It is an old weatherboard building hastily modified to … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 57 – Ear origami and a curious hat rack
Day 56 Wednesday 5/8/20 Evans Head, warm 24 A quick trip into Ballina for fish from the co-op and a few Aldi essentials means masking up especially at the fresh fish shop which is chaotic at the best of times. … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 56 – Masking Up
August 2020, Evans Head, NSW Woody’s hearing is getting worse. C & L bid their farewells, with forms completed they’re off to Coolum, QLD. We laze in the sun and have haircuts in town. Everything is so close here. We really don’t need the car. Woody’s brother, Woody the Elder and his wife The Very Good Golfer have booked the cabin behind us, they’ll come down from Qld for the weekend. We’d better dig his dim sims* out of the freezer. C & L report that they crossed the Qld border in minutes without any problems. Victoria declares a state … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 52 – 55 – Off the Radar
Day 51 Friday 31/7/20 Wooli to Evans Head, cool I’ll miss the little tree hopper bird with the loud cheep cheep that wakes us every morning. I won’t miss the ‘carry you away’ mozzies in the creek behind us. Our GPS is confused again, it’s the Pacific Highway roadworks north of Yamba that are doing her in. She constantly tells us to drive in the right hand lane, but we won’t as that’s the lane currently being used for southbound traffic. Apparently it’s not only our GPS that has the problem as a neon sign beside the highway declares “Ignore … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 51 – Wooli to Evans Head
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