Day 98 Wednesday 16/9/20, strong northerly 23 An early morning walk to the river while Woody drives to Toormina for a blood test. El Prado drives us up to Bellingen for lunch at the Federal Hotel. We have seafood pie and tempura vegetables if you’re interested and of course El Prado has yet another parmie. Of course there’s another quick visit to the fruit barn, which I might add has hundreds of case moths hanging from the hedge out front. Only one who waits in the car would know that tiny snippet of trivia. Bugger I didn’t photograph them. On … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 98 – Busting out all over

Day 97 Tuesday 15/9/20 Mylestom, sunny 23 Another warm and dewy morning. A lady who lives opposite the park bakes bread and make jams and relishes. Woody checks her garden each day just in case she has made more. The internet here is abysmal but not everything in paradise is perfect. The Prado’s go shopping in the big smoke (Toormina) and buy smoked cod. We laze about and walk the beach, just for variety. When Elle cooks her favourite smoked cod casserole for dinner we swoon. I swear I’ll never cook cod any other way from now on. We eat … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 97 – Using Silver Bait

Day 96 Monday 14/9/20 Mylestom, sunny hot 24 A warm morning yet there’s dew on the grass. We drive into Toormina and Coffs Harbour for a spot of shopping. Shopping has a way of sapping time so we grab a … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 96 – Magic on the beach track

Day 95 Sunday 13/9/20 Mylestom, warm 24 Bloody heart tablets! The last chemist gave me a different brand and these ones don’t break evenly in half. That’s enough of my whingeing for the day. A walk up the beach on … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 95 – Twitchers are we

Day 94 Saturday 12/9/20 Darlington Beach to Mylestom, wet to sunny 21 Woody is up at some ungodly hour trying to a) shower before the rest of the camp and b) pull the awning in. Now for those who aren’t … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 94 – Off to Mylestom

Day 93 Friday 11/8/20 Darlington Beach, warm cool wet dry 17 It’s washing day and a mob of kangaroos lounge outside the laundry. Some have made dust nests in the flower bed. They’re a treat to watch as I wait for the dryer to finish, what with little heads peeping out of warm furry pouches. We manage to squeeze a lunch into our busy day, down at the Woopi Seaview Tavern. Because we wouldn’t be able to do this at home we feel like kids wagging school. Afterwards we pop across the road to John’s Indian grocery for a box … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 93 – Roo poo & Duck’s muck

Day 92 Thursday 10/9/20 Darlington Beach, wet lorikeets huddle under our table, 25mm 17 degrees It rains all night, plop, plop, plop. During breakfast the TV suddenly goes off. No it’s not a drop in signal, the espresso machine is off too, damn! The lights of course are still on but they run on the 12 volt system. We check fuses, the park power box, then our lead. The power lead is burnt out and so too is our van power point. We call a caravan electrical guy in Coffs Harbour but he is not licensed for this problem. They … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 92 – A bit of a shock

Day 91 Wednesday 9/9/20 Darlington Beach, sunny 24 A warm morning. A roo and her Joey are outside the kitchen window. We sit about. Enjoying the sun and the park and photographing flowers. We watch the plovers as the chick … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 91 – A more bushy experience

Day 90 Tuesday 8/9/20 Darlington Beach, patchy cloud 22 A rather lazy day. Woody shops early and I lie in trying to finish a good book. El Prado drives us up to Red Rock. We have an ice cream in … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 90 – Feeling guilty

Day 89 Monday 7/9/20 Darlington Beach, cool 21 There was a little rain overnight but we didn’t hear it, I must have slept heavily and Woody certainly wouldn’t have heard a thing. The sun is trying to break through again. … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 89 – RTFM!