Day 95 Sunday Sep 7th 2014 Sapphire Beach to Sawtell The Best Man and M head off early on their way home, inland via Tamworth. We pack up in the rain and brace ourselves for the long drive to Sawtell … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 95 – Sawtell
Day 94 Sunday Sep 7th 2014 Sapphire Beach We’re in luck it’s warm enough to have breakfast outside with the brush turkeys. A walk through the nearby quite new housing estate leads to spacious parklands and access to the beach and back to camp. The surf is still pounding so it is refreshing. To celebrate Father’s Day M suggests that we all meet in Coffs Harbour for lunch at the Park Beach Bowls Club (I think ‘bowlo’ is the term around here). Towing Kms: 0 Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 94 – Did someone say bowlo?
Day 93 Saturday Sep 6th 2014 Yelgun to Sapphire Beach It was a quiet night and no traffic noise. We have a breakfast coffee at Brunswick Heads and the local market is in full swing beside the river. The town … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 93 – Sapphire Beach
Day 92 Friday Sep 5th 2014 Brisbane to Yelgun We have a late breakfast with Double or Nuthin’ and Shirley before heading off down the M1 to the border. It is sad to be leaving Queensland after such a long stay. We have fish and chips on the river at Tweed Heads then stop for the night at Yelgun rest area. The rest area is about one minute off the Pacific Highway and is on the Brunswick Valley Way. There is no noise from the highway and little from the road beside us. The facilities are modern and good. We … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 92 – A different view
Day 15 Friday June 20th 2014 Iluka (Woody Head) to Mullumbimby By the time we reach Ballina it is 21 degrees and steamy. Our old $10 Aldi multi device car charger has finally died, probably from overwork. We walk and … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 15 – Clubs and pubs
Day 14 Thursday June 19th 2014 Iluka (Woody Head) It is cool and overcast. It was warm last night but it appears that it rained. Nothing would have woken us. After breakfast we clamber over the rocky headland to where … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 14 – A hat dance round the headland
Day 13 Wednesday June 18th 2014 Urunga to Iluka It’s a bright clear morning as we pass banana and blueberry farms. By 10:00am it’s a pleasant 22 degrees. We investigate the little town of Corindi Beach. At Ulmarra the crops … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 13 – Woody Head
Day 12 Tuesday June 17th 2014 Urunga The seaside town of Sawtell is situated between two creeks just south of Coffs Harbour. In the 1940’s the locals built a wide main street and planted Moreton Bay Fig trees along the … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 12 – Just Jamming at Urunga
Day 11 Monday June 16th 2014 Urunga It is invigorating walking through the mangroves on the boardwalk at sunup. The ospreys are wheeling overhead and scaring the wits out of the seagulls. You don’t have to look up to find … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 11 – Up the range
Day 10 Sunday June 15th 2014 Coopernook to Urunga It is a glorious morning and everything looks bright and washed clean. We visit Wauchope because it is there. An old forestry town it has beds of flowering gardenias lining the streets. How good is that? The smell of bacon and eggs wafts across the park from the busy cafe, mmm nice town. We arrive at the Urunga Heads Holiday Park in time for lunch. The neat and spacious park is right on the river. Our van overlooks the spot where the Kalang River joins the Bellinger River to flow out … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 10 – Urunga
