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
July 2020, Wooli, NSW The sun shines, the surf pounds, the birds sing, this is a palm filled paradise. Washing day has come round again. It is a crisp morning with reflections on the river and morning sun for the … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 49 & 50 – More ice than you can poke a stick at
Day 48 Tuesday 28/7/20 Wooli As I make the bed I notice that the hot water fitting is still leaking. We ring Phil Winmill Caravans in Grafton and quickly decide to take the van into Grafton with us when we go in to see the audiologist. As we’re still eating breakfast it’s a mad dash to dress and stow and hitch the van up and be there in time. Grafton is about 50Kms away. Phil is a nice bloke, he fixes the connection in minutes while he tells us how much he loves fitting Chinese diesel heaters. He makes us … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 48 – In hot water
Day 47 Monday 27/7/20 Wooli, windy There’s more water coming from the hot water pipe under the bed. What a bugger! We may not have river views but we’ve got the best sites in the park as the wind is now blowing hard across the river. After all the washing Mother Nature is now doing the drying. The boys manage to find sunny spots to read their morning papers and things get back to ‘normal’. What a bonus this week has been having free accommodation (1st week $42.00, 2nd week free). We book sites back at Evans Head for the … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 47 – Ear, ear
Day 46 Sunday 26/7/20 Wooli, Soggy Even the ducks are building arks, we’ve had 106mm today. The teeming rain woke us at 2:30am. Under the bed we’ve found more water but it’s definitely a leaking hot water fitting which is … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 46 – Soggy
Day 45 Saturday 25/7/20 Wooli, bloody wet 16 After a good night’s sleep Woody is much better but can barely hear with hearing aids. Around lunchtime we drive into Coffs Harbour, mask up and enter the Emergency Department. Our temperature is checked and we pass the necessary Covid questions. A man and his little girl enter. The nurse asks “Have you been to Melbourne or Sydney?” “No” he replies “and I’ve never even been to Melbourne.” “We’ve been to Grafton!” Says his daughter proudly. Woody is checked thoroughly for possible heart and stroke issues and the problem is suspected to … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 45 – Huh? is for Hospital
Day 44 Friday 24/7/20 Wooli, wet 18 Rain of biblical proportions What looked like rain tracking to the north of us has arrived. It’s so difficult to predict the weather of unfamiliar regions, we flick from weather app to weather app. The showers are almost constant and though we’re on sandy sites the puddles grow. We all potter about indoors finishing books and dragging about in general. I ferret out the trusty gum boots. We decide to have our happy hour upstairs all warm and dry in the Top Deck camp kitchen lounge. We chat with a staff member who … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 44 – Rain of biblical proportions
July 2020, Wooli, NSW This caravan park has a fabulous water park for families. Sadly, due to Covid restrictions the huge waterslide and jumping pillow are closed but, there are several swimming pools and mini golf. With golf clubs and balls we set off for a quick round…an hour and a half later we complete the 18 holes with patience frayed. El Prado’s competitive streak has been tamed, VeeWee has given up keeping score and as per normal I come last. The winner is Woody with Elle a close second. We take the dog for a walk on the beach … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 37 – 50, It looks like rain
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