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

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