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
July 2020, Wooli, NSW The Solitary Islands Resort Park is nestled between the Wooli River and swathes of the Yuraygir National Park and is quiet now as the school holidays are over and most families have gone home. With the … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 37 – 50, Taking to the water
July 2020, Wooli, NSW We’re all pretty excited (except for VeeWee who thinks that we’re as mad as hatters) about the Masterchef final tonight. Elle has watched every episode. I send Elle a text kidding her that we must make the amazing ‘toffee apple’ dessert tomorrow and get an unexpected reply… They’ve lost signal for Channel Ten! No problems the four of us squeeze into our van glued to the TV watching the finish…only to find that it will be tomorrow night, we’ve been watching the Semi. Bugger! Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 37 – 50, Tuned into Masterchef
July 2020, Wooli, NSW As the morning warms up we sneak over to our communal table in the sun. Papers spread out, cups of coffee and warming sunshine. It doesn’t get much better than this. Before we know it it’s … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 37 – 50 – A swell time in Wooli
July 2020, Wooli, NSW While lolling about at Wooli we’ve read in WikiCamps that the pies are good at Minnie Water so we pop on over. The tiny town is jumping and the only shop, the general store is the … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 37 – 50 – When life is just a box of fluffy ducks
Day 37 Friday 17/7/20 Evans Head to Wooli, sunny 21 When we arrived here at Evans Head this site was difficult to get into because the front of the site was on a steep slope. As we had anticipated it is also hard to hook the van up as it is much higher than the car’s tow bar. Woody tackles it from a sharp angle and gets the van on the tow bar but we can’t get the jack unhooked. El Prado puts his Trailermate jack under the drawbar and they eventually get enough height to get the jack free. … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 37 – Wooli
July 2020, Evans Head, NSW We cooked fried rice and when crawling under the bed to put the rice cooker away (an essential on every caravan) I noticed water pooling under the hot water service. Funny, earlier we’d noticed water … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Days 32 – 36 – When water is a problem
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