Day 106 Tuesday 23/8/2016, Uralla to Coonabarabran, wet, cool, 15 We had a lot of rain overnight and the park is muddy and puddled. We decide to head as far west as we can to avoid the bad weather that … Continue reading Like a rollingstone, Day 106 – Uralla to Coonabarabran
Day 105 Monday 22/8/2016, Ebor to Uralla, 6-12 degrees, fog then steady soaking rain. We wake to an icy morning and fog over Ebor in the valley below us. We break out of the high country into soft green rolling … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 105 – Ebor to Uralla
Day 104 Sunday 21/8/2016, Rappville – Ebor, warm to freezing True to the publican’s word, at 2:00am the XPT did whoosh past quicker than a flash but there were eleven goods trains too. Including one that stopped beside us while the XPT went past! Surprisingly we woke refreshed and had slept much better than we did on the Gold Coast. It must be the clean air.It’s a crisp bright morning, breakfast in Grafton is good and the Clarence River looks so wide. The road to South Grafton crosses the river on a very long concrete and iron opening bridge. What … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 104 – Rappville to Ebor
Day 103 Saturday 20/8/2016, Burleigh Heads to Rappville, 24 Clear A surprise cuddle, a ghost tour and Chinese synchronised swimmers. We cross back into NSW and the stunning Tweed Valley, houses perched on green hills, patches of sugar cane, forests … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 103 – A ghost tour
Day 99-102, Tuesday – Friday 16 – 19/8/2016 Burleigh Heads On Wednesday, the car part arrives but it is the wrong one. We’re now relying on the new part to arrive and to be fitted on Friday or else we … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 99 – 102 – An anxious wait
Day 96-98 Saturday to Monday 13/8/2016 – 15/8/2016, Burleigh Heads Ergh, we’re so hungover we don’t even notice Mrs Curlew laying an egg outside our van. Those damn birds have got it in for me. Neighbours all pass the egg … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 96 – 98 – Nesting
Day 95 Friday, 12/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 21 I’m enjoying walking the beach here. We drive south to Coolangatta. Is it really 57 years since I bought slushies at the life saving kiosk on Greenmount beach as a ten year old? … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 95 – Surfer’s Heaven
Day 94 Thursday 11/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 24 This morning I climbed the headland upper walk to the Tugun lookout. The forest is busy with Brush Turkeys even one who flies up lands on a looping vine and starts happily swinging above me. There are two Curlews that stalk our park. The moment that you lock eyes on them they freeze using camouflage to hide themselves from view but it doesn’t quite work. They look more like a couple of old ladies locked in a Tai Chi position. We drive north to Sanctuary Cove for a coffee then ogle the mansions … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 94 – Curlew Tai Chi
Day 93 Wednesday 10/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 24 While the Woody and his brother Woody the Elder go off in search of the Russian Deli that we learnt about last night, my sister in law The very good golfer takes me … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 93 – Purling Brook Falls
Day 92 Tuesday, 9/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 21 As the car is still at the garage we catch the bus to the newly remodelled Pacific Fair shopping centre. Woohoo! A productive morning is spent shopping for our next holiday, we can’t … Continue reading like a Rollingstone, Day 92 – Pacific Fair and another lockout
