Sept 2022, Nambucca Heads, NSW There’s a wonderful spear fisherman statue in the garden by the V Wall that explains how the indigenous people of this area knew when the mullet were running. Hairy grubs, butterflies, and wattle blooming were … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 102 & 103 – Time to say goodbye again
Sept 2022, Nambucca Heads, NSW We take long walks and I find a rather nice helmet Cassidae shell on the beach. They’re fishing for bream on Shelly Beach. I have a walk along the V Wall, it always feels like half the townsfolk are out here having their morning exercise. Woody walks up to the highway and VeeWee and I pick him up on our way to lunch at the Macksville Hotel. We sit in the courtyard where there’s a mural dedicated to the late cricketing great Phillip Hughes who was a Macksville lad. My lamb fajitas are delicious. MV … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 100 & 101 – Love you mate
Sept 2022, Nambucca Heads, NSW The whip birds are whipping. On the beach, the air smells of spring flowers. It’s so nice to be back here again. The morning is glorious, and the light is brighter here, sunglasses bright. We … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 98 & 99 – Soaking it up
Day 97 Friday 9/9/2022 Murwillumbah to Nambucca Heads, wet sunny 22 We’re up early and get away by 6:30am. The light rain becomes heavy when we join the Pacific Motorway and stays with us for hours. It clears by Yamba … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 97 – Is she sick again?
Day 96 Thursday 8/9/2022 Murwillumbah, sunny misty rain 8 – 22 We take a drive up the valley to Uki pronounced You Kye. We follow the Tweed for 15kms through lush farmlands below Mt Warning. There’s much evidence of the … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 96 – Uki
Day 95 Wednesday 7/9/2022 Toorbul to Murwillumbah, warm showery 22 One hundred and sixty four kilometres of speeding motorway and being sandwiched between trucks. We take it steady and hope like hell that the car makes it up the steep … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 95 – An Art Deco Surprise
Day 94 Tuesday 6/9/2022 Toorbul, cloudy 13 – 20 A walk along the shoreline and I’m not surprised to see many homes being renovated and new ones being built. It’s a half-hour drive down to Burpengary (Do I hear sniggering … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 94 – Ducking out
Day 93 Monday 5/9/2022 Cooroy to Toorbul, overcast 20 It was a cooler night, I guess it’s about time that I changed back to the winter doona again. We’re in no hurry this morning as we only have a short … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 93 – A hidden gem
Day 92 Sunday 4/9/2022 Gin Gin to Cooroy, some cloud 21 We had a quiet night and there was no traffic noise. We had been spoilt during our weeks at Mulambin as it was so peaceful. It’s a gorgeous morning … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 92 – Gin Gin to Kin Kin no, Cooroy
Day 91 Saturday Mulambin to Gin Gin, overcast 21 We’re away by 7:30. It was a hot wet night making it hard to sleep. It’s not easy trying to remember what chores have to be done but we manage, I … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 91 – Gin Gin and no TV
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