Day 47 Wednesday 30/7/2025 Nambucca Heads, 11 – 17 pleasant Toasted raisin bread is on the menu for breakfast, and it is delicious. It’s washing day again and Woody is off to the laundry before I’ve even woken. Lunch is … Continue reading A Cool Coast – One Eye on the Weather
Day 46 Tuesday 29/7/2025 Nambucca Heads, some clouds 10 – 18 It’s our 53rd wedding anniversary, and today we set off at 8:30 to drop The Bridesmaid off at Coffs Harbour airport for her flight home. I must say that … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Too Tired to Celebrate
Day 43 Saturday 26/7/2025 Nambucca Heads, 13 – 17, cold & wet The rain starts at 9:00 and finishes at 2:00. The three of us have morning tea and lunch in our van, at least it is warm and cozy … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Pork & Pixelation
Day 41 Thursday 24/7/2025 Nambucca Heads, 10 – 17 sunny There’s no sleeping-in this morning. I take The Bridesmaid for a walk along the V Wall breakwater, where we meet a chap who is perched on the rocks repainting his … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Rock Painting
Day 40 Wednesday 23/7/2025 Nambucca Heads, wet 14 – 19 Oh joy, oh joy, we have another cold and wet morning. The park is about half full and by noon most of the cars have gone. We’re guessing that they’ve … Continue reading A Cool Coast – A Rabbit Caught in the Headlights
Day 39 Tuesday 22/7/2025 Nambucca Heads, sunny till noon then cold again It’s a beautiful morning for walks and the locals are pounding it out on the V Wall. The coffee cart called The Bhodi Tree is at Shelly Beach … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Chilly, Chilli & Chile
Day 37 Sunday 20/7/2025 Darlington Beach to Nambucca Heads, cool breeze 6 – 20 (feels like 13) The check-in time at Ingenia White Albatross Caravan Park, Nambucca Heads, isn’t until noon, so there’s no need to rush. Our mob of … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Nambucca Heads & a Grey Forecast
The Coffs Coast, NSW Sawtell Just south of Coffs is the suburb of Sawtell. The Big 4 Sawtell Beach Holiday Park is between the main street and the creek, overlooking the ocean. The main street of Sawtell is a delight … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Coffs Coast (South)
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
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