Back Again

Hi Everyone

We are back in Runaway Bay again after our little trip down the Pacific Highway, we managed to get as far as Forsters which is just on the out skirts of Sydney. We camped most of the way except for the last two nights when we got a cabin the reason being that a tropical storm was heading our way and we had only borrowed the tent and didn't fancy trying to find it after the storm. The trip its self was fantastic, never having been down the east coast before there were lots of places we wanted to see, if anyone is interested our route was or I should say places visited were Byron Bay, Lenox Head, Yamba, Minnie Waters, Palmer Island, Nambucca Head, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Crowdy Bay, Forsters that was as far south and then on the way back we went inland to Doririgo. Bellagen, Booti Boot National Park, Woolgoolga, Naborioa Rain Forest, Crossing the country in this was you cross some very strange places with some wonderful sounding names such as: Dead Cow Creek, Tom Cat Creek, Diggers Camp, Billy's Swamp, Koukandowie Mountain and my favourite was Bald Nob Creek now I want to know where that name was conjured up from. The driving was quite good we had hired a relatively new car so it performed well the only draw back is they are all automatic Noreen is quite good now at going up a 1 in 5 changing from auto to manual on the run it really takes some getting use to give me a good gear box any day. Everyone we me were very friendly and always giving advice on special places of interest things are so relaxed on the camping trail everyone does it because the facilities are so good on the sites they have these fantastic communal kitchens where you just take your own food and cook it either BBQ or on the cooker all free or in our case there was always someone to show you the best way to BBQ and share there meal table a really great way of getting to know people .

Back to normal for a week on Tue next week we are off up to Cairns that's north towards the Barrier Reef.

The weather is hot 42 most of the time its hard finding shade to cool off ??????? sorry to hear of your bad weather he he he.

Speak Soon

Big Al DownUnder