a bit of a detour and evil possums!

We left Byron in the rain., and oh my God did it rain…for the next 4 days or so, and it was then we discovered that our car leaks. So the floor was soaking and every time marc would hit the brakes or something, a big bucket of water landed on his feet. It was hard! Driving’s no fun in that weather. But then, neither is camping, so you kind of get at a bit of a loss. Also works out quite expensive as you have to sit in the pub all night just to keep warm and dry!

So the towns we saw, were probably very nice but all seemed a bit drab- Ballina, Yamba, Maclean. Finally, we got to Brooms Head and it started showing signs of clearing up. This is quite a strange town. It actually consists of the caravan park which stretches out 2k along the coast, and the town Bowls club, where everybody was. Anyway, it was a lovely spot. We camped right down in front of a big hill and just on the shore of the beach. We were well happy when the next day was gorgeous. We went for a walk along the beaches and generally appreciated the return of the sunshine!

Then we went to Redcliff in nearby Yaraygir national park. One of the contenders for best camp spot ever, we were on the top of cliffs, with views of the ocean all below us and red cliffs beside us. Plus there were kangaroos absolutely everywhere, and we could even have a fire- pretty cold at nights in these parts. It was just beautiful.

After that, we headed on down to Coff’s Harbour. After a few days in the national parks its always nice to get to a campsite, for a proper shower! The campsite was quite nice, even though quite a few permanent residents were having drinks at 10am! Still we played some tennis and had a nice spot.

From there we kind of took a bit of a detour…we’d been going pretty slowly stopping at everything for a while. The plan was to get to Sydney (a couple of hundreds km away) for a music festival but this was another 3 weeks away, so we decided to try and do something completely different and go via Adelaide and Melbourne….as you do!

So off we went along the Waterfall way, in the area known as New England. As the name suggests there’s lots of waterfalls, winding roads, national parks and stunning scenery along the way- and does indeed look quite English with the trees, fields and cows. The first night we spent in Dorrigo, a lovely town up in the hills- man that was cold! Along the way, we stopped off at Ebor Falls







and wollomombi falls

we camped nearby here that night in Oxley Wild Rivers national park. it was a gorgeous woodland campsite, but teh possums were so aggressive. One in particular was particularly cheeky, it just wouldn't go away., to the point were i was actually poking the thing with a stick and it was just looking at me as if to say 'What?', It didn't even budge. Nightmare!... I actually thought it was going to jump on me. After a while we kind of figured it out and put every tiny little bit of food and dishes away, and finally got some peace. And to think I thought they were cute....