There and Back

Then the morning dawned and we moved on from our cozy campsite today to go to Brooms Head. We had a good journey and arrived at the head for lunch. A brief visit to Coffs Harbour butterfly farm in passing.  We realised once we arrived that we had actually stayed here when we came three years ago.  After lunch we walked to the view point where we saw several sightings of whales and also a pod of dolphins.  Spotted this little fellow on our walk  The Australian pied oystercatcher  We continued to walk along the next bay but turned back as a storm was blowing up. We got back to the van just in time, however it didn't last long  Before the sun set we walked along the beach in the other direction, and were treated to a lovely beach sunset.  Two shoes.  It is lovely here, but we must move on tomorrow as time is running out and we must start making our way back to the ...

Wednesday 10th October  was a visit to Dorrigo National Park today. It is about an hours drive from our current spot and was a very windy, uphill road. We passed two waterfalls on the way, Newll and Sherrard. We did the Lyre bird walk and the sky boardwalk allowing us to look down on the rainforest canopy. Unfortunately it was a very misty morning so looking out across the forest and mountains was difficult.  We lunched prompt so that we could go on the Wonga walking track which was subtropical rainforest. This would take us passed Crystal Showers falls and Tristania Falls. It also took us along the walk with many birds, such as a lyre bird and some eastern yellow robins. We were also fortunate enough to see a pair of king parrots, but weren't close enough to get good photos.  Crystal Showers falls and Tristania Falls  Some of the trees in the forest were the yellow carabeen, strangler fig, giant stinging tree ...

Moving on again. Today we are heading for Nambucca Heads. It has been suggested that we stop at Port Macquarie but as we aren't really interested in the big towns we will just drive through. We did stop at Bowraville for a break and to go to the information station. We arrived at Nambucca Heads just before noon and found the camp site very easily. We have an idyllic spot overlooking the river. It is a very quiet site and very clean. There were rainbow lorikeets flying all over the place.  This was our view. Who would get tired of this?  And this is us parked - hemmed in on all sides as you can see!  The Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla, also known as the Rose-breasted Cockatoo  We had lunch then walked into town as we had some grocery shopping to do. There was a terrific storm at lunch time and it has been a long time since we had heard rumbles of thunder as loud.  That evening, the gas bottle ra...