Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Off to the coast

Our time in the green paddocks of the Liverpool Plains has come to an end, a little dustier than expected but we are off to the coast, Yamba to catch up with Paul, Laura, Zac and Zoe.

We left Gunnedah after a nice breaky and headed off towards Armidale, Glen Innes and then down the ranges on to the coast.
Managed to spot a bit of classic advertising on the side of an old building near Moonbi (and a little for Agracom).

Great drive through areas we haven't travelled for a long while. Emilia was in charge of Altitude monitoring, with a maximum of 1451m above sea level reached on the way between Armidale and Glen Innes......it kept us both busy whilst the other 2 slept.

We stopped off in Glen Innes for a quick bite to eat at The Stones where Cindy could channel her inner Outlander
Kids even gave it a go
The drive down towards Grafton through the Gilbralter Range National Park was very picturesque, although was a little charred from the fire last year. Nice to see things bouncing back a little.

The Prado is still running well although that descent was pretty heavy on the brakes.

Nice to be at the bottom of the range, very nice looking country down here, below is a pic of the Mann river

We managed to get to the Blue Dolphin Holiday Resort in Yamba by late afternoon. Quick set up and then a catch up over a few quiet ones with Paul and Laura, kids got on like a house on fire, not sure that we saw very much of them for the next 2 days.
 Managed to do a little exploring around Yamba,
Weather was great and even managed to get a spot at the iconic Pacific Hotel for a beer and some hot chips for the kids.



Charlie found this painted rock hidden in the grass, its a facebook group and the rock was replaced even though they really wanted to keep it.

Well all good times have to come to an end.



On the way again, a quick stop over at Iluka to see what my old investment is like now, nothing changed and wished we could have kept it. Iluka is a magic place and think we will look to stay there next time we are up this way camping.
Did a little detour to Bluff Beach (Iluka) where it was realised why its a great place this is.

Looking back towards Yamba
Crane on the cliff


Next stop Tweed Heads to stay with Cathy and Lachie for our final couple of days before we get across the border, has been a great 14 days travelling around NSW going to many places we haven't seen before.

Updates:
EEC After a few good days things has slowed, we were hoping to see some of the rare coastal emus around Iluka but no such luck.
Total EEC stands at 44
CCC (Charlie Croc Count), Still none


3 comments:

  1. Glad everything is going so well guys and that the Prada’s brakes are in tact! Thanks for all the updates, they’re great!
    Sarah

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  2. I'm loving the updates! Oh the standing stones... Where are you Jamie???

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  3. Omg outlander style! I would have been afraid to touch the stones just incase hehehehe love bee

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