Yes after 10 months on the road we are into New South Wales. It only seems like yesterday when we were locked down in WA that we thought we’d be heading home and never getting this far. All States decided to lock down but with some good management and luck we’re here and in about a month’s time we’ll be back in good old Vic!

We left the Gold Coast yesterday, aiming to have have lunch in Byron Bay. Before we left people in the park said we’d be lucky to get into Byron on a Sunday and never a truer word has been spoken. 5 k’s out of Byron we hit bumper to bumper traffic, basically it seemed like everyone on the north coast of NSW was heading into town. So we turned around and headed further south, deciding to stop in Ballina and we’re very glad we did. We had lunch right on the Richmond River (how appropriate is that) in beautiful weather. Ballina was certainly worth stopping at.

From Ballina it was onto Yamba and our stop at the Blue Dolphin Resort. You would have thought it was school holidays, as the park was full of rug rats running amok everywhere, although I lot did clear out today and it’s been a bit more peaceful. Yamba is a lovely little town but with many more people than I thought, mainly Grey Nomads & holiday makers. I think irrespective where we are on the coast in NSW we are going to have to put up with lots of people, so not quite as relaxed as we hoped.

Yamba is about halfway between Ballina and Coffs Harbour and it seems to be surrounded by beaches. We have seen 3 main beaches so far and that’s not counting those on the Clarence River. Not that I’m keen to swim in them, only mid 20’s at the moment so a bit cold for me, plus there was a shark attack a bit further south from here today.

We are here until Thursday then its off to Sawtell, which is just south of Coffs Harbour. So to everyone, happy Melbourne Cup Day tomorrow, hope you back a winner. We are looking forward to having our annual Cup Day BBQ at our new place in Emerald next year (hopefully the Reno’s will be completed by then).