We left Canberra at 7.00am on Saturday, and had a pretty smooth run up to South West Rocks, arriving at about 4.30pm. Stayed at the Big 4 Caravan Park for the night, and had a really good seafood buffet at the local Country Club for only $19.00.
Caravan park was very good with lots of amenities, but the actual sites were very small - when we were leaving the next morning, Pete & Dee were driving out of their site and hit the power pole, breaking the outside light on their camper, and scraping their door - not happy, Jan!
Heading off up the Pacific Highway, can't believe how many speed cameras are installed around the Coffs Harbour/Ballina area - usually on the crest of the hill, so that when we are trying to keep the revs up to pull the camper up the hill, we suddenly have to drop back and crawl up instead - total madness, just a revenue raising ploy!
We split from Pete & Dee just after Ballina, as they were going to visit his parents at Helensvale, and we are dropping in to stay with Carli & David, friends we met while travelling in Europe. Arrived at their place around 5.30pm to a very warm welcome, a lovely pumpkin soup and garlic bread and a couple of bottles of good wine. Got to be happy with that! We're staying here for a couple of nights then meeting up with Pete & Dee on Wednesday at Noosa, before crossing over to Fraser Island (weather permitting).
So far, so good.....
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