Well we have just returned from our first dry run of our camping trip. It was a good learning experience. One, we decided that we are too old to be sleeping in a little tent, and since we wont' be backpacking or sailing our way around Australia we can opt for a tent that we can stand up in. Two, the ground is really, really hard and our little sleeping pads just don't do it for us. That and I kept sliding down to the bottom of the tent and we were barely on a slope. Lesson learned form our first dry run, bigger tent, and cots! I figure we will need at least 2 more dry runs before we hit the road. One with camp cooking! That will be an interesting learning curve I'm sure. When we got the roof rack for the car the bloke at the shop, Frank, is a wealth of information, and he loves to share it. Lucky for us, believe me. After we told him we were going to do our dry run down to Coffs Harbour, he made a couple of suggestions, camp down in Sawtell, go see the lagoon walk in Uranga, see Bellingen. We started out driving down the Pacific Highway and our first stop was at Yamba, a place we certainly want to go back to again, a lovely seaside town with great rocks. Our friend Tony Sweet would just love it there, surf and rocks. The bakery also has good meat pies. Then on to Coffs, don't need to go there again, although the pier to Muttonbird Island was really cool, and even saw a humpback whale. We spent the night at a campground in Sawtell, another beautiful town, where we about froze our ***** 's off. Next morning off to Uranga, another must see town. Just check out all of Steve's photos, it was awesome, and just a taste of what is in store for us. Cheers.
Coastal Jungle
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