Tuesday 29th June.
A longer bike ride almost all the way to Mooloolaba today revealed a section of the track that could fill in a lot of time. It ends up on a beach area with picnic areas and track similar to the style of the Strand at Townsville, having all types of shops etc on […]
Monday 28th June, (Sunshine Coast).
Now that we have sorted things out we find the overnight temps are very satisfactory, at this stage. It seems that when the sun disappears behind the trees it is time to cover the legs and batten down the hatches, and this keeps the inside temperature comfortable for the evening. It […]
Saturday 26th June, (Sunshine Coast).
We moved here yesterday, and I think we are going to really enjoy our stay.
It turns out we were a little late getting to the Sunshine coast as all the southerners have made their move north and there are obviously plenty of them stop in this area. Hence most of the […]
Tuesday 22nd June, (Gold Coast).
We finally had some warmer weather at Yamba and that saw us walking around the area a little.
We are now on the Gold Coast and it didn’t take us long to realise that the only reason we are here is to visit Tony and Brenda. Not that we have anything against […]
Saturday 19th June, (Yamba).
We decided to make a couple of longer trips on the next two legs to the Gold Coast, so instead of going to Coff’s Harbour area today we ended up going an extra 150Km or so to Yamba, which is about half way to Surfers. I have stayed here before, late last […]
Thursday 17th June, (Port Macquarie).
An interesting day today with us finding some centerlink facts about rent assistance: after trying to do the right thing and simply let them know that we have moved so they could stop our payment, it now seems we will be putting in forms more often than we anticipated. We had […]
Wednesday 16th June, (Port Macquarie).
As nice a place as Port Stephens is we have now moved on to Port Macquarie, about 250k further north, with the idea of getting as far as the Sunshine coast within two weeks or so. Linda has booked a flight back to Tassie from Brisbane so it would be convenient […]
Monday 14th June, (Port Stephens).
We had a look around the area today and went on a walk up Tomaree Head, which is the headland of the peninsula, and what a view from there. I also experimented with the zoom capabilities of my new camera and was suitably impressed: see below.
This is a normal shot: take […]
Sunday 13th June, (Port Stephens).
Linda has now rejoined me and it is nice to have her back, although it is only for a few weeks. I did drive to the airport to pick her up and the trip only reinforced my ideas about driving through Sydney, I don’t like it at all. We almost got […]
Monday 7th June, (Sydney, Port Stephens).
I am now at Soldiers Point, Port Stephens, 50k odd north of Newcastle, and it is a lot warmer. I have been here since Wednesday and although it has been rather cool some nights it is almost a temperature I could get accustomed to, but we will see what Linda […]