Matt's had a mad driving session so it's a rest day at the campsite. He snoozes after brekkie and Jacq is reading Mike Lawsons "dead on arrival". Around 4pm we decide to check out the Local RSL club, considering we are now members - why not?! It is basically an ex service man's club with cheap drinks and food. We meet a guy from our campsite called Marty, he's working here, a flight away from his 3 kids and wife in Brisbane and joins us. Really friendly guy who...

Long old day today driving - Cyclone Marcia has been on our tail, and the Goldcoast will suffer so we had to make tracks south., hopefully to better weather. We've discovered the camper can't handle this torrential rain and has sprung a leak. Poor Tina. We drive south stopping at Coffs Harbour - sadly we can't visit Mutton Island due to the weather, but the harbour is pretty and as a half way point in a ten-hour race against a cyclone, we opt for a break. We gra...