After spending the last ten days lazing around the beach in Point Plomer, we are back on the road again and heading up to Bundjalung national park for a couple of nights before continuing on to Surfer's Paradise.

We arrived at Limeburners Creek Nature Reserve to find that the camping was right next to the beach and we set about finding a space in the shade for our little tent, which proved harder than we would have expected due to the vast number of people there. After getting ourselves set up we headed straight to the beach to see what was about and enjoy the sun that had finally come out. The beach went on for quite a distance around the cove and a couple of hours later we got back to the tent having walked the length of it, to find that we had managed to get well and truly burned in the process. The shower facilities were cold water only, but after the heat and burn from our first day there we didn't mind too much and we settled in for the evening, ready to explore further the next day.

We awoke the next morning to the sound of crunching and when we opened up the back of the tent to investigate we saw a kangaroo and a Joey, just yards from the tent munching away on the grass. It was really good to see them so close and we made the decision to stay for a few more days then we had originally planned. We got in the car and drove to the nearest town to grab some supplies for the next few days, which was a mission in itself as the national park was several kilometres down a dirt track that even four wheel drive's seemed to be struggling with. We couldn't have been away for more than a couple of hours, but when we got back some of our fellow campers told us that they had chased a bit Goanna (Lace Monitor) away from our tent. It soon became clear that despite our neighbours best intentions, the Goanna had clearer taken a fancy to our mosquito net and we now had a bloody great hole in the front our tent. Not only was this annoying but it meant that we could no longer lie in the tent and watch the world go by without getting eating alive by those damn winged beasts!!

The next day we moved our tent closer to the beach and also (hopefully) away from the Goanna, so that we could now sit outside under the awning and watch the sea and the people surfing amongst the waves. Just around the corner from the campsite there was yet another beach, which had much bigger waves for the more advanced surfers to enjoy, that stretched all the way back to Port Macquarie fifteen kilometres away and there were often people driving along the sand in their four wheel drives, but we didn't think old Brucey would be too pleased about trying that one out!

There were a couple of walking tracks within the park ranging from a quick half hour walk, to a full day hike. One of the shorter tracks started just in front of our tent and led up around to the top of the cliff with views out over the water and back along some secluded beaches that only a few people had managed to get down to. We spent the rest of the week lazing around on the beach in the sun, walking along some of the tracks in the park, going for runs along the beach in the evenings and we even managed to fit in a spot of beach cricket on a couple of occasions, just to show the Aussies how it should be played!

It was great to be able to spend longer than a couple of days somewhere and the remoteness of the place meant that it was an extremely relaxing time for us and made it pretty hard to leave, but we are now in Coffs Harbour on the look out for some food and a big tent to take back to the farm with us. Tonight we are heading to Bundjalung and from there it is off to see Elaine and celebrate Australia Day with friends and plenty of ice-cold beer.