Our time in the Gold Coast has nearly come to an end, one more night and then we pack up and head to Moreton Island for a week. Looking forward to seeing how we all go with not having tv, computers and possibly no phones!!! Should be interesting to say the least. Our week in Gold Coast has been uneventful but tiring. We arrived from Byron Bay on Sunday 31st July, only taking around 2 hours to get here. The short drive was good for a change and the girls defin...

Over the last couple of days since the last blog entry we have done pretty much the same with spending time at the beach each day for a few hours, then kicking back at the caravan park, and having an icecream or two!!!! As you can tell by the blog photo, we went up to the lighthouse which was great with the spectacular views of the pacific ocean and Byron Bay township. The Cape Byron Lighthouse was constructed of prefabricated concrete blocks in 1901 by convic...

So we arrived at Byron Bay on Sunday the 24/7 and was overcome at how busy the town center was when we drove through. Marty and l hadnt decided where to stay so did a few drive by's past caravan parks and ended up staying at the Belongil Fields Caravan Park out the road. It was cheaper by $80 where we were considering but there wasnt much difference between them, so cheaper won at $170 for the weeks accommodation.Its the cheapest so far and you can see why. There...

So Port Macquarie could have been better. It would have been great if it didnt rain for 2 and a half days out of the 4 we were here!! The first day we woke to brilliant sunny skies, which was different than the during the night were it rained the whole time. So got stuck into the washing, 6 loads to be exact. Cost $24 all up, $4 per load. Think this is going to be one of our biggest expenses and might have to learn to hand wash some stuff daily rather than l...

Packed up quickly this morning as only had the minimal of caravan set up. Got on the road 8:45am, put $50 of diesal in the patrol and headed off on what we thought would be a short 3 hour drive. Wrong again!!!It was so windy and slow going up and down and around mountains, it wasnt funny. Lucky the girls dont get car sick!!! Have concluded that mountain driving doesnt suit my stomach, was getting a bit squrmish by half way through, but luckily reading a book help...