After leaving Coffs harbour will stopped in Grafton, and then in Yamba back on the coast but still in NSW, check out the lighthouse and hit the surf, Nicky gets moshed by the wave so much so, she nearly loses her bikini. Whilst getting brekki next morning some aussi tells me about a welsh guy who had a bet with his mates about the England v Wales game, turned out he lost the bet....and cut off his 'crown jewls'!!!!I told him that was normal behaviour in Wales, he was shocked. We also met Boris Becker at this campsite, an 80 yr old south African, who took great pleasure in telling us how many 'pomms' his grandfathers had killed in the Boeur war, was a great bloke, made us feel his biceps, and then about 2 hours later he hobbled off. Head on North and stop in Lennox head, nice little place renown for its surf, weather isn't great making the waves a lot stronger, I nearly die twice in the waves/human washing machine, and after 5 mins head back to the secureity of ther camper where Nicky is surprised to see me back so early, I should of learnt by lesson when the small waves knocked me off my feet as I entered. It was noted however there was 4-7 yrs were right in the mixer having a great time thrown about the salty beasts. Again I blame the board. Nicky signs up for handgliding but wind drops so that one has been put on hold. In Lennox Heads is lake Ainsworth, which is stained by the nearby tea trees, this meaning the lake is dark brown, but is good for your skin, so Nicky loves it, "it makes your skin feel lovely, and theres no fish" what about the frogs nick, see pics. We park up on the front by the sea, next to Shala and Isla (I think) from Israel. They are our age and just finished compulsory military service, they go to uni in sept, and tell us about Israel and fighting Palestine. Was quite and eye opener, Shala who is the spit of Lefty (Lloyd Dobson) and has weirdly similar characteristics cooks up some Israeli coffee after his 'workout', we drink it in shots, it has spices in and sugar and is served black, tastes great. They have bought a camper and are keen to show us their DIY job bed, which is quite impressive, they earn 2 pound an hour in Israel so cant afford campsites. They go off to 'Party' in Byron, we turn them down an invite relising they are meeting two girls; Isla appears to be an international playboy with girlfriends all over the world. Very very stormy night. Next stop is Byron Bay, which is wet and cloudy, we book up a trip to fraser island and Whitsunday islands sailing to be done late feb early march and check out cape byron, lighthouse and easterly point of mainland oz, the photos look clear because we went up there two days later on a clear day, no propaganda included, honest. As we decide to leave Byron Nicky spots Liz and boyfriend Lee from Glamorgan uni, end up in pub, and meet up that evening. Check out the beach the next day which is good surf, lee hires about board, and I feel like a 6 yr old girl with my pink childs board, don't be fooled, the board is highly effective. I try surfing, my game is all about the body, im shocking and nearly get knocked out by the board aka titanic. Thanks but no thanks. Byron is good though, with lots of hippies and fellow wicked van travelers, ours is best though. Head out after a pit some at Woolworths. Head through some really nice scenery, around an old volcano mount tamborine and Tweed heads river, we stay at tweed heads and things are staring to get more built up. We treat ourselves to Eagle boys pizza and cinema, watch Closer, luxury, nice to see a cold London on screen, who am I trying to kid. Then move into Queensland so check out the next postcard. Au Revoir.