After packing up the caravan in the morning we started heading south toward Sydney. What really stands out along the north coast and mid coast of NSW is the amount of water. You seem to be driving along rivers, crossing rivers, viewing inland estuaries all the time. Completely different from Victoria. We stopped for lunch at Taree. So pretty with a river running right through town you can waterski on. Whilst there Mandy caught up with Cherrie a former work col...

We headed into Port Macquarie and picked up Geoff right on 10am. Michelle was working and her kids had school so unfortunately they couldn't spend the day with us. We decided travel south down the coast road to have a look around Laurieton. Laurieton is a coastal town on the Mid North Coast about 365 km north of Sydney and 42 km south of Port Macquarie. It lies between the base of North Brother Mountain and the Camden Haven River. We first visited North Haven...

We spent the morning having a look around Port Macquarie. It's a very pretty place with many amazing beaches. The coastline is ruggered and hilly but very accessable. With a growing population of 45,000 it is said to be the fastest growing town in NSW. It's not surprising given the climate, lifestyle and beautiful beaches. At lunch we caught up with Michelle and her family, including her Dad Geoff who was visiting from South Australia. Michelle has three gir...

We packed up the caravan and headed into Coffs Harbour to have a look around. The town is quite spread out. Coffs Harbour is best known for its beautiful beaches. Many will also be familiar with the statue of the Big Banana. We found a suitable beach and headed out with the kids for some surfing and body boarding. The waves weren't great but we all had a lot of fun. After lunch we hit the road and made our way down to Port Maquarie. We set up camp at a litt...

Leaving Sea World late in the afternoon we made our way down to Coffs Harbour. We drove along the coast through Surfers Paradise. I thought of a work collegue Buddsy as the streets were beginning to be transformed into a race track for the upcoming Gold Coast 600 and V8 Supercars in October. We stayed at a free camp that night near Byron Bay called Yelgun Rest Area. The following morning we headed into Byron Bay hoping to have a nice day there and good look a...