Day Ten: July 16th, 2013 Port Macquarie to Byron Bay We knew we had a long drive ahead, so woke up early and left the campsite around 9am. We were sad to leave Port Macquarie, it had rather stolen our hearts. The campsite had been fantastic too. With some good snacks for the road, we turned the radio up and started covering some ground. We had to stop a few times to adjust the cover we have over the bike rack, but finally got it sorted and made good time. We ...

Day Nine: July 15th, 2013 Port Macquarie Waking in the night needing a wee is normally a pretty straightforward situation: you get up, you do your business and within 2 and a half minutes your ordeal is over. When you're camping, it's a very different matter. You wake up. You assess what woke you. You realise it's your bladder. You look at the time. You make an educated guess as to whether you can roll over and forget about it, or if you will undoubtedly wake u...

Day Eight: July 14th, 2013 Port Macquarie Up early to make the most of our day today (Elliot's idea - I enjoy a snooze). We left the campsite by 10 and took the path down to Nobbys Beach with the allure of seeing some whales. There was a small path cut out on the side of a hill leading up to a monument. We tackled it and weren't disappointed - from the top we could see some puffs way out to sea: whales! The monument had a few plaques on the side - sadly it bore...

Day Seven: July 13th, 2013 Port Stephens Peninsula to Port Macquarie I thought I was being clever when I set my alarm to the noise of the 'crickets', as it was nature-y, but struggled to decipher it over the noise of the birds this morning. We slept well (apart from a sleep talking episode from Elliot that woke me a few times - very normal in this household) and packed up the tent after letting the dew dry off as much as possible. We loved the camp site and wou...

Day Six: July 12th, 2013 Port Stephens Peninsula More noisy birds at 5am, but we both managed to drop off again until 8.30 when we got up and prepared for the day. Unfortunately it was not the clear sunny weather we'd hoped for, and the towels we had left out overnight to dry were sopping wet thanks to the layer of cloud. We decided to explore more of the peninsula by car and headed for the Stockton Sand Dunes and Birubi Beach at Anna Bay. It is the largest sa...