Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens had an Easter Fair today and I dragged the husband and kid along. Lovely day for it, beautiful weather and not too hot. Various stalls set up just outside the cafe and visitor centre, where you could buy local plants from the nursery, sausage sandwiches, homemade cakes, garden gnomes that you could paint yourself and even an Easter Bilby (he was very popular with the kids). There are over half a dozen walks within the garde...

Tamworth to Dubbo (341 km) Left Tamworth heading for Dubbo and passed through Gunnedah "Koala capital of Australia", didn't see a single koala. Onto Coonabarabran "astronomy capital of Australia" not a single telescope in sight, they are actually housed at Siding Spring Observatory. The area around Coonabarabran was severely burnt in summer bushfires, but the areas that we passed through are recovering quite well. Crossed the Liverpool Plains south of Tamwor...

Coffs Harbour to Tamworth (300 km) Back on the road again today, destination Tamworth via Bellingen and Dorrigo, travelling along the Waterfall Way. Almost got wiped out by a truck and trailer on a narrow section of the road partway up to Dorrigo Plateau. We came around a corner and didn't see the give way sign or vehicle stopped in front of us until too late. Drove around the car so we didn't end up smashed into his boot but it didn't give the truck driver m...

Lismore to Coffs Harbour (204 km) Change of route for our return back down south, leaving Lismore and passing through Casino and Grafton before arriving at Coffs Harbour. This was a much better road, only one section of roadwork and traffic was minimal. Coffs Harbour Botanic Garden Spent the morning meandering through the Botanic Garden at Coffs Harbour. This is well worth the visit and has expanded and matured since our first stop here 25 years ago. Despit...

Taree to Lismore (432 km) The main reason for our trip to Lismore is the New South Wales Closed State Karting titles and much of our time has been spent at the Lismore Kart Club. We spent some time exploring Rotary Park near the Lismore CBD. The park is a "genuine rainforest remnant" according to the Lismore tourist brochure and is home to a variety of fauna and flora including hoop pines, giant fig trees, and fruit bats. As we walked beneath the canopy the s...