Taree
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Taree
... Valley. Passing through small sleepy towns and the infamous Big (although if honest disappointingly small) Banana at Coffs Harbour, we made it as far as the non-descript settlement of Taree, comfortably within morning striking distance of the ...
Taree to Byron Bay
... . This lighthouse is the most easterly point in Australia, you can see the sun come up earlier here than anywhere else on mainland Australia. I took a mental picture of the white light to my right and walked back to the van. It was quiet on the street ...
The Sleepy Town of Taree
... of the UK pre-reg wage, but was pleasantly surprised by the hourly rate. Wages generally seem to be a lot higher in Australia. However, many things are almost more expensive, so guess it evens out. My coworkers were all very pleasant, and extremely ...
Surf Camp
I'm still away at surf camp. All these entries are post camp as there was no internet access there. Today was the day I stood up and rode a wave all the way to shore and didn't fall off. Hopefully I will be able to update more when I have ...
Taree with the Booths
... turns are horrible as well, but its not that bad. After about 4 hours of we made it safely to our first Helpx location in Taree, NSW. Our host family was the Booths, Roger and Lyn and Ben (18) and James (14). Helpx works by allowing ...
dolphins
Now in our camper van named "stubby" GREAT FUN I brought some china plates & bowels from salvation shop (my new buzz in life) real pretty they are then the van wobbled and the bowls smassssssssssshed!! i was not a happy bunny!! the next town we went ...
Port Stevens
My second weeks CVA project was based at Port Stephens, about an hour and a bit north of Cardiff in the 4wheel drive. Unfortunately we didn't stay near the site but travelled from the house in Cardiff everyday so we had to endure more than 2 hours a day ...
Day 3 - Adios Sydney
... accident congestion for an hour we were finally on our way up north toward Brisbane. We were finally able to see the real Australia, outside the city. The terrain is made up of rolling hills covered by eucalyptus trees. For my San Diego friends- imagine ...
A quick stop in Taree
... with ourselves (a) for proving the Tourist Info guys wrong and (b) for not getting lost in the miles of sand dunes! We drove up the coast just to get a few more k's under our belts before the end of the day and finally stopped at a town called ...
Day 1 and 2
... were reasonably pleased with. April 7, 2009. Up early again and on the road by 6.00am. We travelled up to Taree between Newcastle and Port Macquarie and stayed the night in a caravan park called Twilight. That was because of the ...
seal rocks
We arrived here to look at Treachery Camp, very pretty but a trek across dunes to the beach. We went for a bit of a drive around the area and took a 4x4 track down to Lighthouse Beach. It was time to test the Mazdaratti Bravado on the sand! ...
Surf camp og de første dage med bilen
Søndag d. 2. oktober: I går aftes fik vi pizza, som blev bragt ud. Det var rigtig godt – de var virkelig gode (: Derefter drak vi lidt vin og øl med Chris og hyggede os bare. Chris' rumbo kom hjem på et tidspunkt, så ham fik vi også snakket ...
#1 Off and running! Well kind of......
... day we ran around Newcastle fitting last bits and pieces but somehow it still felt like the adventure has started! Got as far as Taree and looking forward to an early start tomorrow - destination Yamba. We are finally on the ...
Tootling to Taree
... 't great we did enjoy grabbing a feed of fish and chips fresh from the co-op and driving around to the headland on the south side of the harbour to eat them. Next stop was Taree where we spent a lovely week with Ted's sister Michelle and her family. ...
Power boats
... to stop somewhere near Lake Macquarie, but being so busy decided to continue on for most of the day. We arrived in 'Taree, quite a nice town with two rivers running through. And a wonderful surprise for our "Rev Head" Gary they are having the ...
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