Comfort Inn Fitzroy Grafton

... the way to WA I wanted to take my time and enjoy the journey, not ride flat out to spend 3 days in Albany then turn around and come back.

We thought about it a lot - even though we had said no... we liked the idea of going to the AGM but there are other places we would like to see too, what we really want is to go all the way around the block. We decided that to do it all we would ...

... fine feast of pork steaks and vegies and settled into the van early to keep warm. The lyrebird came by again just after sunset.

Sunday presented cold and drizzling. Bed is warm and comfy but Kath gets up to have a face washer bath and meets the beautiful lyrebird scratching around on the forest floor; the tail is spectacular but the bird is shy and retreats further into the scrub. Kath excites Sheila about the lyrebird and she jumps ...

... to Steven's well being and he managed to vomit on several occasions, although very tidily, much too our relief in the hire car! We wandered around Nimbin which was indeed smelling, even over the smell of Steven, very herbal. We, of course, did not indulge. The atmosphere is a little like a music festival in England with many shops, and stalls as it was the market day, selling tie dye clothes ...

Nachdem wir um 9 Uhr in Buladelah losgefahren sind, kamen wir kurz spaeter am Myall Lake vorbei. Das sah einfach wunderschoen aus. Ich glaube die Bilder vom Myall Lake erinnern meine Mama wieder an Norwegen. Danach sind wir weiter gefahren und sind am Cape Hawke auf einen Lookout hochgelaufen, die Sicht war unglaublich schoen! Aber schaut es euch einfach an! Unsere Mittagspause ...

... to get a wave, then halfway stood up, then completely wiped out with their board in the air. All the guys said I was really good though and got the hang of it really quickly... honest! Everytime I see a wave now I wanna run out into the sea, its crazy...

... in the morning. The motel owner pointed us in the direction of an OK Chinese restaurant and even better - we had a TV in our room, all to ourselves - luxury these days! In the light of day with things open everything seemed a bit brighter. The buses to Yamba went at good times so it was a perfect day trip away. Yamba is an hour or so off the Pacific highway so we probably wouldn't have considered it but it had been recommended by Laura's friend so ...

... guys and an English bloke who were really awesome...they certainly did the Irish proud for the goon (boxed wine) consumption! the second night we headed to a club called cheeky monkeys. this was like a university night out....cheesy music, drunk people everywhere and overcrowded like a sardine tin. at first I didn't really enjoy myself as I've 'been there, done that, and bough the t-shirt'. but eventually the Irish lads turned up and we had much more banter. on the Monday we ...

... muy pronto; las 6) sole y yo nos vamos a ir al faro que hay aqui cerca para hacer meditacion el grupo...que otra cosa se haria el domingo de pascuas??!! espero que el teimpo mejore para mi clase de surf el lunes! since the last time i wrote i haven't really done much, its been raining a lot here. Last night i went to the cinema to watch pans labyrinth ...

... attempted to give us a surf lesson even though we couldn't see it was raining so hard and it also felt like about 40 degrees. Then we went out to the water to attempt to surf, and everyone got crushed numerous times just standing there so we quit. The surf instructors instead took us to the small town near the beaches and took us to a reckie, (rec hall, it seemed like a country club almost only not as nice..?) On the way there they told us about the town, and ...

Having resisted the urge to get surf lessions so far the pull was just to great. Two days expert tuition in the way of the wave was on the cards. After paddling on the beach for a good half hour. It was time to hit the surf, in pouring rain and heavy wind ...