Australis Angourie Rainforest Yamba

... Katie (Dan, from beach soccer and wedding, 's sister, also co owner of the internet cafe in town. See, it is very much a small town). Surfing is a serious thrill, and is actually pretty difficult and way more energy intensive than I realized. I made the rookie mistake of letting go of the board for 2 seconds my first time out, the wave caught it and THWACK! I got it ...

... a tree at the time so I had just left it there to take it’s chance.

On my last, and luckily dry, day I drove to Grafton the nearest big town about 46 km away as I had to reluctantly buy a new camera, my good one developed a fault while I was in Cape Town and so far I have been using a little spare one which I bought at Aldi before I left UK, this too has now become rather temperamental and I do need to be able keep a record of the trip so ...

We stopped in Yamba for 3 days which was lovely! Our campsite was situated right near an estuary filled with jellyfish!! It was quite spooky looking into the water and seeing them floating about everywhere! Ewan managed to get a couple of days surf in which made him very happy! Before we got to Yamba we stopped to look at Evans Head which had a strange feel soon as we drove in. There were lots of signs for neighbourhood watch (this place was ...

... sticks, etc. We made the decision to head on out to the Pacific Highway again as it was a nice straight road and was likely to be a happier ride for Steven. We stopped overnight at Mclean, which we had passed through on the way north. It claims to be Australia's Scottish town and every telegraph pole is painted with a different Scottish tartan and it has Scottish festivals every year. There are probably ...

... slowly back to enjoy a relaxed dinner. What a place. Wednesday 9th July Another cold night followed by a cloudy but dry start. We were off for more sightseeing in the countryside south of Yamba. Passing through great sugar fields and skirting the Clarence river, we looked round the tiny village of 'Ulmarra', set on the river banks. We drove along green fields with cattle grazing and crossed the river on the Ulmarra ferry, a small, cable driven car ferry that is free ...

In the morning of Thursday the 19th of April I decided to get my hair cut, as it was becoming very difficult to manage and for the rest of the day I spent it on the beach, just swimming, sunbathing and talking to other back packers. I also started to realize something about Australia and that is, it is for people who like to swim, love the sun and do nothing and of course beer, with lots of adventures thrown in. The photo of the lizard was taken in ...

... also met this chilean guy and a peruvian guy there, and we went out for drinks with them later. Today we went to the beach, it was sunny!! Yay! within the next few days we're probably going to head to brisbane, we were planning to stay until saturday, but there's only so much you can do here, so we'll see! Hace poco tiempo, en un pais lejano, vivia una bella joven llamada Yolanda. Un domingo por la manana decidio participar en un tour a un sitio ...

... which is perfect, so now we're just missing the fish tank! Our next stop along the coast was Port Maquaire. We arrived just when the World Iron Man Contest was on. Unfortunately I had left my prize speedo's in Sydney and getting there late after another of Alaina's marking her territory I was unable to participate. I think I was rumored to come in the top three but never mind, best to let someone else have the glory. Alaina's wishes came true when we ...