We drove a short-way down the Pacific Highway on our second day in the van. We stopped at Byron Bay, a busy place which seemed to have only one attraction: it's extremely crowded beach. After an amazing icecream, which was more cinder toffee than icecream, we left. Our campsite for the evening was Evans Head, which was on a nice location next to a river. That evening it rained very heavily and was still raining in the morning. Camping in the rain is definitely an experience. We left Evans Head determined to get to a national park, the Mann River National Park which is in a forest called Die Hard. One of the great things about Australia is that some of the national parks allow free camping. They generally lack facilities such as electricity and only
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