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Published: December 13th 2015
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Brooms Head
Beautiful clear waters around the rocky headland. Our first 5 day stop was to one of our popular camps, Brooms Head which is located about 20ks south of Yamba which is a more developed town and fishing port. We love this spot because it is undeveloped with just one shop that sells a little of everything, and of course, the view over the bay from the camping ground,. However, the wind can spoil the outdoor living when it blows, and blow it did.
With CC set up on site, all we had to do was enjoy this beautiful beach and the surrounding towns, Yamba and McLean. We made day trips to these towns. Unfortunately some of our photos disappeared so there is little new we can show from these picturesque towns. I had the opportunity to visit the McLean ER after my own surgical misadventure and can say that this small but busy little hospital gives great care. For me, I did not need escalation to a higher facility with my carefully cut finger satisfactorily glued and taped andnot requiring any specialist repair. Others who were in the ER were not so lucky and would later move to a higher grade facility in Coffs Harbour.
Brooms
Watch Out when I'm about
Plovers are a ground nesting bird, and the chicks have to feed themselves from day one. They rival road runner for their speed, but lack common sense. But go close to one of these chicks and mum or dad or both will swoop you from behind and use talons or their barbed wing to inflict discomfort. head was alive with the very noisy day and night clatter of the plovers. These birds are rather cute, and the chicks literally balls of fluff on stick legs are fun to watch, but a nightmare to parent. Do not get close to a nesting plover or her chicks without waring full body and head armour as the parents have a long history of kamikaze like diving raids on any one that gets too close. We have them nesting in our village at home, and oddly enough, I can get quite close after they get used to my voice while others are driven off with fierce attacks.
McLean has a long Scottish history and is one place that you can trace ancestry and whether you are entitled to wear a specific tartan. Virtually every lamp post in town displays a tartan design. With the river flowing and rainfall all year round, this is a very fertile area. There are large sugar cane plantations in the region as well as substantial cattle stations. The town itself is lush with mature trees as seen up at the lookout and pinnacle rocks.
Our third drive was from Brooms Head to Coffs
South to Sandon
The next village south from Brooms Head is Sandon. We were thinking of driving down there but found from a neighbouring camper that the road was in serious disrepair and should be avoided at the moment. Harbour. Marg decided to drive one section of this journey, the first time in 30 years she had towed a caravan. She took to it like a duck to water, I guess building on many thousands of kilometres driving the motorhome with trailer attached. At the end of her drive she was awarded her certificate for towing 101F. She is yet to try 101R, which, though much slower, requires a different mind set where everything goes in reverse.
Last time we stayed in Coffs Harbour we were subject to one of the all time wet seasons with the city cut off north, south and west. East is only an option for amphibious craft. This time, though we had some rain, we were able to get out and about. You can read about it in my next blog.
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