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Published: September 16th 2015
Moonee Beach
On the headland looking south towards CoffsThe coincidence that we were in the Coffs Harbour area when the premier rally event on the Australian calendar was being held had to be taken advantage of. The start of the event (World Rally Championship - Australian round) was on Lenny's birthday so it seemed feasible that we would take in some of the action while we were in Coffs.
And so, we went to the service park (where the cars are maintained and / or repaired during the event). Rally cars need to have tyres replaced twice a day or more so there is always something happening when the cars come in for service.
Of course, rallying is a high speed game and things can go wrong. One of the international teams had already pulled out of the event after a head-on collision with a log truck and while we were waiting for the cars to come and go, one of the top cars was brought back to the service park on the back of a tilt tray.
The international teams had already completed their service when we arrived but we watched the local guys go to work on their cars.
After that excitement, we
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WRC Drive - the service park drove back to Moonee Beach (just north of Coffs) where we would stay for the next two nights. A council owned caravan park right on the beach with all of the amenities renewed including a new camp kitchen. We had a great view from our site which was the closest to the beach. We settled in and then decided to go for a walk to the bluff to see the surfers. We walked over a little bridge and then through a pocket of rainforest before coming out to a grassed bluff with views up and down the coast and out to the island and lighthouse. The grass was soft with flowers peeking up to catch the last of the afternoon sun. It's a really pretty spot.
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