Blogs from Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 17

Hello Everybody! We'll we have now left Sydney... We're in Coffs Harbour at the moment which is really nice. However the first weeks weather has not gone to plan! it feels a bit like we're on holiday in Wales not New South Wales! anyway... We left Sydney about 12ish on Monday and drove for a couple of hours to Newcastle. Our first stop was park on the out skirts. In this park we saw lots of Koalas and turned up at feeding time so we saw them doing something other than sleeping!! They are the cutest little animals though, i think we all wanted to take a forth member for the road trip with us :) We then headed into the town and went to the tourist information centre and the rain was falling... So we ... read more

Hello everyone…Happy Easter! Hope your all ok… we have been having some lovely weather here, and have heard that the snow has gone in the UK and now its up to 17 degrees in the North East!!! That makes our temperature of 35 degrees yesterday look crap! Haha. So we are still in Woolgoolga and have had a reasonably busy week… Ant has been working hard, with John, to pass his Scuba Qualification. I don’t know if the news traveled so far as home but there was a huge earthquake in The Solomon Islands (north of Oz) and the whole east coast of Australia was put on Tsunami Alert… all the beaches were closed…even Bondi! Which was a bit dodgy but as far as we know there was no change in the water! …We have ... read more

We were collected off our bus quite late that night and checked into Barracuda Hostel. We ended up with our own little dorm which was great. Having spent a whole day hanging around the hostel in Byron Bay we headed straight for bed. Coffs Harbour is about half way between Sydney and Brisbane and is a fairly big place. Best known for its Giant Banana and connecting theme park which celebrates Coffs main industry (Unsurprisingly we didn't make it out to see it). Oh and Russell Crowe lives down the road. The next day we were up early and took a walk along the nice beach beside us which brought us into the marina. We started to realise that we were no longer in Queensland as the weather was definitely chillier than we were used to. ... read more

Had two nice days in Coffs Harbour. We arrived on the 16th late afternoon and went out for dinner. It seemed particularly hot and humid yesterday so we spent quite a large part of the day in a nice air conditioned shopping mall! Got a new bikini though. We visited the Big Banana later on. Australia has a lot of "big" objects around the country but the Big Banana was the first one that started the trend. They have a banana-themed gift shop and various rides and attractions and a video telling you all about the local banana plantations. Went into the town in the evening to celebrate St Patricks day. It seems a big deal out here so we went to a huge pub/club for a dance. This morning was much cooler and has ... read more

On our arrival at Coffs Harbour after another four and a half hour journey we finally find some sun and relax by the pool and I cook my favourite dish for the gang - spaghetti bolognaise!! But I think I spoke too quickly (how unlike me!!!!) as soon enough there was rain in the evening but it didn't last long and the next day was really pleasant, after relaxing again by the pool we thought we must do at least something so we hired some bikes and rode around Coffs. Only a flying visit through Coffs as we were in a hurry to get to Byron Bay for some sun, sea and surf................. ... read more