Blogs from Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 9

Hello Everyone I am having a catching up session with the blogs again then I'm up to date. It's quite hard to find computers that are quick and cheap and they have them at Sydney so I am making the most of it! I've put some more pictures on aswell of Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie which were two stops on my way back down through New South Wales towards Sydney. My first stop was Coffs and I loved it! I stayed at the YHA for the first time and that was great. They were really friendly and it was in a good location. The difference with the YHA's seems to be the people that stay in them. There is is much wider group of people, including much older people and familys in them rather than ... read more

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Monday February 23 was the day we left Port Macquarie. Our bus was mid day, so that meant carrying around our stuff while biding some time. Our bags are big and heavy, but we’d been getting used to them. The bus ride to Coffs Harbour was another 3 hours. Once in town, we were picked up by a courtesy bus that would take us to the hostel. A lot of hostels have this, which is extremely handy when it’s located several kilometers out of town. That night we checked out the local port, and relaxed at the hostel. Long bus rides definitely take a lot out of you! The next day was a fairly lazy day. I had been given a head’s up from a roommate that the community centre next door had some free wireless ... read more

A short drive a little further down the coast we spent a couple of nights at Moonee Beach in a camp site on the estuary. The weather has taken another turn for the worse so we're all waterproofed up again. The wildlife is amazing and Pete's becoming quite the Dr Doolittle particularly with the Lorikeets and other birds getting very friendly....We caught our first glimpse of kangaroo's in the wild as a couple bounced passed us whilst in Arrawarra. While in the area we visited Red rock, Corindi beach, Arrawara, Woolgoolga and Emerald beach and look at me now headland. I have to say that Corindi Beach was stunning but I warned you last time that I like them all! As the weather improved after a night of rain we were able to explore Moonee Beach ... read more

Well Palm Beach was fab..... didnt see any H&A filming which I was hugely disappointed about but I did get to see the surf club with Alf Stewarts name on it, bonus!! I did want to do some replays of some H&A scenes but Alen wasn't so keen so I didn't push it too far!! We also took a trip up the Blue Mountains for a night camping and decided to bring Emily & Conor with us, they had never been camping so we thought this was a great idea! We set up camp in a campsite in Katoomba and decided to be very cultural and take the 1 and a half hour trip to the Jenolan Caves..it was all going great until Joey (the van!) started making a back firing noise everytime we were going ... read more