This morning we got up, had breakfast and packed up the van. While Nicola was brushing her teeth Ben did a film tour of the van - hopefully if we get Internet with a quick connection we can post it on the blog!
We said a fond farewell to Pacific Palms Caravan Park and hit the road going north. It was Nicola's turn at driving today and luckily the weather looked clear and the roads fairly empty.
We stopped for fuel in Forster, and after about an hour of driving were back on the Pacific Highway 1 heading north. We made a pit stop at a town called Taree for a local map and Mc-Wifi, and also took a picture of out first 'big thing'.
The big oyster stands on top of a car sales room and looks an odd sight! For anyone in the dark Australians appear to have an obsession with 'big things' and there are over 100 across the country, the most famous being the big banana in Coffs Harbour.
Back on the highway we drove up to our next stop Port Macquarie, a larger town on the coast with many picturesque beaches, bays and inlets. Founded in the 1840s for the Sydney convicts who found life too easy down South, there were some signs of the earlier days with historical buildings lining the main street.
We had lunch overlooking the town beach and then went for a walk along the breakwall, where all the rocks had been painted by various people over the years.
Before we left Port we stopped in at the Koala hospital, and visited the injured patients.
The last drive of the day was the Coastal route south past Cathy Lake and up to the 3 Brothers mountain for the spectacular views.
Our rest stop for the evening was the unglamorous roadside layby outside of Kew - a freebe before our stint further up the coast in proper caravan parks. Ear plugs in and we were soon in the land of nod!!
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