Our first day we took a drive into the town of Coffs Harbour, where I remember as a girl of about 10 going through this place and thinking that the BIG Banana was just great. Funny how when I view these "BIG" monuments now, it doesn't really have the same effect and believe me it is amazing how many of these BIG creations you see across Australia. Mango, Banana, Lobster, Prawn, Avocado, Bull, Cassowary, Crocodile and Gumboot just to name a few.
Coffs Harbour appears to be run down and speaking to an ex local, it is not one of the nicest places to live in. Scenery wise it was pretty but one of those places that didn't really grab us. Moonee Beach was a nice little holiday spot and just north of here are lots of little holiday destinations. So anyway we were pretty much stuck here for four days with constant rain, alternating between heavy and just consistant, with winds reaching about 50 - 60kmph, with Cape Byron getting over 100km winds.
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| Here it comes....... |
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| even the birds took shelter |
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| our van up high and out of any potential flood |
So we sat loose for a few days, not letting it bother us as long as we were out of harms way. On the fourth day of our stay the sun was out and it was quite funny because everyone started to emerge from their vans and it was like we had all been hibernating and once the sun was out from the clouds took the opportunity to get some vitamin D. We took off for a drive and couldn't believe how much water was laying around and the debree showing signs of where the rivers got up to in some of the towns. We ended up taking a drive up to Dorrigo along the Waterfall way and it was a perfect day for it, no flooded roads, sun shining and the water coming down from the mountains on our climb up to Dorrigo was absolutely beautiful.
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| beautiful scenery |
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| waterfalls |
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| more waterfalls |
After drying ourselves off it was time to keep moving on we decided to get ourselves down to Port Macquarie.
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