Goodbye Australia

Saying goodbye is the absolute worst and I'm not sure I'm too good at it. I have had the most incredible 4 months exploring what felt like the entire country, however there is still more to do. I would love to go to Ayers Rock, Alice Springs, Darwin, Esperence and see a lot more of Victoria. So I'm pretty sure we'll be back at some point in the near future. 

I have truely fell head over heels for Australia, I just love the outdoor culture there. It does help that the majority of the time they have amazing weather. Also my one true love is the beach and I love how close it was to everywhere we visited. And also love how many very different and unique places you can visit, it's just such a diverse country. 

Anyway enough rambling, I'm sure you can tell from all my posts how much of an amazing time we had. But now it's time to say goodbye but a while and fly to my next destination, this time alone...

Xoxo

Port Macquarie & Newcastle

So we spent a day in Port Macquarie. The weather was lovely and we wrote postcards, read and ate carrot sticks and humus whilst lying on the grass by the beach. We didn't do anything else so this is all I have to say and there is only one picture I can include.

Our next stop was Newcastle. It was a lot colder and definitely not bikini weather, although the sun was still shining. I reckon if it was raining it would look a lot like Newcastle in the UK. We drove the through the town and along the water front before parking up at the Ocean Baths. Once we left the camper we got hit with the wind and it was freezing but we headed out anyway to watch the early morning surfers brave the sea. There is something about watching surfing, it's almost hypnotic and you can get carried away and spend too long there.

After spending a while there, we decided to go for a run along the front and we headed in the direction we had not yet been. Big mistake! It was uphill only and not just any uphill, the steepest we could have picked. I struggled big time, it was tough. We probably ran about 3.5km before heading back to the Baths for a shower. I had a quick dip in the Ocean pool before my shower and it was freezing. This was the view on the run.

We didn't have anything to make for packed lunches so we treated ourselves to a footlong meatball Subway and it was so delicious before heading on our way towards our next destination.

Xoxo

Coffs Harbour & Yamba

So we arrived in Coffs Harbour pretty early in the morning and we went straight to MacDonolds, now not for what you might initially expect. So basically Bob, told us a hidden Aussie secret, that you can get ice cream for 30cents all day everyday. I can't believe we only found this out in Byron, we could have saved ourselves a lot of money. So here's the picture of our 30cents ice cream at 8.30am.

We found the beach as our first priority obviously and had a long walk by the sea before we found an island, I think it was called South Coffs which we decided to explore. 

 

It was really beautiful and the views were completed uninterrupted and there were no other tourists around so we felt like we had the island to ourselves. 

We stayed in Coffs Harbour to eat our packed lunch before heading to find our rest stop for the night. Only a short visit but we really enjoyed the walk. 

The following morning we arrived in Yamba, which I'm not sure is a very touristy place but the main beach was huge and there was no one around so we went for a walk, whilst watching the sun come up. 

Nath and I also this thing, which we find really funny. So you know how normal people write in the sand 'I love Sam' or 'B.R 4 C.L' well we think it's hilarious to write things like 'haemoglobin' or 'tables' because other people and the beach walk past and spend ages staring at it and just don't get it. Anyway I did actually write something normal. 

We didn't stay in Yamba for too long, as out initial aim was to spot dolphins on Pippa Beach but we couldn't spot anyway, so off we went. 

Xoxo