We're off on a road trip! We're driving to Sydney and it'll take 5 days. It's actually a fair bit more than 837 km but this is the first sign that occurred while I was watching and had my camera to hand.
The first day had quite a lot of driving - about 4 hours to reach Coffs Harbour. We stopped on the way at Byron Bay for lunch and a look around. Here's one of the beaches.
Byron Bay has a lighthouse: the Byron Bay Lighthouse.
It also has the most easterly point in Australia, which we weren't planning on but is kind of cool. We didn't quite go there, as it's all the way down there, but we did see it.
And we had our photo taken with one of those brilliant fotopol things. I've never seen them before but they're a very good idea. And here you have all four of us with some ocean behind.
Another unexpected bonus was the whale migration. Looking down from the cliffs we could see shapes under the water and further out, whales leaping through the air. Oh, and the odd pod of dolphins too, as you do. We spent a good amount of time staring out to sea to see the whales, and this is the best photo I got. It was great though, an unexpected pleasure.
After a good lunch in a fish restaurant, we went for a potter on the beach, of course. Although a bit cooler for being further south, this was our favourite beach of the holiday. Tranquil, broad, gentle surf, lots of space, mountains around. Pretty brilliant.
And then another longish drive to Coffs Harbour, where we stayed in the Big Windmill motel. A proper motel with drive-up rooms, and a pleasant enough meal in the windmill. It is actually big. Even more so as we were the only people eating at that time. I should point out that this photo was taken the next morning. Although temperatures were very nice for a holiday, it does get dark early (and quickly) in June in Australia, so our days were finishing in the dark at around half 5.
Another day, another beach, at Coffs Harbour. Nice.
Have I already mentioned that Marisca got interested in taking pictures on this trip? You can spot which one of the four above was her handiwork.
With a couple of hours' drive ahead of us, we thought 'what better thing to do than go to find a miniature Dutch village?'. So we did, and here it is. Oh, and it came with an enormous pancake too (that's why I went really, not to see the village, but don't tell Elspeth).
There was a train. It had gone. This is Tom's 'Gone?!' pose. It's brilliant.
What else did we have as part of road trip part 1? A honey farm, with bees and honey to taste. (That sentence could do with some punctuation).
And a trip up a scenic waterfall way with not-very-impressive waterfalls but a nice view out from the top of the mountain. Perhaps too long of a trip, as Marisca ended up quite tired.
And so, this is what happens when you have a road trip with two small children. Marisca's grumpy face.
And another of Marisca's pictures, of Tom trying to find the door handle.
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