Evans Head

We had checked out Evans Head on our way to Lismore and thought it looked really nice down by the river, hence we booked in there for 4 nights to return after Lismore. We had a great time at Evans head.
Some nice bike rides, kayaking on the river, fishing and surfing. Rex and Lola had fun catching crabs on the sand flats at low tide until Rex had a run in with an oyster shell. We caught a couple of nice bream which Jac and I had for dinner. Jac caught some nice waves in just off the break wall. Lola made a pretty pipi garden on Chinamans beach. We all had such a good time here that we booked in for an extra night before heading up to Toowoomba.

Lismore

Our next stop was Lismore. We went there to visit our good friends Cel and Graham. They have a beautiful house near the centre of town. Grahams gourmet meals and Cels gourmet coffees were to die for. While there we went to a nice local market at The Channon, up to Protesters Falls in Nightcap National Park then on to Nimbin for a late lunch. It was a lovely Sunday out and great to spend a few days catching up with Cel and Graham.

Rex's Poem, My Granny

Rex had to write, perform and publish a poem for school. We think he has done such a great job, hope you enjoy it mum! Just click on the title below:

Rex's Poem, My Granny

Lola's Project

Lola needed to create a book on how to do a new sport, she then had to publish it or share it with other people so they could learn about it. This is her book. She would love to hear from anyone on what they thought of it.

Bundjalung National Park

Bundjalung National Park is just south of Evans Head and is lovely! There is a tidal creek that follows parallel to the beach for 4.5kms, it is absolutely pristine with amazing birdlife (and the occassional fighter jet from the airbase a bit further north). We had a few great kayak adventures, caught a couple of little fish and found out the house has been rented finally... all good! The 10 mile beach was too rough for swimming but was a nice view from the bushwalking tracks. The campsites were all hidden among the trees and so we felt really secluded. I knew camping under trees would mean spiders, I just didn't really think there would be so many!
Rexie did really well to put together a project on rocks and create his own museum, we were all very impressed.

Yamba

We are ready for some warm weather! We continued along the Old Grafton Road to Grafton, which followed the Clarence River. It was a beautiful drive, we went through an old 'ghost town' and through a hand cut tunnel in the rock face. Was really remote but very beautiful. Once we hit Grafton we headed North to Yamba and spent 4 days swimming, kayaking and fishing. We spent an afternoon exploring Angourie Blue Pools, it was nearly as beautiful as the Illawarra. It's now time to get lost on the north coast for a while, it won't be the first time!

Mann River

From the farm we headed towards the coast... it was time for some warmer weather! We made a two night stop at a little nature reserve on the Mann River, just outside Glenn Innes on the Old Grafton Road. It was a great spot, the river was beautiful with lots of big boulders to rock hop on. Falling asleep to the sound of the river was just lovely! The kids found a hide out on an island in the middle of the river. We hardly saw them during daylight hours, but unfortunately they paid with sand fly bites all over them... the joys of the outdoors!

Peter's Farm

The kids were really excited to visit the farm and we were excited to escape indoors overnight during the cold snap around Armidale. We spent two lovely days there and Tim got to spend some quality time with his uncle while helping him put up fences. The kids loved watching Jock the working dog round up the sheep as well as riding on the back of the ute everywhere they went. Lola managed to touch the only electric fence operating on the farm and the yelling gallop that followed was quite unique!

Apsley Falls, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park

After spending 5 days in Sydney with Tim's parents getting over the chaos of packing up the house and car we finally headed off. Our first stop was Apsley Falls in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park near Walcha NSW. We though it would be some pretty bush to relax and ground ourselves in and at this time of year would be pretty quiet. What we found was a very impressive waterfall into a large gorge, with a fantastic bike path around the top of the gorge. The surrounding bush was gorgeous with lots of roos, rock wallabies and heaps of birds. It was very cold at night but the days were beautiful and sunny and after four relaxing days we all felt like our adventure had well and truly started!

Mama & Papas

When we left home we were packed with heaps of stuff and my mum had to hold the computer all the way to my mama and papas in sydney. It was exciting when we left but it got a bit boring in the car because it was way to hot and we eventually got to our mama & papas. we stayed there for 5 days we played out side for a couple of minutes and the we had to come inside and do our school work. We saw our cousins Lara, Evie, Stephen & David then me, my brother and my cousin David and mama and mum and dad and papa went to Yum Cha for lunch. The food was yummy but I had a tummy ache. Me, my brother and cousin had fanta it was yummy then we had to go home and me, my brother and cousin played volleyball, wrestled and then David my cousin climbed into a tree and me and my brother threw the ball at him. I tried to catch it and fell off the brick wall and bumped my head on mamas car but it was a small brick wall. Posted by Lola