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!