We left home mid morning to miss the
peak hour traffic, and crossed the border after midday. We arrived at Yelgum rest area just after 1.30pm
for lunch. We find it easier to stop and make lunch, rather than get
fast food, and the break from driving is good. I was reminded why I
don't use public toilets when I used the Yelgun toilets – rubbish
all over the floor, water didn't work, toilet disgusting. Such a
shame when this is a great lunch or even overnight spot. We continued
on. We would normally stay at Halfway Creek free camp but it has been
taken off the list, so we needed to try somewhere new.
Found it.... just south of Grafton at
Hotel/Motel 5. It is a lovely place with green grass and level spots.
All one needs to do is buy a drink at the bar. However, we had dinner
and drinks in the restaurant. Peter had a roast dinner and I had fish
and chips and the food was pretty good. The total for food and drinks
was $35.90, so a good choice for overnight. The owner/manager was
really good, as were the bar staff. There was a little bit of traffic
noise overnight, but not enough to keep one awake.
The next morning we continued to head
south along the Pacific Highway and stopped at Valla Beach for lunch. One can always find the perfect lunch spot when driving down the east coast of Australia.
We had planned to stay the night at
John's River, but it was still early when we arrived so we decided to
continue to another free camp behind the Coopernook Hotel on the
Landsdowne River, not far from our favourite caravan park on this part of the coast at Croki.
Behind the hotel is a free camp for patrons only, and again it is a
very grassy area surrounded by farms. The river is not too far away
and there were people fishing. Next time we may have more time to
stay longer and Peter can (maybe) catch dinner – LOL!! Peter had a couple
of beers at the hotel and we had a lovely walk along the river and
spoke with some locals. A lovely spot.
Now onto Sydney.
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