Port Macquarie Summer Holiday

After our great New Year celebrations in Eden, we drove up the coast to Port Macquarie. On a map its a distance that represents about a quarter of the Eastern coast of Australia.......so, as you expect our planning was based upon the assumption that a 25% isn’t much, so cant be far and wont take long.... 6 hours easy drive, was my guess.  The night before the little drive I finally get around to putting the destination into the TOMTOM and OMG – 11hours, 989KM and that’s without a stop!!! All to be done in summer traffic with the caravan on the back and three (4) very very bored girls.   We start calling campsites for a night over campsite but everything in full, so it was time to just get on with it.

Ignoring the 103KPH in a 100 zone (error on TOMTOM!), check out the remaining distance (844Km) and time (10hrs) - I have never watched a TOMTOM so much and willed it to count down more quickly.  The good news is that it didn’t take 11 hours it took over 13, 3 tanks of diesel and 7 movies.......I think we might plan in greater detail next time.    

The drive was actually worth it, we woke in a beautiful campsite in the town of Port Macquarie.  It’s  a part of the World that we all loved and is probably ranked No1 on our list of places we would like to live.

Koala Hospital - each had a very compelling story.  These beautiful animals are so special and we were very lucky to have one resident in the caravan park. We met him on the last night when he walked within a few feet of us on the way to one of his favourite trees – very memorable.  

Beaches, so many to choose from and all just fantastic......although some of the sights on the nudist beach were not so impressive!

The girls are getting so good at making sandcastles ;-)

 

0800 and its BBQ Breakfast on the beach – joined by a friend!!, a very large friend. He seemed very happy with the bits of bacon that we gave him.......not sure if he’s vegetarian? Oh no, we may have converted him!

They aren't all that scary...

Happy Days

I challenge anyone to get a brush through that.

Wind was blowing on the last day, so a great chance to remove the cobwebs and get out.
So nice to sail without a wetsuit. 

Port Macquarie, in our eyes, had everything. Its a short 7 hours drie from home and we are already looking to book for next Christmas. A fantastic holiday.