Coffs Harbour (for Feb. 17)

First thing this morning we went to a nearby internet café for an hour to post the last 4 days of blogging and download our email and financial information. From there we went to a lookout on the highest hill in the area and took some pictures with Celeste’s camera. What a view! The sky was almost totally clear and blue. Next, we went back to the beach where we had our 4WD adventure yesterday. We walked the beach, took some pippi pictures (not as gross as it sounds) with Celeste’s camera, and retook yesterday’s beach pictures with a blue sky. Finally, we drove back to Newcastle to pick up our Japan Rail Passes and find a camera store. After a few tries we found one that had a new model similar to my old one at a decent price and the deal was done. We finally got out of town and on the road at 3:30.

We settled into our hotel 400 km north in Coffs Harbour by 8. The road was good, freeway for about half the way, with most of the rest being good 2 lane road, although there were frequent towns in those stretches. The hilliest terrain was usually forested park, while the more level stretches were used for grazing cattle.