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A day in Port

A change in wind direction overnight made things much more comfortable in Port Macquarie today, but no easier for the firefighters struggling to contain the bush fires all around. We can still see smoke billowing around, but the south easterly

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 9th November 2019
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Coffs To Port Macquarie

A varied day today. We had all day to head down to Port Macquarie, so we decided to take our time and head down the coast. We started at South West Rocks – a small town on the Macleay River.

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 8th November 2019
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Heading to the hinterland

It’s hot …. So, the best bet in the heat seemed to be to head for the hinterland. About an hour’s drive inland from Coff’s Harbour is Dorrigo. The Dorrigo national park is an area of remnant transitional rainforest and

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 7th November 2019
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Emerald to Moonee

Normal service was resumed today. Light winds, sunshine and temperatures around 25 degrees C. So, we decided to head just north of Coffs Harbour to do a walk from Emerald Beach to Moonee Creek. We saw Emerald Beach a couple

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 6th November 2019
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Contemplating Coffs

It turns out that, contrary to popular belief, the weather is not perfect every day in paradise … Today was a case in point. While it could hardly be argued to be awful, the weather wasn’t great today with very

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 5th November 2019
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To the Big Banana and beyond

Sadly it was time to move on again today and it was a big day. After heading past the Big Prawn in Ballina we moved on to the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour. ‘Big‘ things have become something of a

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 4th November 2019
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A Byron day

Actually, as we found out yesterday, Byron Bay was not named after Lord Byron the poet, but he would have fitted right in. As someone who liked a drink, he would have been able to sympathise with the surfing culture

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 3rd November 2019
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To poets town (or not?)

We started the day with a walk which didn’t quite turn out as planned. Maps without topographical information can be annoying and the walking map of O’Reilly’s is a case in point! Actually, given that we were aiming to walk

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 2nd November 2019
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Birdy day …

Birds apparently start early in the day ignoring the fact that Queenslanders don’t have daylight saving, so we had to start our day at 6.45am for a bird walk. This was billed by O’Reilly’s as an early morning bird walk,

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 1st November 2019
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Off to O’Reilly’s

Sadly we had to leave Flaxton this morning and move on. On our way we stopped for coffee and a croissant at the lovely local French restaurant. The proprietor is friends of Dene and David’s and we had a lovely

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 31st October 2019
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