Last night we had a plan, this morning that changed! The Pacific Highway has been closed for some days for a fire near Taree, but a diversion was in place via Taree and Wingham. We planned originally to take this. Then, yesterday afternoon they closed the highway further north as the fire seemed to have spread. So, we headed to the airport and booked a flight down to...
I am actually a Phascolarctos cinereus. This name is is derived from the Greek words phaskolos “pouch” and arktos “bear”. The specific name, cinereus, is Latin for “ash coloured”. However, the early settlers actually called me a Koala Bear, despite the fact that I am a marsupial …. Koala, not a bear ….. This morning we...
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 breeze is carrying it away from Port Macquarie. So, we weren’t going anywhere today and had a quiet day around the town...
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. We had a look round the small, but interesting maritime museum, where one of the more bizarre exhibits (given where we are) was a British Seagull outboard. British Seagull...