20 September – Saturday
Very hot today, it was even 27 degrees when we left Coffs Harbour at 8.30am. We headed inland today, driving through the Bellinger Valley with its very lush dairy farms. Bellingen, home of George Negus, was a quaint little town in a lovely rainforest region, with lots of tourists and locals wandering about. This is where the road began the sharp climb to the tablelands, rising very quickly to 760 metres at Dorrigo. We had the mistaken impression that Dorrigo was at the top – not so. We eventually levelled out at 1350 metres, with a very impressive graph on the dashboard. Fuel consumption wasn’t too good, either.
We had a couple of stops at waterfalls, the first at Newall, the second at Ebor. This was at a rest stop and was a rather spectacular waterfall, with another one further down the hill if we had wanted to make the climb. We didn’t. There were about half a dozen very nice Aston Martins at this rest stop, and we met probably another dozen as we left. Figured they must have been having a gathering of Aston Martins.
Armidale is about the size of Devonport and is home to the New England University. The Pembroke Tourist Park is quite acceptable and the managers obviously aren’t aware that school holidays have commenced in Queensland.
Very hot today, it was even 27 degrees when we left Coffs Harbour at 8.30am. We headed inland today, driving through the Bellinger Valley with its very lush dairy farms. Bellingen, home of George Negus, was a quaint little town in a lovely rainforest region, with lots of tourists and locals wandering about. This is where the road began the sharp climb to the tablelands, rising very quickly to 760 metres at Dorrigo. We had the mistaken impression that Dorrigo was at the top – not so. We eventually levelled out at 1350 metres, with a very impressive graph on the dashboard. Fuel consumption wasn’t too good, either.
We had a couple of stops at waterfalls, the first at Newall, the second at Ebor. This was at a rest stop and was a rather spectacular waterfall, with another one further down the hill if we had wanted to make the climb. We didn’t. There were about half a dozen very nice Aston Martins at this rest stop, and we met probably another dozen as we left. Figured they must have been having a gathering of Aston Martins.
Armidale is about the size of Devonport and is home to the New England University. The Pembroke Tourist Park is quite acceptable and the managers obviously aren’t aware that school holidays have commenced in Queensland.
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My dad his Phd partly at New England University. Jack's b'day went well. He ate so much junk food! Chips and cake for lunch anyone?
Shan
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