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WOOLI - ARMIDALE

Friday 10^th November:

We farewelled Pete and Marlyn as they had another busy day ahead of them at work. The rain was clearing so we finished packing and had hit the road by 10am. We drove south past Byron Bay, Ballina, Maclean and turned east towards Wooli just before Grafton. As we were coming into Wooli we saw five emus making their way along the road. We booked into the Solitary Islands Caravan Park which is right on the Wooli River. Unfortunately we couldn’t get a riverside site. Our bad luck continued when we visited the local dive shop. They didn’t have a boat going out so we had to miss out on our much anticipated dive at the Solitary Islands. We took a drive down through the township to the ocean and rivermouth.

Saturday 11^th November:

Awoke to a beautiful morning, great diving weather (bugger!). We drove down to the oceanfront and took a walk along the beach. After breakfast we drove over to Minnie Water township. The houses are perched on cliff tops overlooking the ocean. The village is still quite unspoilt. Back in Wooli we tried our luck with a spot of fishing. We got a couple of bites but no fish. Back in the van park we were overrun by kids on a weekend camp. (Glad we are leaving tomorrow!)

Sunday 12^th November:

We left Wooli and drove through Grafton, unfortunately we had missed the jacarandas in full bloom. We took the Nymboida road south which was steep and winding. We stopped at the Ebor Falls for lunch, lovely spot. We arrived in Armidale at 4pm and found Guy’s place. His driveway was too narrow for the van so we ended up at the Pembroke Caravan Park a short drive away. We enjoyed a lovely dinner with Guy and his family and caught up on old times.

The picture above was taken specially for Mr John Edwards (who wanted to be mentioned in this blog! So consider yourself MENTIONED!)

Monday 13^th November:

We arose early for a walk through the Armidale State Forest. It was a beautiful morning and we met several other walkers with their dogs. Spent the rest of the morning wandering around the Armidale checking out the shops and heritage buildings. We popped into have a farewell drink with Guy in the afternoon.