SYDNEY TO PORT MACQUARIE

Day 1
Moved out of our luxury city break accomodation (Thanks Peter), packed up the van.

Bye Bye Sydney.

Lunch at Nobbys, first night in a ghost campsite at Jimmy's beach, Hawks nest.

The only people there in a closed campsite, the bloke even let us have a little fire. It suddenly came to us that the van should be called 'Polly', with the green p's.

Day 2
Up early with the (Bloody) birds and drove through Myall lakes National park,
put Polly on a ferry and crossed at Bombah point. Feel like were really off and on our way now (First crossing and all).

Lunch (Consisting of a local pie) in Bulahdelah and then our first wrong turn and were heading back to Sydney!! Found the right way and were off roading to the largest tree in NSW, the 'Grandis tree. Rubbish in my opinion, pretty big for sure but the offroading was much better. Polly handled the ruff stuff easily although i did reverse the bikes into a fence.

Arrived in Booti Booti National park and set up for the night in another deserted campsite. The park ranger said there was some bad weather coming in and sure enough by the time we went to bed it was breezy (Cyclonic) and there was some moisture in the air (pissing it down), we did manage our first BBQ though
and settled in to watch a movie (Thanks R, T, P and D).


Day 3
Awoke to a lake outside our home and we werent sure if Polly could swim!
So breakfast in the van, pack up in the rain, jump in, turn the key and....
Nothing, 'What do you mean it's not working'
Our fist call to NRMA, 10.45am.
The bloke came quickly, jump start and were off, lets put it down to experience and get on with it. Stopped for lunch an hour or two later, had a sandwich, jumped in, turned the key and....
Nothing!
'What do you mean its not working!'
Our second call to NRMA, 1.37pm.
The bloke came quick again (not the same bloke (thank god!!)) and the upshot of it is we need a new battery, so head into Port Macquarie, cold and wet still and once we have got a new battery stop at a campsite right in town and more importantly next door to the pub :-]
Stopped raining and looks nice as the sun sets.