Having got a lot of ocean either in my mouth or in my eyes, we dismissed it as a poor effort and retired to the beach to relax. We thought we were safe considering the large volume of sun tan lotion we had put on but it seems my pasty Northern skin can’t handle the weather and I later discovered I had been transformed into a poor imitation of a lobster wearing a white bikini. So it’s full clothing for me now for a while.
Suitably fried we then headed off to look at a promising market that we had seen on our way to the beach. However, our bad luck continued as most of the stalls were clearing away for the day (at 3pm!!). Determinedly we carried on and headed to Coffs Harbour’s Botanic Gardens. It seems that everywhere in Australia has a botanic garden and we have visited a few over the past couple of months. Coffs Harbour’s version didn’t disappoint despite the fact that we had less than an hour to get around it before we would be locked in. There were a number of boardwalks (which are developing into Chris’s favourite type of walk) and a range of different plants and trees as you might expect. The most unusual was an orange electricity wire type tree, spotted right at the end. Of course, a certain amount of time was spent spotting lizards but that almost goes without saying these days.
So a slightly frustrating but on the whole good day spent at Coffs Harbour. You could easily spend longer here but the Sunshine Coast is calling. Our next stop on the journey is Byron Bay. It is slightly out of character for us but we will be attempting to fly by the seats of our pants and just rock up without booking any accommodation in advance. We will see what happens.
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