Hello everyone!

We left Gympie yesterday (march 21st) after saying goodbye to Lis and thanking her for her hospitality. We headed for Byron Bay. The first part of our journey consisted of going over a dull freeway with lots of roadblocks and stops... It seems like they're working on every road all over Australia with just 3 or 4 people... Ooh well, it took some time until we reached Brisbane.

Here we had to avoid toll roads so we went straight through the city itself which was great fun. Busy traffic but a lot nicer scenery than the freeways. We got back on the freeway south of Brisbane and continued our way passing by Surfers Paradise. Lots of theme parks and water parks here, logically. The real tourist part of Australia apparently.

After some time we reached Byron Bay. Here we drove around, went to the lighthouse and walked around a bit in the centre of town before moving further south to Lennox Head, where there was a campervan park for which we had discount coupons. We just spent the night here before heading off south again.

Lots of road blocks and stops again but we were still ahead of schedule so we decided to take stops underway. At the Hungry Jacks we almost got stuck with the campervan because the parking spots were obviously not designed for our kind of car.. But we got out just fine before continuing to Coffs Harbour.

Here we checked out the Harbour itself before going further south to eventually ended up in Forster. We arrived at the caravan park just after 6 o'clock. We haven't decided yet if we stay here tomorrow or go on to Sydney but we do see the advantages of this place. A delicious snack bar just around the corner, great fishing spots and a great camp site.

We'll decide tomorrow, and we'll let you know then!

Jeremy