Day 19 meant we had to say goodbye to Tamworth.

Another very enjoyable stopover most definitely helped along by a pub visitation, old friends and immaculate weather. But eight weeks is not such a long time to do what we are doing, and so we were off once again.

This time, we had decided that the Tamworth to Coffs Harbour trip was a bit too long of a drive, especially in the pan-shaker that we had hired, and so we opted to split up this leg by adding one extra stopover. Additionally, the road to Coffs was the B78 Waterfall Way and there were one or two reports of this being on the tricky side, especially for blokes who work in IT driving big vans. So with this in mind, we managed to book into the Ebor Hotel. This was basically a pub with a small field behind it which served as a powered caravan park. It was functional, cheap and like every night for the past few weeks was bloody freezing.

The trip out of Tamworth was another specutacular drive, through the backroads of Australia, both green and mountaneous with epic amounts of scenery.

Having wised-up to how sapping some of the long drives can be, we stopped about half way at a small place called Uralla, apparently famous for Captain Thunderbolt. We stopped at Alma Park, whch looks like it was also a bit of a soldiers memorial for Vietnam and the Korean War. Floral wreaths and tributes were still present due to ANZAC day a couple of days earlier. With the autumnal colours added to the mix, this was a fantastic little stop and a classic example of the beauty of these tiny Australian towns.

This was another spotless Australian town. The park was great and we even had a kickabout, the kids had a play (even made a couple of friends) and then we moved on.

The next stop were the Wollombombi falls. These were on the B78, and pretty spectacular, although they took a bit of finding especially with dodgy GPS directions, but they were well worth it. Unfortunately, you can’t spend hours trecking round every Waterfall and so the stop was pretty short and sweet, but it’s another place well worth a follow up.

Dads’special trecking mate

And that was that. We soon hit the B78 once again and found our next overnight stop which was the Ebor pub. Yet another cold night, and I seem to remember the inside temp of the van being around six degrees in the morning. We were almost used to it, but warmer temperatures will be welcome when they finally arrive.

Tomorrow we are hoping to look at Ebor falls, spend some time at Dorrigo and finally arrive at Coffs Harbour and some warmer weather. More posts to follow ….