Day twenty had a lot in store for us. Ebor, where we were currently staying is also home to some spectacular waterfalls, we will also be completing the remainder of the B78, including a tricky eighteen kilometre bendy-windy section and we are hoping to finally arrive in Coffs Harbour.

The Ebor waterfalls were literally one kilometre from the pub where we were staying, so was a quick stop once we had checked out. They were surprisingly good, set in yet more spectacular scenery. Despite having seen near enough twenty days worth of scenic stuff, the Australian landscape continues to impress and Ebor falls were no exception.

The only issue was that the lower falls were blocked off, which included a 1.5K walk which would have been great to do, especially having seen the setting for the falls. So we only got to see the main fallls, but it was still well worth a visit.

Since the lower falls could not be accessed, and a scenic lookout of blue-mountain proportions was four-wheel drive only, it was time to move on. Ebor was great, the pub was basic with a good home-cooked feel and was a great little stopover.

Onto the Dorrigo and the remainder of the B78.

The B78 (Waterfall Way) to Dorrigo felt like a continuous climb through more great scenery.

It was a shame we had to drive through it, rather than stop every five minutes, and when you check the map its obvious why it was so scenic. It is literally surrounded by national parks.

Cathedral Rock, Dorrigo, Junuy Juluum, Bellinger River to name but a few. Pretty much endless and spectacular every step of the way.

Eventually we arrived at Dorrigo and took a look at the Dangar Falls. These were also pretty spectacular.

It looks like we didn’t get any family pics here. Mazzy did not have her walking legs on today, and so we were a bit pushed for tim (she would not leave the van). But it was a great stop all the same. And to be fair, the kids have been amazing with their engagement of all of the scenic stuff and especially all of the walks, so the odd wobble or two is fully understandable.

Next stop was the Dorrigo Skywalk and a walk round the rainforest. And a feed and hoping for a fully recharged Mazzy.

Actually, the feed came next coz the kids were suddenly ravenous and we found ourselves at the mercy of the cafe at the Dorrigo Rainforest Centre. However, far from being the usual cafe offerings for captive audiences it was really good, homecooked food. Well done DRC we would definitely eat here again.

There are a few pics here of the Skywalk, and the rainforest walk. Well done Mazzy on recovering her walking legs. In fact she was back on form racing through the forest, yet exploring and occassionalky photographing at the same time (its a Mazzy thing!)

And for us that was Dorrigo. Although there were longer walks to other waterfalls which i’m sure would have been great, it was unfortunately time to move on (yet again). Dorrigo had been great, we walked for a couple of hours and it was a fantastic mini-stop.

We now moved on to the next section of the B78, which was allegedly the tricky part, and we still had to arrive at our next destination which was Coffs Harbour. It turns out the B78 is up there with any of the scenic drives that you could imagine, as we descended through the mountains and rainforest, over creks and alongside rivers. It was actually a pleasure to drive and I would love one day to do it again (maybe not in a big wobbly happy-van though).

After we completed the B78 we fiiiinally worked our way to Coffs, and after a wrong-turn we arrived at the Coffs Harbor Big 4. As a complete contrast to Ebor and Tamworth, and before that Coonabarrabran, the kids had a Caravan Park full of stuff to play with.

The freeing cold pool was fully engaged, bt significantly it also meant overnight temperatures well into double figures. Although everything so far had been great the warmth was very welcome.