Coffs was a two day stopover, but since we arrived lateish on the first day, which is all part of the fun, we only realy had the one full day to do “stuff’. For that reason, we kept it local. The kids had more time in the pool (still bloody freeing), we had a great walk along Park Beach which included watching some bad weather roll in, and we hit the camp kitchen for tea.

The Coffs Big 4 was a great place to stay. I also met another new best mate in Shaun from Adelaide who was travelling round Oz in his newly purchased van. Shaun was another of the newly retired who had sold up and committed to a life on the road. Moving round free-camps, Showgrounds and Caravan Parks. It’s definitely an interesting take on life. So much so, that Belinda has agreed that we can sell up and do exactly that. So if you know anyone who wants a house in Kurralta Park, please let me know.

Coffs also introduced us to some Mancunian style weather. Basically, it bombed it down and we had water streaming off the awning. Not a big issue other than curtailing our outdoor activities and in the bigger picture of things we had been very lucky with the weather so far and this was day 21.

As the rain disrupted the walk, it was time to head back to the safety of the van.

It was a beautiful beach and a great walk and kickaround regardless of the weather, and as already mentioned it was great to be in a climate with warm overnight temperatures.

It was also nice to not have anyone receive a bee sting (noting that me and Belinda walked on this very beach roughly twenty years ago only for Bindi to pickup a sting!).

Other than the excitement of doing our laundry-catchup and cooking up a a bbq, that was pretty much it for day 21 at Coffs.