Yamba

It was a funny old day!

First, we contacted the caravan park we were supposed to drive to in Ballina to advise them that we would not being staying there. Ballina had 300mm of rain the previous day and, according to the news, was flooded.

We decided to add about 100 kilometers to the journey and phoned a caravan park in Yamba (that is where we are staying).

Just out of Tweed Heads we decided to visit Margaret Olley art gallery however we arrived at 8:15am and the facility didn't open until 10am so we decided to push on.

Further on we decided to visit Byron Bay and wanted to park near the beach (the same as the other million visitors wanted!). We drove into a beach-side car park only to be confronted with a 'dead-end' which defied turning the caravan around in the space provided. To cut a long story short, we ended up unhitching the caravan with the aid of about six surfers who helped (Thanks guys).

We then kept to the coastal road and ended up driving through North Ballina. It was very evident from the swollen rivers that there had been flooding and that more might come.

Yamba beach

We ended up at Yamba and I had my worst day trying to park the caravan in the allocated spot. However, it is now in place (roughly!) and we did a short drive to the beach (about 3 kilometres away and did our now customary walk along the sand while 'Buddy' sniffed and marked spots about every 3 metres.

Yamba beach wind surfing

I lost my camera lens cover and both Liz and I went back to look for it. We passed a young lady who had found it and gave it back (Thank you).

30/08/2014

We took up our friend's advice (thank you Gary) and drove a short distance into neighbouring Maclean to have a look at this heavily influenced Scottish area.