(June 25, 2020 - written by Dave) We’ve had a lovely rest day here in Yamba but for sure, the best thing that happened today was the finest morning tea ever. Late morning we wandered down the waterfront, past the marina to the nearly world famous Yamba Prawn Shack. They sell pretty much nothing but … Continue reading Day 15 – Best morning tea ever in Yamba

(June 24, 2020 - written by Dave) Ok, ok, ok, enough of those guest authors. Normal programming resumes today, complete with contextual and actual spelling errors, and perhaps a few grammatical slips. Unless of course, our senior editor is on her toes and catches all of my creative uses of English. Overnight at the showgrounds … Continue reading Grafton to Yamba – Cane to Coast (64k/90m)

(June 23, 2020 - written by Nancy) Dave says I have to say I am a guest contributor now, which seems unfair as I often have to substantially rewrite his blogs but I never get credit for it. I am sure he doesn’t see the merit in my rewrites but you all don’t see the … Continue reading Coffs Harbour to Grafton – Through the forest (91k/965m)

(June 22, 2020 - written by Dave) We were up early this morning. While cool, we had an exciting day ahead of us. Thoughts of the Big Banana danced in our heads and there was no holding us back. Of course we had some 50k to ride before reaching Coffs Harbour so we had to … Continue reading Nambucca Heads to Coffs Harbour– The Big Banana and a twist (60k/548m)

(June 21, 2020 - written by Dave) Shortest day of the year today – woohoo – every day gets longer (and maybe warmer) from this point forward – winter is on the wane. Apologies to our friends in the Northern Hemisphere as your days get shorter and cooler from this point forward. Perhaps my “woohoo” … Continue reading Day 11 – Nambucca Heads solstice day

(June 20, 2020 - written by Dave) Thwarted at 12:30 this morning! After a nice dinner at the pub we retired to our tent early to listen to a podcast and then be rocked to sleep by the crashing waves of Horseshoe Bay. Other than the waves, the caravan park was nice and quiet. And … Continue reading South West Rocks to Nambucca Heads – Thwarted! (62k/288m)

(June 19, 2020 - written by Dave) We rode basically north-east all day. When we finished riding we arrived at South West Rocks. There has to be some sort of riddle in those facts. South West Rocks is on the mid-North coast of New South Wales, a state in Australia’s South East. Are you dizzy … Continue reading Riding North East to South West Rocks – Port Macquarie to South West Rocks (93k/150m)

(June 18, 2020 - written by Dave) Rain was forecast today and we are ahead of schedule for our return train ride from the Big Banana, so today we decided to stay dry and hang out for a day here in Port Macquarie. Since we really don’t have a hard and fast fixed timeline, it … Continue reading Day 8 – Port Macquarie musing

(June 17, 2020 - written by Dave) We had a quiet night overnight in Harrington. The oldies in the camp kitchen left right after Masterchef ended on TV. I’ll admit that we’ve been hooked, sort of, on Masterchef as well. The things you do in lockdown. Anyway, the oldies were happy with the result so … Continue reading Crowdy Head and a forest ride – Harrington to Port Macquarie (74k/460m)

(June 16, 2020 - written by Nancy) We had a surprisingly good night at the Seal Rocks caravan park last night.  They have a great kitchen area that can be closed off so despite it getting chilly outside we could hang out inside and stay warm.  Another surprise – there was another touring cyclist there!  … Continue reading Blue Ribbon Day – Seal Rocks to Harrington (108k/660m)