After 4 days of this we moved on with all intentions of going to Woolgoolga, but ended up at Emerald Beach Caravan Park. Welcoming staff, gifts of lollypops and marshmallows, a well appointed park with many amenities, our choice of site, so we elected to stay 7 nights at the low season discounted rate next to the camp kitchen and across from the pool and amenities.
Checked out the Jetty Markets on Sunday, very alternative lifestyle, organic grown products, psychic readings etc.
Continuing to Corambirra Point where they quarried the rocks for the breakwater and were entertained by a young lady practicing her saxophone, then around to Boambee
Beach and while watching body boarders surfing noticed along from them were Dolphins surfing the waves also and lo an behold whales just a little further out venting and frolicking, slapping their tails, jumping and rolling, it was a magic.
On our way back to van we took an opportunity to wash off a lot of the mud we had collected over the past rainy week, continued to the seaside village Sawtel lookout where believe it or not we saw more whales.
Monday we had a problem with the awning, John dismantled part of it and hopes to have fixed it.
Tuesday we made it to Woolgoolga taking a photo of the Sikh Temple, brilliant white in the morning sun. On to Arrawarra headland, passing through tea tree scrub toRed Rock, more whales, turning inland via red a twisty road, cattle and logging country, to Glenreagh Country Store, which catered for everything - chook & chips for lunch (good value, there was so much we had some cold in sandwiches for tea.) Returning through Nana Glen Road and Lower Bucca to Emerald Beach.
Wednesday the (large) pancake breakfast was supplied and cooked by park staff, with all the trimmings. Rest of the day spent catching up.