Last big stop before getting back to the Sunshine Coast, we are here for 3 nights,
staying at the Sawtell tourist park which is just a few kays south of Coffs Harbour itself. Large park with sandy sites and right near the ocean. Last night after setting up we went to a local Thai place and got some takeaways, very tasty. Went into town this morning and got some fuses for the car, then drove over to the port and had a look around there, very pretty place. Saw Kiwi transtasman rowers at the marina, they are rowing back to New Plymouth soon. At the back of our site is the bush and there are a couple of striped monitor lizards living in there.
Sunday 17 Jan
Last day of tour. Went to a local headland and found a wonderful swimming pool carved out of the rock at the high tide mark. Sandy bottom and totally fed by the waves crashing over the top of the sea wall - there are even small fish in there. Had a lovely swim.This afternoon there was a small bush fire about 4kms away, quite a bit of smoke in the park. Tonight we'll have takeaways for tea, and tomorrow head north for an overnight stop about 60kms north of Ballina, this will leave us a relatively easy drive back to Caloundra the next day. The big striped sand monitor (Goanna) came out this afternoon and did a patrol of the bush edge. It would be close to a metre long. Photos at the top: Sawtell, Rock pool, Hilii fig tree in the main street Sawtell.
