Hastings Point to Coffs Harbour

First stop at Hastings Point was fabulous. Whoever heard of a caravan park with a day spa? Well North Star at Hastings Point has one, so after Isabella exhausted herself at the pool and waterslide, we headed to the day spa where I did a desultory 5 (yes 5, I KNOW you are impressed) laps in the new lap pool, and then we had a spa. We accidently chose the wrong one - ie the cold one, but a kind lady informed us of our mistake and we relocated to the hot spa.

Next morning I went for a walk on the beach and saw an injured sea turtle - the wildlife service were just turning up to rescue it as I got there, thanks to a lady who rang them and waited an hour for them to turn up - that must accrue some good karma! After breaky Isabella and I both used the waterslide for an hour then it was time to hit the road (yes poor Craig was packing up the van while we played). The drive to Coffs turned into a bit of an epic as the highway was closed at McLean due to an accident, so we had to drive via Casino and Grafton, which added an hour or so over horribly bumpy 'b' roads to the trip. The jacarandas were in full bloom in Grafton though, which Isabella in particular loved, as even when she was very little she loved them in Brisbane, but there aren't many in Caloundra.

So we've had one day in Coffs - so of course it was the Big Banana that was first on the agenda. It was very good - actually a lot better than I expected - high tech theatre show and tour of the packing area, but not too long winded, and it reminded me of my short lived career in a banana packing shed on a Kibbutz in Israel, many, many years ago. We had a bludgy afternoon back at the park and tomorrow its off to Bellingen and Dorigo for a day trip.