Yamba – Ulmarra – Grafton – Coffs Harbour

Had a slow and relaxing start to the day at our usual café. Boy what a busy place. Then we moved on to the new pie shop that opened today. Wow what pies!!! They are twice the size of normal pies and at under $6 are great value for money. We were stuffed after our Seafood Mornay and Lamb with Mint Sauce and Gravy – whew… need a walk now…

Needed to get on the way now as we were meeting Mum and Dad at Ulmarra a gorgeous heritage town just down the road. They are no their way to Melbourne to beat the heat in Noosa, and house sit their friends house in Melbourne. So we sauntered the 20kms or so down the road, and arrived a few minutes before mum and dad. Midget was really happy to see them. She bounded up and down the pavement and wiggled the bottom nearly off. We had coffee at the closest café and she partook of scones, jam and cream – wearing some of the cream…

So they were in a hurry to head off and get to their next destination, Coffs Harbour. So we wandered around the town. The pub was just gorgeous and they’d done a fabulous renovation to the pub and opened up the back out to the gorgeous shaded and grassy area that rolled right down to the river.

This is a really lovely spot. Great shops and art galleries. Really enjoyable to hang around here.

Decided to head on ourselves. Only 13kms from Grafton, we sauntered into the southern part of the town. Lovely tree lined streets and stunning old timber houses. Nice spot.

Next stop was Woolgoolga back on the coast. Lovely beach and coast. The beginning of NSW’s first Marine Park encompassing 80kms of protected coastline. Really windy but pretty. Decided we were only a few kms from Coffs Harbour and should catch up again with mum and dad and join them for dinner. Headed to their amazing large and fabulous RSL for dinner. They even had a Drivers License scanner to save you having to sign in. Wow what next! Had quite a bit of rain, so enjoyed the coolness and rugged up for a pleasantly cool night.

Clocked up 18,274kms according to Travellers Point.