G’day all,
Leaving our central location at the “Shed” Alstonville we headed into Ballina firstly for a visit to the tourist info centre and to get some information on the aurrounding National Park, places to see and visit and any bush camping in the area.
Armed and dangerous we headed North up the coast passing through Lennox Head to Lake Ainsworth. What a nice Lake for enjoying a day at the water. Plenty of people were enjoying themselves swimming and playing in the shores of the Lake and it looked like a terrific place for a family day out. School holidays may not be so pleasant if you don’t like the crowds. Sometimes we get spoilt because we travel so much outside of school holidays. Following the coast as much as possible we made our way to Brunswick Heads where we spent the rest of the day and evening.
Brunswick Heads is another one of those pretty spots on the East Coast which is built on between the river and ocean. The town is relatively small and therefore a quaint place with much to offer the experience of a traveller looking for small place to relax – outside school holidays that is, right now you will find the caravan park packed to the rafters.
We took a walk around the town and near the Eastern side we noticed a state wood chopping carnival in progress. We all perched ourselves in the stand and enjoyed a few hours watching various activities including chopping, sawing and the spectacular tree climbing event. It was an excellent experience and we all enjoyed it.
Behind the woodchopping carnival was a fair…of course the kids noticed it and begged for us to stay. There was a second session of woodchopping later in the evening too and so we ended up at the pub for dinner (which has a great beer garden) and off to the fair. The kids had a ride on the bumper cars and some twirly whirly ride which got faster and faster and by the end of it the kids where genuinely shocked…what a funny sight. The kids also had a couple of slide rides on the big dipper. Like all good evenings should end, the kids had an icecream and we watched another hour of the woodchopping before heading back to Alstonville to retire for the night.
Bushman Bud…Enjoying Australia