G’day all,
Well we had just about exhausted our exploration of Alstonville and the surrounding regions and so it was time to relocate to the Grafton Showgrounds. Before making the trip I greased the suspension on the van ready for another 7,000klms of travel!!
Before we left another couple turned up. We both thought we recognised each other and finally spotted the location. The Daly River in the Northern Territory. This couple had been leaving Banyan Camp about the same time as we arrived. They were in the rest area a few klms from the camp, we passed them and then turned around to get information from them about the region. We spoke for about 10 mins and both went on our merry way. Well 5 months later, leaving Alstonville (them arriving) we bumped into each other again…wow what a small world hey. We had another chat for 15 minutes before parting ways…I wonder when we will cross paths again…what a chance meeting…how amazing.
We drove off to Grafton Showgrounds arriving mid afternoon and setting up camp near a big old fig tree in the shade. $20 for a family for the night, powered, with hot showers. Not bad around school holidays, anyhow.
We spent the rest of the day chilling out and the kids decided to camp out in their little tent. Surprisingly they made it through the night without getting scared…cool…they had a ball too.
Bushman Bud…Enjoying Australia