Day 23 - heading home

Hello,

We woke this morning to fairly clear skies, although the clouds did start to appear later. We left Grafton for our last leg of our holiday and arrived home by the afternoon.
We had a good trip home. We certainly haven't had the rain here while away like we had down south. The grass is still very dry here. However, I think we must have brought the rain with us as it has started raining here.

These are some of the photos taken today.








The countryside is a lot drier as we drive north-


Having lunch with the wildlife-


Look at the size of the the tyres on this truck. Only 3 tyres would fit on the back of the truck.



That's all for this trip. We have had a lovely relaxing holiday, so I guess it's now time to get back to reality and do some work.

Cheerio and love from Lesley and Peter.


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Day 22 - Grafton

Hi,

We left Hawks Nest this morning for our trip home. With the rain we have had in the past few days everything is looking so fresh and green. There is a lot of road works happening on the Pacific highway, so was a bit slow in places as we were down to 40kph, but can't complain if they are improving the roads. We arrived in Grafton this afternoon and staying here the night. I just hope we don't come across the 4 young jail escapees.

Here are some of the scenery as we drove along today.























We will leave here tomorrow and expect to be home tomorrow night.

That's all for today.
Love from Lesley and Peter.

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Day 21- Hawks Nest

Hello,

There was still some rain around this morning but eased as the morning went on. The recent rain meant that the barefoot bowls had to be cancelled. Peter spent most of the morning trying to work out, with the help of some of the other caravaners, why the fridge wont work on gas. We only need to use it if we free camp, which at this stage doesn't happen very much, but if it was working it gives us the option.
The men trying to work it all out- are three heads better than one?



Whoops - we lost a little screw- (hope it wasn't important!!!)



While Peter was doing this I went for a little a bit of a drive. There is a very narrow spit, which we saw from the ferry trip to Nelson Bay. There are some very nice homes in this area and some lovely water views. The Myall river is on one side and Port Stephens on the other side.







The calm and tranquil Jimmy's Beach -



Tonight we went the the local bowls club for a Chinese banquet. We have had a great time here meeting and getting to know the other members. This is only our second rally we have been to and not everyone gets to each of them, so there have been many members we hadn't met before. It's also a great chance to get ideas from others and help with any problems (like our fridge).

We leave here tomorrow and head towards home.

Till next time,
Cheerio,
Love from Lesley and Peter.






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Day 20 - Hawks Nest

Hello again,

The rain continued during the night but eased off during the day till later in the afternoon and we have had showers on and off tonight.
We decided not to join the heritage walk organized this morning. I was waiting on a phone call from my penfriend (Kaye) hoping to catch up with her today. Kaye and her husband Peter called in to see us this afternoon and I was so pleased to see her after 24 years. We had a lovely couple of hours of nonstop talking and was sad when they had to leave.








A BBQ was organized for tonight, and the men did a good job with the cooking. Of course the ladies made the salads and desserts.




We've had another relaxing day, and unfortunately our holiday is coming to an end. We leave here on Monday to head back home.

That's all for today,
Love from Lesley and Peter.


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