"An Around-the-World-Ticket for Two, Please."

We got up and decided to pay for an extra night to stay in Byron so we could actually spend some time and see a bit of Byron! We drove up to the lighthouse, which is the most easterly point of Australian mainland. We drove up and around, and there was no parking, so we decided to head back into town, but then found a car park on the way out, so we decided to stop and walk around. We walked up to the lighthouse which was quite a trek, and then down to the sign which shows you are at the most easterly point of the Australian mainland and had a photo! The weather was drab, and it kept threatening to rain, however, the breeze was very welcome, as we ended up walking a lot farther than we had planned! We walked down a ton of steps and out onto a headland, where there were some awesome waves crashing against the rocks! Then we had to walk back up all those steps! After that we drove into Byron and had a poke around all the shops and went to the beach and watched some surfers who make it look so effortless! We had some lunch on the go, that is the great thing about having Gunther, you can but some ham, open up the van and make your sandwiches and away you go! We decided to head back out to Lennox Head (where we had our surf lesson) as it was such a nice place! It started to rain as we drove, but that didn’t deter us! Ben even had another swim in the tea tree lake, and the rain eased off! We had a relaxing evening, meatballs and pasta in sauce for dinner, with a glass of wine for me and a beer for Ben!

Today (Tuesday) we drove over 400km to get to Port Mcquerie, as we are heading south as quickly as we can! Little did we know it, but we were lucky to get through! WE went through a place called Grafton, and they were filling sandbags ready, as the river was so high! We drove along a road, and the other side was completely filled with water, and our side was getting there! As luck would have it I had just taken over driving, which meant I had to drive through it, and round the next corner, it was worse! We managed to drive through, as it wasn't deep, but as we passed it, they were actually shutting the road completely! We were lucky to get through, and if we hadn't there is not other route south other than extremely inland, so we would have been stuck, can't go north or south! Luckily we're through, so hoping if we just step on in until we get to Melbourne or Adelaide we will be ok! Things are really crazy here! We found a campsite and pitched the tent for one night, ready to get back on the road tomorrow! So grateful to have the adapter thing to charge the laptop on Gunther as we drive, it's ace! Going to drive a similiar distance tomorrow, not sure where we'll stop for the night yet! Off to bed after a quick dinner and a nice evening outside, rather than under the awning, yay for no rain!

Sarah x