On the road again pt. 1

 Yesterday I left Sydney and am now headed for Melbourne.   I found a beautiful spot to camp on a grassy field next to a lake. It even had ducks and wombats running around!  I thought it was perfect and I couldn't do better. Little did I know that night those cute little wombats would decide to ruin my night.

Turns out my car is the perfect hight for them to scratch their backs on. And let me tell you those things are strong! I thought someone was trying to scare my car was shaking like crazy but I couldn't find a culprit.  I got up the courage to get out of my car (it was very dark) and looked all around and it was like my car was just possessed and shaking on its own. Finally I figured out what was going on when I spotted the wombat.  I got it to go away but they kept coming back and it sounded like maybe they were even fighting over this prime back scratcher.

It was a long night.

This morning I headed down further south and found this amazing campsite near a secluded beach and I love it here to. It is like paradise.  I hope tonight the wombats don't find me!


"The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark" -John Muir    The world is huge and so is Australia. This journey I am getting a good look at a lot of things and nothing beats experiencing it all in person and not through a tv screen. Besides, then I wouldn't have a wombat story.

On The Road pt. II

     After that first night I woke up to an absolutely beautiful camp and I had parked right next to the river and I felt so lucky.

     I continued my way down to Byron bay. Unfortunately it was raining so much by the time I got there that you could barely see anything. Thus I decided to continue on. I figured that sight seeing is no fun in the rain so I might as well get some driving out of the way while I was stuck in my car anyways. This might not have been such a great idea, as the rain never seemed to stop. The rain eventually let off and I decided to check out Bundjalung National Park. It was beautiful dirt road drive for about 20km. I was sure that I was headed nowhere but upon arriving it was a beautiful campsite. I would have loved to stay but I was a bit uncertain as to how to pay for a campsite as the instructions were a but unclear. 

     As it was only noon I figured I would drive on. I ended up at Yuraygir National Park. This park was even nicer and right on the beach. The only downside was that I picked the spot that all of the parrots seemed to like. Needless to say it was a bit loud till dark. Next morning I got up and headed for Coffs Harbor

     Once again the rain caught up with me. Coffs Harbor was also so rainy one could hardly see anything. I decided to give myself a driving tour around and make the most of it. It was a pretty drive and the road up to the Light house was nice. I asked some tourists if it was worth the walk around it and they said you couldn’t see a thing off of the lookout. I was a bit disappointed at my timing and decided to move on.  Next Bellingen to Armidale.

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience" -Eleanor Roosevelt