Clare strolled Olive around the main area of Evans Head, and bought new thongs as she has worn out her previous ones. We have been living in summer weather for nearly six months now and don’t wear much else other than thongs every day. In the afternoon we all cycled the 6 or so km’s […]

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We started the day with a coffee at the funky Rainbow Café, which also had a great little sandpit out the back for Olive. Olive made friends with a little girl while we made friends with her parents. We visited the Rainbow Candle Factory, saw how candles are made and bought a few ourselves. We […]

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We walked around the main street of Nimbin, which comprises a very colourful streetscape of shops and offices. It is a unique small town with a very alternative lifestyle and cultural distinction. There was hemp clothing for sale, organic food shops, the Nimbin Hemp Embassy and the eclectic Nimbin Museum where we were offered cookies […]

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We drove up to the Byron lighthouse but refused to pay the $7 parking fee. Luckily we found a park a short way down the hill, then we just walked back up. The lighthouse is situated on the Cape, the most eastern point of mainland Australia. From here we drove inland from Byron to Nimbin, […]

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We stayed at Byron Bay (or just Byron as the locals call it) all day today. We took turns walking Olive along the beachfront to the town centre, giving the other some time to themselves. Byron Bay brings us back memories of South East Asia. It is probably the combination of the large number of […]

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We enjoyed a cooked breakfast and took our time leaving the comfortable rest stop. Our first stop today was Brunswick Heads for a quick swim and play in the sand. We drove back inland through Mullumbimby, then to visit the large quality Bangalow markets. This great market had lots of interesting things for sale, though […]

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After a second goodbye to the Crisp household, we wound our way down the hill again to Kingscliff, a little township 20 minutes down the coast, which had a small market on the foreshore today. There was an interesting walk to a lookout and lighthouse at Fingal Point, before we ventured slowly down the coast […]

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