We drove slowly into Yamba, on the opposite (south) side of the Clarence River to Illuka. thinking we'd stay one night only and make our way leisurely through NSW to Jindera near Albury, fishing in creeks and rivers along the way, where I had arranged to be with my long standing friend Dave Suters on the 23 Nov.
The caravan park manager said he had nothing available for one night, but a cabin for two nights. We took it and had an wonderful couple of days at Yamba, a fantastic holiday place, a mixture of raw natural beauty and modern development and commerce, with so much to see and do in the close proximity. By this point we were totally blown away by the magnificent scenery we had experienced in SE Qld and northern NSW.
Not to mention the contrast through central NSW with its rich cultural heritage and inland calm. It is unbelievable almost, what a wonderful country it is.
The weather at Yamba was perfect, the storms had stopped. We fished and fished but didn't catch anything, it didn't matter.
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| This kid was 7 years old, I spoke to his parents |
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| Good try Lib, but no fish |
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| Young lovers on the Yamba breakwater |
From Yamba we had two days to get to Jindera. Over the range and through the guts. Magnificent country. Rich farmland, but dry as for the most part. After 10 hours driving we got to Mudgee, a big storm hit as we did late in the day. The whole town almost was booked out, there was a festival of sorts on, we eventually found a Park cabin some way out of town, by the skin of our teeth. It turned out a lucky break.
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It had a big old shearing shed with cooking facilities, table tennis, billiards,and an old duke box. I played Neil Diamond and Simon and Garfunkel and Bob Dylan
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Lib won tabletennis, I was seeing double
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