We left the condo at 8 a.m. and headed south. We detoured to Byron Bay – to see

Cape Byron, the most easterly point in Australia.

It was beautiful there – warm, sunny and lots of huge waves crashing onto the rocks. We admired the view for a while and then followed the “tourist route” down the coast – making a quick stop in Lennox Heads when we saw this display:

Australian Scouting is celebrating it’s 100th birthday

On the way down the coast, we saw lots of banana orchards, cattle horses and trees but not much in the way of ocean. There were also a few “big” items – a giant prawn and a big banana. We drove along another “tourist drive” but it didn’t get anywhere near the coast either. We had thought about stopping at Coffs Harbour but somehow managed to drive through the town without really seeing any of the hotels. We kept going (another 45 minutes) and stopped for the night at Port Macquarie. The beaches at Port Macquarie are fabulous –

there was even a wedding taking place on one of them.

Lots of driving, lots of road construction and not many photos today.

We are staying at a Best Western here and will check in to the condo at Pokolbin Hill tomorrow afternoon.

While we were driving today, we remembered something that we hadn’t mentioned before – while we were on the tour in Brisbane, all the lights at an intersection would turn red and it would be mass pandemonium for pedestrians – they were crossing the road in every direction but somehow they all managed to clear the street before the lights changed. It was like watching some strange dance.

Temperature: 20 C – sunny