Road Trip - Day 12

 We said goodbye to the Gold Coast today and headed for Coff Harbour.  After our yummy breakfast we set off past all the tall high rise buildings, we found some koalas along the way, Rainbow Bay lookout and then over the border into NSW.  All of a sudden we lost an hour due to daylight saving in NSW starting, and then to the Big Banana at Coffs Harbour before finding our accommodation at the caravan park.

Back to the water edge to find our cafe for breakfast.

The views are so lovely.

Is that my catamaran??

Tasty eggs benedict for breakfast.  One of my favourites.

The Southport Bathing Pavilion.  

So quaint.

Australia Fair shopping centre at the Gold Coast.

More high rise buildings.

Setting up for the Supercars on the Gold Coast

A bit more of the track.

More high rise buildings.

We went past the turn off for Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.

We will get to see lots of parrots in Sydney.

Watch out for koalas.

I found one.

This one was near the beach.

Sorry travelling too fast to get a clear picture of this colourful koala.

A couple of balconies on a high rise building.

Palm trees growing along the roadside in the Gold Coast.

A shady spot by the beach.

Kirra in the Gold Coast.

Look out at Rainbow bay.

A nice day for a swim at Rainbow Bay.

You can just see the tall buildings through the smoke haze at Rainbow Bay.

Their had been smoke alerts due to the burning of the sugar cane.

Heading south into New South Wales.

Still a long way to go to get to Sydney.  We might take a couple of days.

There were a few little tunnels to travel through along the way.

This one is the St Helena Tunnel.

 Travelling inside the tunnel.

The Big Prawn at Ballina.

Sugar Cane growing near Broadwater.

The sugar cane factory with a truck just pulling up with more cane.

Colourful artwork on the overpasses.

A sign for wild horses.

There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around

That the colt from Old Regret had got away.... Banjo Paterson.

The Big Banana.

Charlie Goanna at the Big Banana.

Another view of the Big Banana.

The entrance to the caravan park we were staying at.

The Jacaranda was just coming into bloom at the caravan park.

The sun was starting to set as we went out to find something for dinner.

Sunset at Coff Harbour.

We discovered this little fish and chip shop hiding in the back streets.

We ordered a tropical seafood basket to share, 

and it came with a pineapple and banana fritter.

We sat by the seaside to eat our dinner.

The seagulls came to watch.

Heading back to our accommodation at the caravan park as it was getting dark.

I tried to take a photo of the Big Banana at night,

but it turned out really blurry.

Thank you Google for the photo.