Laundry Day And A Drive to Sawtell Beach

Just in case you were thinking by now that life’s one great big holiday, we have chores to do. That’s right, it’s officially. LAUNDRY DAY + a trip to Bunnings Warehouse for supplies.

After hanging out the washing and wrapping the campervan in it, we got on our bikes and followed the bike trail to Coffs Harbour Marina. The jetty stretches out across the Breakwall and a group of teenage school kids were out doing their PE class. Unlike school sport “when I was a lad” (cross country or running the oval), these guys had snorkels, flippers and cozzies ready to buddy up and jump into the deep blue sea. How cool is that ehh?

Undeterred as we didn’t have our snorkelling gear on us, we opted for the next best thing, Fish N Chips at the Marina Fish Shop.

The town of Coffs Harbour is quite big but the foreshore and Oceanside have been maintained in pristine condition with great recreational facilities, bike paths, board walks and rows of mature trees.

On our return to the BIG 4, we cooled off in the adventure play pool. I think its made for kids but this time of the year, the grown ups have it to themselves and we’re kids too, just bigger.

We then ventured down the coast 8km to a seaside escape called Sawtell. There is a popular surf beach which wraps around a typical Aussie saltwater beach pool. The locals have this everyday.

Sawtell has a neat and trendy Main Street, impeccably landscaped by giant fig trees and palms. The street has a host of boutique shops, cafes and of course the local pub.

For dinner, i cooked a chicken schnitzel the size of Australia. That’s right, the red arrow points to just about where we are on the map.もっと詳しく