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Monday, September 12, 2011

Taylors Arms - South West Rocks

After leaving Southport Friday morning it did not take long for us to cross the border into New South Wales, the weather was very overcast with some rain. It was good to turn off the Pacific Hwy that was very congested to travel south through Lismore, Casino and onto a free camp for the night that was 28klm south of Casino. The rain cleared by mid afternoon for us to enjoy a very pleasant evening, and surprisingly a good night’s sleep.

Saturday it was on the road again going further south and onto the Pacific Hwy at Grafton travelling through Coffs Harbour stopping for lunch at Sawtell then going inland at Macksville to Taylors Arms to the Pub with No Beer, that was made famous by Slim Dusty. We were able to free camp opposite the pub in a recreation area, so that afternoon it was just a short stroll for us to go and enjoy a drink and meal at the pub. In the pub there is a great deal of memorabilia relating to Gordon Parson’s who wrote the song, that Slim Dusty recorded. A local named Scott that had a few under his belt, came over for a chat and a laugh, he got us to feel the weight of his jacket after taking it off for a group photo, it was weighted down with a couple of litres of chainsaw oil. It was so heavy, he said it was keeping him real warm, oil had leaked into it when it was in his ute.

We are now at a seaside caravan park at South West Rocks, it was a beautiful day yesterday but today is not so good with a very chilly sea breeze. We are able to either walk or ride our bikes up to the coastal township that is nearby. The caravan is parked on the edge of a 50 foot drop, so had to make sure we had it well chocked, hanky panky is certainly out of the question DO NOT want to rock the van!


With our new friend Scott

Happy Hour South West Rocks

Scary Hilltop Parking

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