Munroes in Australia: Driving up the east coast

AirBnb in Sydney

House with "character" i.e. old

We left our our Sydney house (that had a lot of "character") and travelled to Newcastle where we stayed in the Jervis Executive Villas. It was a nice townhouse/apartment but the pool was sooooo cold. Pretty pool with a waterfall but freezing. It was so cold Mom didn't even get in! Not refreshing - just plain cold.

From Newcastle we headed to Coffs Harbour taking a break at Port Macquarie along the way. We stopped at Sea Acres National Park at the visitor's centre and then walked down to Shelly's beach. We stopped at a fish 'n chips place that made fantastic food! Love those "discover" moments! After our mid-day beach stop, we continued on to Moonee Beach (just outside of Coffs Harbour) for another AirBnb house. It was just across from a playground.

Fish 'n chips at Port Macquarie

Shelly Beach

Making a moat at Shelly Beach

Lucy's castle

Two kookaburras in a gum tree -
laughing merrily

They were alive! They quickly
dug down into the sand - almost too
quick for a picture

A wildlife tree is kept for the
nesting of birds and animals
in it's hollows.

At Moonee Beach Reserve

Practicing our surfing

From Moonee Beach we drove up to Brisbane, stopping at Byrons Bay for another mid-day beach experience. It was a beautiful white sand beach that was pretty much all for us. Very few people there in the winter on a weekday. We were chased by the waves, drew in the sand and had a picnic with the birds (they kept following the girls around). After the rest, we got back in the car to go to Brisbane. We stayed at Annerly Motor Inn which was our "seven dwarf" experience - seven beds all in row in a large rectangular room. We were just missing the name signs on each bed - Sleepy, Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sneezy, Dopey, Bashful. Can you guess who was who?

We spent the next day at Brisbane's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and then flew off to Cairns.