Funny how one cannot remember where one has been in the last week.........need to look at the map - we have had lots of rain up to Woolgoolga so kept missing places that we thought would be good for Noodling. Hat Head was great a lovely clear afternoon, a lovely swim in warm water and a walk around the head - the bay would be good for an overnight if sailing, in S or SW winds.
Our next stop was a stay in a caravan park on the banks of Woolgoolga Lake for 2 nights so we could go for a paddle, the morning was clear and looked good BUT not far out down came to rain we tried to ignore it but Huey won in the end and we returned wet, very wet but it was good.
The bikes have been great for riding to the shops or the best is riding along the beaches.... what fun.... what with riding and paddling I will return with rippling (more than usual) muscles.......
Our next stop was Yuraygir NP, near Minnie Waters for more beach riding and finally a great day and a terrific paddle along the Wooli River. Had always wondered about Wooli as it is a section mentioned in the weather areas for NSW coastal waters. Very beautiful - nice little coastal village - we wandered along the sand spit in the middle of the river and saw lots of sting rays. Noodling is a great thing to do.
After a couple of days in Yaraygir we decided to follow a road, marked in the park BUT not on any maps to Sandon Bluffs to paddle in the Sandon River - we found a NSW beach road to Sandon so we set off along the beach, I have always thought that cars should not be on beaches but like bikes, it is a lot of fun. Well we did get stuck in the soft sand at the exit BUT, with our 4WD training we learnt that one lets air out of the tyres and engages low range and one just drives out!!! Well we powered up the sandy hill and out along a very rough track to Sandon but found that there is only a few houses there and no where to camp and no way accross the river so we returned along the beach, and then pumped up the tyres with the compressor that Christian installed under the hood.
Planned to go to Maclean and stay there and paddle that part of the Clarence but there is no where to camp there so we came down to Iluka and amnow staying in a caravan park on the banks of the Clarence. Today we paddled up the river - scratched our way over the training wall at Iluka - then had a great sail back. Tomorrow we will go to Yamba on the ferry and Tuesday check out Evans Head. The Clarence River is so big, think that it is nicer paddling on the smaller more picturesque rivers.
More when we are next on power..............
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