South West Rocks and Seal Rocks

We just had to stop at Coffs Harbour again.  We loved this place back in 2011 when we stayed here with the Ellis family.  A highlight was the big banana and the lolly shop attached.  The kids (and adults) were so super excited to see the lolly shop was still running.  Its pretty amazing watching how they make all the lollies from this giant twist of colour down to this little little lolly!

We kept on driving and went to the old jail campground at South West Rocks.  Its a fabulous campground set on the coast near a gorgeous beach.  We set up camp for the night and went exploring.

The view form our van was pretty sweet.  We went for a walk along the beach and the kids thought it was nice enough for a swim.  I wasn't really sure but they were so keen.  They ended up having a wonderful time swimming about, its been a while since they have been to a beach they could swim at.  This place would be so so good in the warmer months, I can see why its so popular and expensive.

We were treated to a gorgeous sunset that night.  I was snuggled up inside in the warmth and almost didn't go outside to see it.  Was so worth the near frostbite (just kidding), I'm just not used to the cold weather yet.  We drove so fast down through QLD that we went from 38degrees to 18 degrees far far took quick.

A few of our mates!! These guys are everywhere and are so so huge!  Didn't want to run into them late at night!

The next morning we walk from the camp ground along the beach into town.  Was a lovely morning for a nice long walk on the beach, such a fabulous way to start the day.  Its these parts of the trip i am so going to miss.

We packed up again, the part of this trip I am not going to miss!  And drove to Seal rocks, at the recommendation of my sis.  What she forgot to tell us was its pretty hilly and windy, but we just took it slow.  We stayed a night at the caravan park, as we didn't want to drag the van into the camp ground further on.  We went for a walk up the hill to the light house.  Its a very steep climb but the surrounding landscape and views make it so worth while.  The wind, well that just annoyed me!  The lighthouse is a very cute old building.  The water was very rough and we could see how ships easily had gotten wrecked in this area.  Its a lovely lovely part of NSW.

Mark has an app on his phone of bird noises.  We saw a blue winged kookaburra and Mark thought he'd try to get close to him.  He played the recorded sound of the kookaburra and we managed to get really close to it.  The poor bird looked really confused by us!   

The next morning we got up early again and had a walk on the beach. We saw this beautiful large pod of 15 plus dolphins frolicking about.  Like I said, its these times as a family that I am so so sad to be missing out on everyday when we set back up for normal life again. Am sure it will make us appreciate our holidays even more!