The final couple of days of our adventure.

We left Brisbane knowing that we were rapidly approaching the end of our journey.

The idea was to get to Forster or as close as we could but the drive was a lot harder than expected.

The roads down the East coast are shocking. Between the huge volume of cars and the never ending stops for road works it took us over three hours to cover just a couple of hundred kms. So by the time we got to Woolgoolga we decided to stay.

It was early afternoon when we pulled up. It is a lovely little town and the caravan park is right on the beach.

 

We spent the afternoon walking around the town and along the beach. Just beautiful.

 

The next morning we went straight down to Forster which although only less than 300 kms again took us a lot longer than expected with lots of road works and way too much traffic for my liking.

 

How I longed for the open roads of WA where we would cover that sort of distance in less than 3 hours and only see a handful of cars.

 

 

Drove past the Big Banana.

 

Anyway the caravan park is in a beautiful spot, right on the lake and just back from the beach as well as being across the road from the township. Again we walked around town, across the bridge and even took the kids to the playground on the waterside.

It was hard to believe that this was our last park.

 

We decided to go out for dinner to celebrate what had been an amazing adventure that has been everything and more than we ever expected.

 

So with a lot of sadness, a bit of rain and a lot of excitement and apprehension about returning home we spent our last night in our caravan.

Although we would have liked to stay on the road longer the real world has caught up with us and other commitments have determined that we should return.

Milly is singing with the school choir at the Opera House on 3 Sept and we are very excited about the opportunity.

We are really looking forward to Chris and Kirby's wedding on  Sept 7.

Promotional opportunities have come up at work that I have been waiting four years to occur.

So we find ourselves heading back home and getting straight back in to life after putting everything on hold for the last 4 1/2 months.