Monday June 8-Wednesday June 10When we finally decided to roll out of Bellingen Greg from the hostel offered us a ride into Coffs which is about 20 min up the road. Can't beat door to door service! The city of Coffs Harbour has 3 main parts- the old bit near the ocean and the jetty where we stayed and spent most of our time, the newer city center and the newest shopping complex, both located on the highway that we barely ventured out to.
The seaside was very pretty with nice sandy beaches stretching up the coast and we waded out into a few. There is also an island called Mutton Bird Island just off the shore with a lovely walking track up and over it. There are no mutton birds out there this time of year, but we watched for whales (didn't see any), had a nice view of the city and surrounding hills, and of the small islands that make up the Solitary Islands Nature preserve.
Coffs creek runs down through the city and has a very nice walk all along it. Hannah and I ventured along it a couple if times and had covered both sides of the creek in the 2.5 days we were there. We walked to the botanic gardens and picnicked, checked out the show grounds and visited a bizarre place called the clog barn that is fashioned after a couple of Dutch buildings for selling pie and tacky Dutch souvenirs. But the weirdest part was they had a miniature Dutch village outside complete with windmills and canals and the Anne Frank house. You had to pay to walk through and I thought it was one of the stupidest things I've seen but Hannah was pretty enthralled, so the jury is still out on "Holland Downunder".
In Coffs we continued on our coffee and cake spree and found a few nice places. One was right on the water where we sat drinking our mochas, watching the sun set over the hills and the sea, and I even spotted some dolphins just next to where we were sitting. Not a bad few days at all!
The seaside was very pretty with nice sandy beaches stretching up the coast and we waded out into a few. There is also an island called Mutton Bird Island just off the shore with a lovely walking track up and over it. There are no mutton birds out there this time of year, but we watched for whales (didn't see any), had a nice view of the city and surrounding hills, and of the small islands that make up the Solitary Islands Nature preserve.
Coffs creek runs down through the city and has a very nice walk all along it. Hannah and I ventured along it a couple if times and had covered both sides of the creek in the 2.5 days we were there. We walked to the botanic gardens and picnicked, checked out the show grounds and visited a bizarre place called the clog barn that is fashioned after a couple of Dutch buildings for selling pie and tacky Dutch souvenirs. But the weirdest part was they had a miniature Dutch village outside complete with windmills and canals and the Anne Frank house. You had to pay to walk through and I thought it was one of the stupidest things I've seen but Hannah was pretty enthralled, so the jury is still out on "Holland Downunder".In Coffs we continued on our coffee and cake spree and found a few nice places. One was right on the water where we sat drinking our mochas, watching the sun set over the hills and the sea, and I even spotted some dolphins just next to where we were sitting. Not a bad few days at all!
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