We did not get a great sleep as our room was right next to the main communal area of the hostel. A few people stayed up late and also our room mates were quite noisy. Our bus was mid afternoon to our next stop so we didn’t want to venture too far. We decided to hire a bike from the hostel and go and look at some beaches.
We headed along the break wall which separates the town’s river harbour from the sea. This is quite a defining feature of Port Macquarie, as over the years all of the big stones have been painted with many messages. Most of them saying ‘We Woz Ere’ in loads of different languages. it was cool to see all of the different colours. We were told that the council was not happy about them, but once tourists came to see them (bringing money in to the town) they decided it was a good thing and now encourage it!
Further around the coast was the first beach. As we approached it the heavens opened and we got drenched. There was a surfing competition being held but we didn’t want to hang around too much and get even wetter. We found some shelter and waited for the rain to pass. Once it had, we headed further around the coast and stopped to take in some views.
By this point we were both wet and lacking in motivation to carry on so headed back to the hostel. On the way we went to a supermarket for food. Having completely forgot we were on bikes, Gav had to balance 4 shopping bags on his handle bars while cycling back to the hostel – was funny to watch!
We jumped on our Greyhound bus heading for Coffs Harbour. We shared the journey with Lee and Jessica and got to know them much better. Turns out they left the UK the same day as us and are doing the exact same trip, just in reverse from us! So we exchanged notes on Asia and New Zealand. We arrived in Coffs Harbour and left the Bus. Lee and Jess carried on to Byron Bay.
A bus from our hostel - The Aussitel Hostel - collected us and showed us the sights of the town before taking us to the hostel. We had a really nice 4 bed room we only shared with one other girl from Manchester who did not shut up the whole time!! Kept us entertained though!
We made some tea and sat down to watch a film. At around 7.30pm Gav said something, to which Amanda replied “how long have we been going out?” Gav looked at his watch and said “Actually 5 years TODAY!!” we had both totally forgotten with all of the other things on our mind! We thought that we should celebrate this in some way so headed down the road in search of a bar. On the way we stopped at an Ice Cream Parlour... very romantic! The only bar we could find was a sports bar (like a betting office with a bar in it) we got one drink. The clientele could only be described as trailer trash! We didn’t stay long and instead said that we would get some wine and celebrate tomorrow night!
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