North Coast – July 2010

For a quick winter getaway, we headed north for ten days, rediscovering some old favourite places and finding some new ones. The weather wasn’t terrific, but definitely warmer than at home! Highlights were the Wollomombi and Ebor Falls on Waterfall Way east of Armidale, the Border Ranges National Park near Murwillumbah with its magnificent Antarctic beech trees (Mt Warning, alas, stayed in cloud on the days we were available to climb it!), catching up with cousins Bronwyn and Kacey and Kacey  and Rob’s two lovely children, the wonderful hospitality of Trev and Pirjo in Brisbane, and the Yuraygir National Park south of Yamba where we did a lovely walk along the coast. After driving south along the coast for a whole day of pouring rain we decided to cut the trip a little short and come home to sunny (but still pretty cold) Canberra and wish our gorgeous nephew a happy first birthday.

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Wollomombi and Chandler's Falls seen from the lookout. 21 July 2010. Weathered tree roots at Wollomombi Falls,  21 July 2010. Looking down at Wollomombi Falls from the track,  21 July 2010. Looking across and down at Chandler's Falls,  21 July 2010. The Wollomombi River above the falls,  21 July 2010. Ebor Falls,  21 July 2010. Rock outcrop on Fingal Head near Kingscliffe,  22 July 2010. Rocks and Cook Island, off Fingal Head, 22 July 2010. Rocks and Cook Island, off Fingal Head, 22 July 2010. Surfers wait to cross, Fingal Head , 22 July 2010. The most we saw of Mt Warning, sunset,  22 July 2010. Ancient Antarctic beech trees in the Border Ranges National Park, 23 July 2010. Ancient Antarctic beech trees in the cloud forest of  Border Ranges National Park, 23 July 2010. Everything is covered in moss and lichen. Border Ranges National Park, 23 July 2010. View up through a fern frond, Border Ranges National Park, 23 July 2010. Brisbane from the South Bank. Looks a bit like Melbourne! A rather rainy day, 25 July, 2010. Beautiful bougainvillea and plantings, Brisbane South Bank, 25 July, 2010. Headland near Yamba, Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Starting off on our walk - lovely flowering heathland. The strange protuberance is Pete's camera. Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Lovely vegetaion, Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Hardenbergia violacea,  Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Headland and threatening sky, Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Lovely wattle and banksias, Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Rufous bettong - not shy at all!  Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 And then we met this little fellow, Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Coral fern, Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010 Almost black tanniny waters of a creek, Yuraygir National Park, 27 July, 2010

Posted on August 7th, 2010, tagged with events

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