(13/3/07) Pt 159
This was the first place we saw kangaroos (Grays). It wasn’t hard. They were just hanging out in the middle of
the campground ignoring scores of tents, caravans and RVs with their associated
humans. There was even a mamma with Joey
nursing and another baby in her pouch within petting distance. This park had a
very modern brick toilet building with cold showers. A helpful park manager on contract lived with
his family on the site. A short walk
brought us to another nice beach at Diamond Head, not to be confused with the
one in
At night fruit
bats were eating in the trees above us and regularly dropping husks etc. on the
camper. We talked to people about where
we lived and where they lived. We did
some strategic planning and went looking for koalas without success but saw
some more goannas. We traversed 17 km of
very bad washboard on our way out and were glad when we finally negotiated the
roads, including a two bridge roundabout above the freeway, to get to Cessnock, the center of the