19th, Great day for a game of golf today we had noticed that the local course looked pretty good very green and no water holes. When we got down there we decided to do the 18 holes it was pretty hot and we were walking not taking a buggie, the locals said to make sure we had plenty of water.
The course was very pleasant to play but by the time we had done 9 holes we had to stop at the club house to get a gatorade. We both had a good game and after 4 hours returned to camp for a rest, no storm tonight.
20th, There was markets in town today that was supposed tombe the best markets down the east coast, after breakfast we walked in to have a look, not that I can buy much, no room. The markets were good a lot of locally made things and produce as well as one of the best recycling ideas I have ever seen, it was furniture, pots for plants, mirrors a large variety of things all made out of old tyres, the items looked great, furniture so comfortable to sit in I had to look twice to realise they were made from tyres. The young couple that sells them came up with the idea and design and has them made in Indonesia. The Belligen area is really big on recycling and have won awards for the amount that goes to recycle not landfill.
At the markets they had a live band on stage as well as all the usuall food stalls, we only bought one thing that was Dananas, I haven't misspeld that as that is what the grower called them, they are a banana that is a cross between a ladyfingers and Cavendish bananas, they taste so good and apparently keep better than any of the others, unfortunatly they won't be sold in the supermarket.
After the markets we head into Coffs Harbour, the breakwater and marina, there has been a great marina built with such a good breakwater it makes a good safe swim beach as well as a large protected area for small boats to fish in if they wish. The breakwater is also connected to mutton bird island which is a reserve and has a paved footpath over the top that allows people to observe the colony without damaging the burrows, they have problems with rats over there getting the eggs and it is easy to see all the rat traps made from pvc pipe. I did see an egg out on the ground and was surprised at the size of it after looking at it I could see that one side of it had been eaten out, I also saw an adult bird not far from the entrance of its burrow, I would suspect that it was dead being in the middle of the day.
It was now time for something to eat so we went to Sawtell RSL, it is no wonder why RSLs are popular over here, it is quiet clean atmosphere where it is possible to get a great meal and drinks so cheap, and entertainment I would not go anywhere else if there was an RSL about.
Once we had eaten we thought we had better walk the food down a bit so we went down to Sawtell beach, a lovely beach, the surf wasn't too big today as the weather is settling, I was tempted to go for a swim as the water was nice and warm, the trouble was my belly was too full of food, so I just walked.
Looks like a storm tonight.
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