Farewell to NSW

We loved out visit to NSW and the northern section was just as pretty as the southern coast. We stayed at lovely beachside bays called Lauriton, Hat Head, and Evans Head where large rivers flowed into the sea leaving lagoons, estuaries, sand banks and idyllic beaches. The “Heads” were large hills jutting out to sea at the river mouth, forming protection the beaches and scenic backdrops. We had lovely camps sites virtually on the river or beaches, and the weather was perfect. This was our opportunity to test the fishing of the region, so each evening we would set out with our rods and bait and spend some pleasant hours in the sunset watching the pelicans and waterbirds and feeding the fish! We did catch a lot of Bream, and Whiting but most were under the legal limit (35 cms) so were throw backs. We did eat a couple of our catch, but really we did it for the enjoyment......
We also went to the Dorrigo Tops World Heritage park (another part of the volcano system) and related to the Barrington Tops area. Lovely mountains with forests, rainforest walks and impressive waterfalls. One of them, the Crystal waterfall, has the path going behind the actual waterfall.
So goodbye NSW, we loved every minute of the time spent here (from mid Dec until Mid March) and will definitely be back! Our adventure continues as we head into the Sunshine State (Queensland).
Photos;
View if the New England Nat Park from lookout near Dorrigo Tops.
Crystal Waterfall in the forest at Dorrigo Tops..you can walk behind the falls
One of our camps on the river bank..we could almost fish from our annex
View from Pt Macquarie looking over the bay with Hat Head in the far background