Thurs 27th March - Setting Out.........

Well, the day has finally arrived to set off for our lon-awaited holiday in Sydney.

We woke to the alarm at 3.30am, and after all the last minute packing, we locked the garage door and set off at 4.20am. We only got as far as Coomera before Bryce complained of "feeling sick in the tummy", so we stopped at the BP Roadhouse opposite Dreamworld for a sanwich, flavoured milk and the kids shared a sausage roll.

Our next stop was at Grafton for a 'proper' breakfast at McDonalds. This was at 8.30.

We missed having lunch but stopped in Coffs Harbour for a look at the "marina" and a walk along the North Wall to stretch our legs.

We finally arrived in Port Macquarie at 1.30 (2.30 DST) when the kids promptly had a swim in the pool before it rained.

We went for a drive around the beaches, took some photos and had a walk through town.

We had a beautiful dinner at the Port Macquarie City Bowls Club then home to bed.

The weather was mainly overcast all day and nice rain on and off mixed with periods of sunshine.

We topped up the petrol here. Petrol was 147.9 cents per litre.