Mullumbimby - Sept/Oct 2014

We left QLD feeling a bit flat and without having any real direction of where we were going in the coming weeks. After seeing how busy Canungra got during the school holidays we were also a bit concerned that a lot of places might be full. We had rung the caretaker at Mullumbimby Showgrounds and he assured us he had plenty of room, so that was our first stop. Mullumbimby itself didn't do too much for us but the show grounds were great. The caretakers were a lovely couple, with a beautiful big dog and they had their grandsons staying with them. There was plenty of space, lots of green grass, it wasn't too busy and with a few other kids to play with, a tree house and a dog our kids were happy so we decided to stay here for the rest of the school holidays.

Catching up on a bit of washing!

I think Lucy and Chloe were pretty worn out after a busy couple of weeks at Canungra, they really didn't want to go anywhere while we were here and were more than happy just playing with the couple of friends they made. However Brad and I don't cope as well sitting around doing nothing while the kids play, so we managed to drag them away on a few occasions to do some exploring. 

We drove into the Nightcap ranges to Minyon Falls and did half of the Minyon Loop (7.5km was a bit far for the kids) the first half of our walk had very recently been burnt off but the 2nd half was beautiful. We spotted our first snake on this walk, which our little scaredy cats handled pretty well and continued the walk without too much hassle. 

Another day we headed into Byron Bay, wow! I'm not sure if Byron is always that busy or just during school holidays but it was crazy, beautiful but busy.

We managed to drag the kids away from Mullumbimby one more time and drove up to Hastings Point, we had been here a few years ago and really liked it. It has a fantastic inlet thats great for kids although the water was still too cold we had a great day. Lucy even got brave enough to walk in the water where we could see little tiny fish!

The kids happily spent the rest of our time in Mullumbimby playing with new friends and riding their bikes around the show ground, while Brad and I started worrying about what was next. We decided it might be time to stop for a bit and get some work. Brad found a job quite easily so we made plans to head back towards the Gold Coast.

The kids made friends with a little girl and a lady camping with her family made these balloon horses. About 4 seconds after this photo part of Chloe's popped and she spent the next hour crying hysterically. 

Macadamia time!