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The Yamba adventure
Topic Started: Oct 13 2007, 04:23:36 PM (211 Views)
Soapy


Pauline had decided to take two weeks off at the beginning of October because we had planned to visit my brother in Christchurch. He called a couple of weeks before to tell us he was visiting us in January. So we thought there was no point in going to see him.
Friends of ours (Mr & Mrs flowerofscotland) had booked a weekend away in Yamba NSW. It was one of those Big 4 camp sites. They mentioned it to us while have a few drinkipoos one night, and when they found out we had decided not to go to NZ, invited us along.
They have two young kids who are just perfect so we knew we would have a great time.

The night before Mr FOS called to say he was heading for the bottle shop to “cargo up” and picked me up on the way there. We found it hard enough getting the boot shut with all the booze. I don’t know how we were going to fit anything else in the next day. Yamba is roughly about 3 hours drive away so we decided to head off about 10 am.



Pauline and I had never seen Byron Bay so we stopped off on the way down.
Nice wee place Byron, but it was busy! We took loads of photos here, but the best ones are the photos with the kids in them, so I wont be posting them. Heres a few for you though.
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Some other photos on the way down
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I just love Crossing Over The Clarence River and some of the sights are just great.

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As you pass over the bridge you come to a T junction. Left to McLean and Right to Yamba. We turned right and were about ten mins from the resort.

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Because we stopped at Byron it took us a bit longer to get there. We arrived at 2 pm. We had a cabin each right next to each other. The cabins were just perfect, they had thought of everything right down to tin foil lol.

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We decided to explore the place just after arriving.

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it has a pool, spa, big jumpy thing, go carts (pedal), boat ramp, a wee shop, games room, auch theres loads to do have a wee gander at the link to the resort.

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After we had a quick walk round we decided to head off into Yamba. It reminded me of Maroubra in Sydney. We all really liked Yamba.

We even found a shop named after Mr FOS and his twin
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We did a bit of shopping while Mr FOS went for more booze! (He claimed it was back up, I’m sure he was trying to drown us with it)lol
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We headed back to the resort and I started the cooking. They supply a little leccy BBQ to use in each cabin. The wee thing was pure magic!
After the food was out of the way the race was on to see who could get pished first. Im sure we all won.

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I must have been pished to be doing this in this photo

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We only had to stagger ten yard to our cabin when we left. Well, Pauline had to carry me lol

The next day the kids got up early and headed off to the pool. The soon came back as the pool was freezing. So we had a wee breakfast.

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The kids went off and hired the go carts for a while, but some nutter go cart jacked one of them as they passed.

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We were told later that the car was off the road for a week for repairs lol

When the girls got back we headed off to McLean for the day. Some of you might have read my other thread on this town.

It’s a wee Scottish town in NSW. Everything about the place is Scottish but the people lol.
Heres a few photos of the place for ya.

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Some more of McLean

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A few more

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Soapy
13th October, 2007 - 04:29pm


So who's tha paer o' tossers then? :piper: :tongue:





Nice pics, Soapster. :thumbsup: :more:


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After we got back to the resort the ladies decided to go for a nap. Mr FOS and I took the girls fishing. Sorry no photos of the fishing because the kids are in them. We didn’t catch anything anyway. Too many flies and it was far too windy for me to fly fish.
I did walk into a huge think branch though and now suffer from a bout of Black Ear

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We did see a deed kangaroo in the water
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When we got back the ladies had started dinner, so we tucked in and started on the booze again.

Pauline and I woke up for the second morning to Mr FOS cooking our Scottish breakfast. It’s a great way to start the day!

We set off for home about 10 am and had decided to head for Lismore. When we started really thinking of moving to Australia Lismore was one of the first places we looked at.
I love the old building and couldn’t resist some more photos.

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This building reminded me of the old Glasgow picture hall that we used to go to as a kid.
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I loved this sign
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we decided to stop off at Nimbin. Its meant to be the hippy capital. We walked about a hundred yards and offered drugs three times. I just didn’t like the feel of the place. To me it looked full of misfits. I didn’t see a real hippy anywhere!
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To be honest I couldn’t get out of the place quick enough.
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On the road home we crossed a few of these
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And saw some lovely spots by the river (think it was the Tweed)
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Then we passed through what we thought should be another Scottish town. All the it needed was the words “The Noo” added to the end of the sign.
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We arrived home at 4 pm shattered. I don’t know why I was shatter Mr FOS did all the driving.
Thanks guys for a FANTASTIC weekend!






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ProofReader
13th October, 2007 - 05:14pm


So who's tha paer o' tossers then? :piper: :tongue:





Nice pics, Soapster. :thumbsup: :more:



:more: :more: :lol:

Its a great wee toon PR you would love it
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Richly Joyful Sylph

That was brilliant ,Love the pics :yes:
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Anne
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Wonderful Winsome Wench

Yet another fantastic travelogue from the master of pish :more: :more:
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Melibeam
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Most Exceptional Lady

It all looks and sounds fantastic :thumbsup:
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ohippy
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lovely pics, and sounds like a great hol :thumbsup:

we missed ya though :yes:
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catgirl
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fantastic pictures Soapy, I love the look of Mclean
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Tiredwithtwins
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wonderful pics soapy ... how come none of my holiday pics ever come out that good!!???

fab!!! :thumbsup:
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Snappy
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Sexy Sizzling Schmoozer

Top pics Soapy as ever :yes: looks like you had a great holiday with some great company :thumbsup:
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ohippy
13th October, 2007 - 09:17pm
lovely pics, and sounds like a great hol :thumbsup:

we missed ya though :yes:


I concur with the first statement :yes: but need time to reflect on the second one :P
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rjs
13th October, 2007 - 06:26pm
That was brilliant ,Love the pics :yes:

thank you. i think it makes a thread better with photos :)
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Anne4Terry
13th October, 2007 - 06:34pm
Yet another fantastic travelogue from the master of pish :more: :more:

cheers pal, i had loads more photos but couldnt post them. some of the best photos have the kids in them
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Melibeam
13th October, 2007 - 08:10pm
It all looks and sounds fantastic :thumbsup:

it was great to get away for a break. i didnt think i would enjoy it as much as we did.
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ohippy
13th October, 2007 - 09:17pm
lovely pics, and sounds like a great hol :thumbsup:

we missed ya though :yes:

thanks pal. we just seem to have a lot on at the mo and i never really get a chance to post. but i am always watchin :wink:
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catgirl
14th October, 2007 - 12:06am
fantastic pictures Soapy, I love the look of Mclean

its a great wee place pal, but theres not that much to it. you can see everythin in about 2 hours lol


love the new avatar :)
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tiredwithtwins
14th October, 2007 - 06:31am
wonderful pics soapy ... how come none of my holiday pics ever come out that good!!???

fab!!! :thumbsup:

a lot of the photos were taken from the car as we were passing. i thought they turned out well.
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Snappy
14th October, 2007 - 10:35am
Top pics Soapy as ever :yes: looks like you had a great holiday with some great company :thumbsup:

they are fantastic friends. im sure we will be going plenty more with them :yes:
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BIX
14th October, 2007 - 12:57pm
ohippy
13th October, 2007 - 09:17pm
lovely pics, and sounds like a great hol  :thumbsup:

we missed ya though  :yes:


I concur with the first statement :yes: but need time to reflect on the second one :P

lmao :lol:
nice one pal
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