I can't believe I got the code wrong!!! LOL....

Thanks Bonz......

Thanks mate.....

Climb the 3 sisters????

geeeeze, no way I could climb that..... it gave me goosebumps looking at it from the platform at the top of the Giant Staircase!!!! LOL....

Yeah I'd not long got into climbing at that stage and I can tell you I just about had to change my shorts when I got back to the car..I value my life too much these days and dont do it anymore, but also remember dangling off ropes while climbing Pt Perpendicular, which is straight across the bay from where we live.

Thanks mate.... I appreciate your comments.

We desperatley wanted to drive the convict road, but into the "unknown" with a 3 1/2 tonne rig, on dirt, big rain etc etc.... I decided to keep it for next time... Where did you camp at? Also there's a lookout called Tommy's Rock, did you drive up there?

Cheers

Brian

Here's our trip report Site Link.
We didn't check out Tommy's Rock; one of the maps I have (N.P. map, I think) shows a gate on the track while another map shows the road continuing to the West towards Glen Innes. We figured that it is permanently locked or locked when wet (and wet it was). So, to save time, we didn't take the detour which was a good thing, since the drive to Grafton took us most of the day.

We would definitely go there again and camp at Mann River. It's right on the river with sandy shoals, granite boulders, pools to swim in; all of us loved it!

Great trip story Brian.... I just put Pebbly Beach on the "must-go-to" list!!!
:-))

Cheers

Brian

G'day Guys
Tommy's Rock lookout is definitely worth visiting - absolutely fantastic views. From Tommy's Rock the road doesn't go anywhere. However if you know where to look in that general area there is (was perhaps by now) a track through the bush which is/was a magnificent drive back to the west.
Cheers from the Moose

Thanks, Moose.
We will definitely head to that area again to do some more exploring.

Thanks for the heads-up Arkay.

I have scanned my PC and all seems well, I tried a few different things to see if I could get the pop up that you described but it didn't appear. My web page is hosted by iPrimus, my ISP, and the photo's are at Photobucket.com.

I have emailed both to see if they can shed any light on it.

Cheers

Brian

Thanks Mozza... We only overnighted at Seal Rocks, and stayed at the caravan park right over from the beach. Originally we had planned to stay at Neranie Head but for various reasons didn't go there. We were away 2 and a bit weeks, there is a link on the page to a trip report, click here to go directly to it.

The drive from Bateau Bay to Seal Rocks was on a day where hot nor' westerly's were blowing a gale, and bush fires had closed the highway at Bulahdelah, so what should have been a pleasant few hours turned into a real trek..... by the time we got to Seal Rocks, we were ready to set up anywhere!!!

Cheers

Brian

Hi Glenn,
We had driven twice the distance we would normally have driven due to bushfires at Bulahdelah and were keen to get out of the truck and have a swim! We looked at Trechery Camp and looked at the beach. For a "few-days-stay", what a beautiful place! But due to time restrictions, we only had o/night and decided to stay at the Seal Rocks Park, right across from the beach. Geeeze... that place must be jumping in summer holidays!!!! LOL... anyways, we met some lovely people here at Seal Rocks who gave us maps and told us tales of driving over the Barrington Tops and how great the scenery is from up there..... we wouldn't have met them if we hadn't gone to the main beach opposite the park, so I guess all's well that ends well. Trechery would be the place I would prefer to stay at next time, or Neranie Head..... toss of a coin!

Cheers mate

Brian