Brunswick Heads

We drove Coffs towards Grafton stopping in at Red Rock for a fish, lots of small Bream & Mullet but nothing we can keep to eat. We went to a couple of National Parks but they are all $28/night. We have decided to stay at Bookroom Campground near Woolie.Sat-02-May-09There has been a bit of rain overnight, but it’s another nice day. The walk along the coast is nice and we end up in a bay watching some surfies. We decide to walk along the beach on the way back which involved quite a bit of rock climbing. Before dark we head off in search of some fish. It is very quite with hardly a bite until just before dark when the Bream are on the bite but all but one is undersize.


Along the coast today, we stop in at a little village along the river for coffee and then to Evans Head. We head inland slightly to Coraki and stay at the caravan park on the river. I’m getting good at only catching one fish and Evans Head was the same and now on the river I pick up a big cat fish.


We are looking for some work but it seems there is no fruit picking or similar work in this area of NSW. There are plenty of adds in Lismore but only for real jobs.

We arrive in Brunswick Heads which was one of our favourite spots when we travelled here last October. Some dark clouds arrive and we get some afternoon rain but it is still warm.
Tue-05-May-09
We do some light repairs, the forest tracks continue to make things fall apart in the van. We head down to the beach Tina is reading and I’m after fish again the current and tide are very strong and fish are taking the bait off and I cant even tell with the big sinker I have on. Once again I go back to the smaller rod and first cast hits a Flathead. Then a Dart is caught but most of the bait just falls off in the big surf. The bait in NSW is crap. We move over to the Breakwater and there are heaps of small fish and a couple of times we see some big fish swim past but I can’t land one. Once again no one else can catch anything either.
We get cleaned up and head down to Sticky Fingers for the best Pizza in Aus. It was beautiful just like last time and after we head back to the pub for a couple of beers. It’s a shame there is no work around here because we would both like to spend some time here. It is raining again in the evening but not much falls.