Eden, NSW

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

DAY 284 - 27/11/2010 - Port Macquarie, NSW

The day began quite overcast and a little windy. By mid morning the day had improved so we decided to drive down to Crowdy Head to see the Gap and have a swim.

Half way there I had realised I had forgotten my camera which annoyed me but luckily I had my video camera, so all is not lost.

We follow the signs to Crowdy Gap and walk through a track onto the beach. Here we discover there isn't a gap here and after speaking to the local ranger on our way back to our cars we are informed that the gap is called "The Split" and its way back at Diamond Head.

So off we go and return the way we came and head for Diamond Head. As it turns out we wouldn't have had to do the unsealed road if I had done my homework first. I just assumed Crowdy Gap was named after the gap in between the two rocks but the name is misleading and as mentioned before its known as "the Split".

The Split looks different and not as big as it looks in the travel brochures. Nevermind we came to see and we conquered. Alicia, Taylah and Warren climbed to the top of one of the rocks which make the split. Its a steep tricky climb but they get up there quite quickly.


I downloaded this picture off the internet

We sat on the beach for a bit while Josh and Taylah went in for a boogy board. The wind has really picked up and is blowing a gale. Its making it really uncomfortable for us to sit here for too long as we can taste sand in our mouths and its whiping our bare skin. We cannot take this any longer and leave.

Back at camp for dinner and drinks. Waz and Adam stay up the latest tonight and witness these young locals theiving the schoolies grog esky's. Waz and Adam took control of the situation and chased them down the street. The kids dropped the esky's and bolted. Then they came back pretending to be residents of the van park and acted like they wanted to know what was going on. We played along with their charade and asked them to help us find these kids while I suggested calling the cops. They shit themselves and made excuses and walked off in a hurry. Very funny. They wouldn't have been older than 13 or 14 on the hunt for some free grog. Funny enough we never saw them again.

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