October
9
2007
9
2007
Day 3 and 4 – Hawksnest to Nimbin
Well, day 4 and we arrive in Nimbin. We are here a day earlier than expected, but it will give us a chance to hopefully kick back for a couple days. The last two days have been a little hectic, trying to dodge storms.
Heading toward Taree I switch on the radio to hear of a severe storm warning for Taree to the border within the next 2 hours. So we decided to pull over for lunch and wait it out. We found a nice road side stop with a play ground and swings, so we sayed for about 5 hours before hitting the road again. Coming on dark we started looking for a place to rest, a small camp site south of Macksville was our resting place for night 3.
The next morning we got going around 8am, we drove until about 12 before we decided it was time to find a place to pull up for lunch. The next road side camp was some 15ks south of Casino. The site was well off the road, plenty of room and in a pleasant forest park land. I was considering staying for the night but just as we got lunch made the sky started to turn stormy, the wind began to pick up and being surrounded by tall trees we quickly packed up and got out of there. Heading toward Casino, looking for open ground we drove straight into the storm. It was fierce, visibility was almost nil at one stage with rain hitting us from the left at an almost vertical angel. Then the hail started, shit… not the new car. Few, we were lucky, the hail was light enough to cause no damage, well not that I can see yet, I will inspect the car closely next time it gets a wash.
We arrive in Casino and pull up to check every thing is dry and secure. We could see the storm was still raging to the east and it was starting to build up again over head, so we mopped up the little water that had come in the windows earlier and headed off. The problem was, we needed to head east to Lismore and it was not looking good. As we headed out of town it was looking very savage so we turned off into a dead end street to turn around. After testing my reversing skills with a 19m rig and trailer in a dead end street to make a 3 point U turn, we head back to the main road with the aim of heading west away from the storm. But by now it appeared the storm was moving east so I decided to follow it. Well, what a STORM…… As we headed toward Lismore the hail laid in blankets of around 200 -400mm deep, the roads were completely covered in green leaves and then the evidence of if its destruction as we see oncoming car pass with shattered windscreens and missing rear windows. As we roll in to town (Lismore) we see home and shop owners brooming up the debris.
From Lismore we headed to Nimbin, the road was wet, hilly, windy and narrow. It was still raining and a little windy but the worst has passed. Never the less, it was a slow 25km trip between the two towns. We arrived at the Rainbow Power Company, unhook the car and trailer and park up for the night. The guys were kind enough to offer us power, the weather has cleared up for now although its still cloudy, and we are resting up after a tension filled afternoon.
We didn’t get any photos over the last couple days, so nothing to show… sorry. Below is a map or our travels with way points at our stops. Jayson spotted a great skate park in town so I’m guessing we will be heading there tomorrow while checking out the sites of Nimbin.
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