Housesitting in northern NSW- Easter Break 2016

Off to northern New South Wales to house sit for a friend of daughter Lee for three days. I was originally planning to leave Easter Thursday after work but that's statistically the most dangerous time of the year to be on the road......soooo.....I took Thursday off with the plan of heading off about 9am....after the morning rush and before the official Easter rush begins.

Started off well.......got up and got packed and headed to the local service station to fill the car up and put some air in the tyres. All sorted and I hopped in the car and tried to start it and the battery died. I guess if you are about to go on a road trip and the battery is going to conk out there is no better place for it to happen than the driveway of the petrol station. :) $150 later I was on my way.

The trip is 209 km heading south and the traffic was fine till I approached the border. By then I was beginning to feel pretty happy that I decided to go early. Very heavy traffic until I approached the Byron Bay turn off then it thinned out. (There 's a big Blues festival there this weekend)

I called in at Ballina  to visit Ballina Camper Vans.....I have one of their vans on my wish list for when I retire but I think its going to be over my budget. Maybe a second hand one....? hmmmm!

Below is a well known resident of Ballina

The Big Prawn

One I checked in and dropped my bags I went to another small town called Broadwater and had a late lunch at an old church turned restaurant called Our Daily Bread......seems appropriate seeing its Easter lol. The all day breakfast was enormous.

I'm housesitting in a small town called Wardell and my primary objective is to care for Bayley (the dog) and the girls (3 chickens). It quite hot and humid so I'm happy to be under the air con watching the telly for a while.

Bayley

The Girls

The dog is sticking to me like glue lol and is now fast asleep on my foot  and the chooks are all tucked in for the night. Tomorrow I plan to go back to Ballina and have a proper look around.