Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th
Not much at all to say this weekend I'm afraid. The surfing has been a disaster. We haven't found anywhere suitable, condition wise. We're getting pretty annoyed at rolling up at various beaches and finding only 2ft waves after the surfcast looked promising.
We have since driven from Coffs Harbour to just north of Newcastle covering quite a distance. Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie were nothing out of the ordinary and we found ourselves sitting by the waterfront wondering what to do with ourselves. In fact we spoke to two German lads who were wondering the same thing. I guess when you're low on cash and have already seen the most of what the East Coast has to offer you can't help but feel like nothing interests you anymore, especially at these little seaside towns and ports.
Weather report!
You might be pleased to hear that the weather has took a turn for the worst these past few days haha. We're no longer basking in sunshine while its grey and dull at home!
It's the first time we've experienced continuous storms and heavy downpours. On Saturday night we had a gigantic thunder and lightning storm (while we were cooking tea in a shelter at the side of the road) which went on for well over an hour. It was without a doubt the best storm I've seen. On Sunday night we had the same again although it happened during the early hours of the morning while we were sleeping. Consequently after waking us up we lost about 4 hours of sleep since we couldn't get back to sleep as the rain was hammering down on roof of the van like someone firing a nail gun!
The stormy weather was forecast and must be normal since its been so rainy and humid near the coastline recently.
Monday 11th
Drove to the town of Raymond Terrace, got some shopping and used the free library facilities to search for jobs in sydney and type up a suitable australian resume.
A few decent sounding jobs that we will apply for tomorrow.
We are thinking best thing to do at the moment is to find a potential job and get straight back to sydney. After all, it is getting on close to mid November now which was my estimated time to arrive back in e city. Most of the Christmas casual jobs start around then. Currently looking at options for where to park the van or where to stay while we try and sell it. We have been staying at rest areas off the highway recently since there are no free camp grounds anymore. I think there is maybe one free spot about 50k north of sydney which we can stay at before heading in.
Few rain showers today but no heavy downpours. Very cloudy but still t-shirt weather. Feels a lot like English summer.
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