Our main reason for stopping in Alstonville was to ride out the Easter Break but we didn't realise we would also have to ride out a storm as well. Parking in a big shed makes it dark inside the van but the trade off it's cooler not in the blazing sun but you do wonder, we should be outside in the open air. Late last evening a storm came through bucketing down 50 mm of rain in about an hour all of a sudden helped us appreciate being under cover. We watch those that were parked outside ducking and dashing for cover. There was a real chance of hail which fortunately didn't eventuate but there was plenty of lightning and thunder.
Saying goodbye to Newcastle and Salt Ash we headed North again to our next stop Tuncurry-Forster. This was just going to be a stop with nothing much planned just a campspot with a river/inlet/ocean to sit beside.
Well the time is here again to move on to our next destination. Time to hook up that caravan extract it from our small plot of land we called home for 16 days and thread it through the metropolitan road network of Sydney hopefully getting onto the M1 Motorway which will carry us Northward.
Cities are big places with congested roads difficuilt to find parking, everything costs (usually a lot) with many people invading into our personal spaces. Doesn't sound like the ideal place to have a holiday yet within the city limits there are still gems and value for money to be found. The trick I think is a little careful planning and being flexible with your time.
When travelling a question we always ask ourselves is should we leave the caravan in a central location and do day trips to each of the attractions or should we tow it with us. Most times leaving the van in a central place and visit attractions in a day works well but sometimes the attractions require more than a day to visit and if it is in a direction we are not travelling is it worth leaving the van behind and book a motel?