Day 24 Nambucca Heads to Coffs Harbour - 43 km

Made breakfast by the river and packed up.  We were keen to get to Coffs Harbour as early as possible so we could organise a few things for the trip home.

Had a quick but enjoyable ride and reached Coffs Harbour by about 10:00 am.  As we were coming into Coffs, Tony got a puncture and the valve length on the tube he had was too small so he had to pump the original tube up till he could get a better tube.  A bit scary going down some of the hills on a soft tyre with all the weight on.  Luckily we were able to make the Coffs Harbour YHA just as it went flat again.

Booked in , had showers and then set off on a long walk to find a bike shop and get some bike boxes.  We needed the bike boxes to pack the bikes in for the train ride home.  Got the boxes and then went to the local shops for some lunch and carried them back to the room.

Fixed the puncture and then went for a ride around Coffs Harbour to have a look.  Joe had not been here before and it is a long time since I was here with Janelle.  The place has certainly developed since we were last here.

Went to the Big Banana and had our picture taken.  What a couple of good looking chaps and what fine tanned and muscular legs they have.

The souvenir shop was full of the cheesiest most   expensive kitsch ever so didn't buy much.

What else would you have at the Big Banana, but a banana smoothie?  Went to the shop and the girl at the counter was very impressed with the fact that we had ridden from Wilson's Promontory.  She made us special banana smoothies and wrote "Well done" on them.  We were stoked.

Went for a swim at the Parks Beach.  The water was really warm.  It was like getting into a bath.  Went back to the YHA which seems to hold some attraction for Joe and updated the blog.  Had a meal from the local fish shop of oysters and a tropical pack washed down with some Stone's Ginger Beer.  Great stuff.

Blog up to date, so off to bed for an early night.  We have an 5:30 start tomorrow to box bikes and get stuff to the station.

Look back over past blogs as we have updated some of the text and added pictures.