Nice to be back home

Well, it all sounded good a week ago when seven of us decided to head off to Yamba, NSW for a week long cycling adventure. The weather was absolutely perfect autumn weather when we left, but one day after arriving in Yamba, a low pressure system hit the area and stormy weather prevailed.

However we did manage to get in 3 days of small trips that probably totalled about 125kms along the Clarence River.

As with all Aussie adventures, the weather isn't a problem if there are a few pubs along the way. Our favourite turned out to be the Brushgrove Pub which was built in 1862. Lovely staff, great food and really cold beer. And since the pub is on the banks of the Clarence and salty water travels up that far from the ocean, we met a local fisherman who sold us 5 kgs of prawns (shrimp) which were some of the freshest and sweetest I've ever eaten.

Due to the weather turning nasty overnight and one of our fellow cyclists having a medical emergency back home we decided to head north back to Bribie rather than suffer a couple of stormy days where we couldn't cycle. Although Brisbane had the same storm go through yesterday, the sun was out when we got home and anyway it's always good to be home.