Bruce rang Coromal this morning and organised to drop the van in on Friday. Tony, the guy Bruce spoke to in their Service Department, said that there had been a few vans back with leaks. He said they will just reseal the whole roof. The first time we took it back, Tony was a bit sceptical as he said they never have that problem. Why did it have to start with us! Anyway, as long as it is fixed. Thank heavens it is still under warranty.
Bruce spoke to his brother Mike to see how he was going. Mike mentioned that his son Luke, and fiancée Josepa, are getting married on 8 September. That is our 40th wedding anniversary and we will be at Cradle Mountain in Tasmania. We booked it about 6 months ago. What a bummer we won't be able to go. They are getting married in Perth and also having a small ceremony here.
We weren't sure how far from Yamba centre we were, so Bruce drove me in this morning and dropped me off so I could walk back to the caravan park. It is not far at all, only 2.8 kms. I wandered round town to see what had changed since our last visit a few years ago. There is a patchwork shop which is new. It is combined with a scrapbooking shop. I went in to have a look, but they are the modern, bright fabrics which are very nice but not what I prefer. Last time we were here, we went to an Italian restaurant which hadn't been opened very long. It was opened by a fellow who used to have a restaurant in Melbourne. He had moved to Yamba and opened up this restaurant, called Sassafras. It is still open so we hope to try it out while we are here to see if it is as good as it was last time. The cinema is still next door and you can see a movie for $8. Man of Steel is on and I am a Superman fan. If we get time to see it, we will but time is running out. We may have to wait till we get home.
I started walking back to the van along a walkway beside the river, which was lovely. I came across Bruce who had gone fishing after he dropped me off. This is his third time fishing while we have been away. When I saw him, he wasn't very happy. In all that fishing, he not only hadn't caught a fish, he hadn't even had a bite!
Later in the afternoon, we walked into town for Bruce to have a look at the place. We called into the Fishing Co-op to see what was available but they didn't have much at the moment. We thought we may have been able to have fish for dinner tonight. We walked through the Calypso Caravan Park right in town, but didn't like how the vans were so close to each other. After a walk through town and a stop for afternoon tea, we headed out of town.
Not far from us is another caravan park called The Blue Dolphin. We had a look through it, as it is right on the river and would be better for fishing than where we are, and not as big. It looks pretty good, with plenty of trees and a nice outlook over the river. We kept walking, as further up the road is a small Coles shopping centre. We thought we would have a look to see what was there. There was a sign to a tavern, so we just followed the signs. It was a fair way and was right on the river. We had dinner there and they had a courtesy bus, so we got a lift home. After all the walking during the day, I had done 21,000 steps. That is the most I have done while we have been away.
Dad is "Okay!" (Divers talk)
ReplyDeleteOk at dangling a line in the water, not even getting a bite?!? No wonder I suck at fishing, look who taught me!! Haha :-) love your persistence dad!