Coffs Harbour, Mylestom - 7 April

We had a relaxing morning. Bruce went fishing for a few hours. Caught a couple, but all too small to keep. Helped get the hook out of a fish caught by a little boy. Luckily the fish was legal and he was able to keep it. I think it was the first fish he had caught so that was great excitement.

I went for a walk and did some sewing and reading. When I was on my walk, I stopped to talk to a lady in her garden. She used to be a teacher but is retired. She was saying her husband's previous father in law (his previous wife died), had started off the caravan park we are staying at. That was many years ago.

A fellow staying in the caravan park stopped in to have a chat about our TV aerial and what we thought of it. As we don't have a TV (the aerial was installed as a thrown in extra when we had the van built) we weren't able to help him. He told us he was getting a motorhome built at Biggera Waters on the Gold Coast. He had sold his house and was going to hit the road in his motorhome when it was finished in June. He has a small van like us, but a Jayco, and he has had it for 12 years. He is living in it at the moment.

After lunch, we drove in to Coffs Harbour. I wanted to go to Hunters and Collectors, a patchwork shop that used to be out of town, to have a look. It is a lot smaller now that it has moved. It may not even be the same owner. She had some nice fabric but I was happy to browse. I am going to AQC (Australian Quilter's Convention) in Melbourne on Friday/Saturday with Jan and wanted to keep my spending money for that.

We also went to BCF and bought a shower tent for when we start free camping. We had a look at Porta-Pottis and spoke to one of the salesmen about them. We think we have decided which one to get but will wait till the caravan show in June or the end of financial year sales. BCF is quite dear. We also bought a privacy screen from a caravan place in Coffs who had a Camec outlet. It is for the front of the awning. Bruce put it up when we got home and it looks good. We are gradually getting together what we need.

We actually didn't have any rain today, although it was very cloudy all day and looked like it was about to rain. It was also cooler than it has been.