2nd Jan – Mutton Bird Island and rain


Luckily we got motivated early this morning; Riley and Bell went to the beach for a run / walk whilst Chris and Aiden had a lie in. We were on the road by 8am and the plan was to head over to Mutton Bird Island in Coffs Harbour then to check out the Sky Deck on the way back, unfortunately we didn’t see any Mutton Birds but we did see lots of burrows and the odd Seagull tucking into an egg! He landed on the footpath in front of us, cracked it open and ate the little chick inside. The boys learnt a quick lessons in the cycle of life! We found a sign posting the breeding time frames, they were currently incubating their eggs which is why we didn’t see any birds hanging about! These little guys migrate to Indonesia in the off season, maybe for some R&R after breeding? It was a pretty walk on the Island that was easy to access an extremely steep to walk to the centre, thank goodness someone made a footpath. We then headed back up the coast to capture the view of Coffs at the Skydeck, it was very cool and we took an opportunity to have some fun photos! The drive was beautiful and it was hard to believe that some Banana Plantations were located on these vertical hills, it would certainly would be a challenge picking bananas on a cliff face!

On the way home we stopped off to checkout some surf spots, we had to change plans as a storm was coming across the range heading directly for us. When it did, we pretty much had an afternoon of rain. So what better thing to do and go and sit in the outdoor spa! With the humidity, towels and clothes are having hard time drying and we are needing to change more often (due to smell!) Curry on the table for dinner, the rain continued all night long.









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