It is said, what goes around comes around, and this is true in our case. After eleven months of travelling around the coast of Australia we have made it back around to where we started our journey. The northern part of New South Wales boasts some of the most beautiful beaches and countryside in the whole country.
After crossing the border we spent a few glorious days in Tweed Heads and went straight to the beach.
There were plenty of surfers out trying to catch the perfect wave, and although we were tempted to join them we decided to play it safe and stuck to surfing on dry land. We then headed further south to Mullumbimby, Brunswick Heads and Grafton. Every November the town of Grafton hosts their annual Jacaranda Festival.
The streets are lined with Jacaranda trees showing off their beautiful, colourful foliage and folks come from near and far to witness this annual event. Bob and brother Ray took us on a trip down memory lane where they visited their old homestead in the country. The old house is still in pretty good shape and the current occupants invited us for a look around the place. Although there have been a few changes the place was pretty much as they remembered including the old "swimming hole" where they used to while away the hours on hot summer days.
Just outside the town of Mullumbimby is an amazing place called the "Crystal Castle". It is a place of rare beauty and tranquility with its many gardens, maizes and resting places where one can sit and meditate.
They specialize in crystals and gemstones of every shape, size and colour imaginable and is truly a place worth visiting. And so, as we come to the end of our amazing adventure around Australia we will take back home memories and photos of a trip of a lifetime. As someone famous once said, no matter where life takes you always remember that the "joy is in the journey".
