Heading back home to Armidale

Had a lovely, long walk along the Brisbane River on Friday morning. They have a bike and walking trail along both sides as well as a bridge that is just for walkers and bikers.



Their jacaranda trees were also in bloom. That's the lavender flower you see in the picture above.





This is the walking and biking bridge


As we were getting coffee and some breakfast, we saw this sign we thought you'd enjoy:



But need to get back on the road again, headed back to Armidale on the Gold Coast Highway. It was four lane in a few places but not all. The going was slow by our standards. Lots of construction where they are building the 4 lane and just slow traffic so even though they call it a highway, it's not very fast.

Stopped at a yachting club in Yamba for lunch and so Paul could show us the beaches.





Here's our lunch of prawns (large shrimp), caught locally this morning






Anyone recognize that this is a Norfolk Island Pine. They get quite big here.

Back in Armidale an having dinner with Paul and Miriam and friends of theirs. Nice relaxing evening after a long day of driving.

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Location:Brisbane to Armidale on the Gold Coast Hwy