Last Sunday I fancied a drive in the countryside and Dot agreed. And it occurred to me that it has been some years since we took the spectacular drive to the coast. So I prosed driving to Bellingen, a picturesque little town on the banks of the Bellinger river full of 'alternative' lifestyle people.
The drive takes about 2 hours and rises about 350m (1000 feet) as one reaches Ebor and then plunges 1300m (about 4000 feet) through lovely scenery (mountains, creeks, waterfalls, huge panoramas) towards Bellingen. It was also a lovely sunny day with not much traffic on the road. And we took Dot's friend Jane along with us. Although the Armidale district is currently quite dry and rather brown, the landscape greened as we drove east and by the time we were near Dorrigo - another picturesque little town - the countryside was a lush green colour.
What does one do in Bellingen? Well, apart from being pretty, it's full of cafes and interesting buildings and shops and we spent perhaps two hours there imbibing coffee and some fancy food and strolling around soaking up the atmosphere. Here are some pictures of the event:
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The drive takes about 2 hours and rises about 350m (1000 feet) as one reaches Ebor and then plunges 1300m (about 4000 feet) through lovely scenery (mountains, creeks, waterfalls, huge panoramas) towards Bellingen. It was also a lovely sunny day with not much traffic on the road. And we took Dot's friend Jane along with us. Although the Armidale district is currently quite dry and rather brown, the landscape greened as we drove east and by the time we were near Dorrigo - another picturesque little town - the countryside was a lush green colour.
What does one do in Bellingen? Well, apart from being pretty, it's full of cafes and interesting buildings and shops and we spent perhaps two hours there imbibing coffee and some fancy food and strolling around soaking up the atmosphere. Here are some pictures of the event:
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