Ricks Birthday - Thursday 5/6

Some graffiti I loved

Rick turned 66 today so we had a morning tea in a little town park. Gooey vanilla slices and coffee.  He even had bacon and eggs for brekkie.   Rick claims he ONLY gets them on his birthday, so I kept up the tradition.    We drove from Tenterfield to Casino and once again we were loving the scenery.   Its so lush and green all thru this part of the world.    The fields are emerald green and full of new born lambs.   Such a lovely color contrast.   The sun is starting to shine now and we are feeling so much better in ourselves.   I have even broken out the Crocs.     Then, once again, trying to make up time we decided to take a "short cut".   It probably added at least an extra hour or more to our trip and almost gave us puppies as we negotiated klms.of the most narrow, winding, hairpin turned roads we have ever done.  BUT in saying that, it was one of the MOST beautiful and scenic drives we have done.   We travelled from Lismore to Mullumbimby.    Apparently there are 3 ways to get to the Gold Coast and we took the worst option of the three.   Pretty much typical of us of late.    We could easily move to this area.  There was barely a turn that we made where the views were to die for and all we could say was OMG !!!!!!   The roads so narrow that houses both sides had valley views stretching for miles.      It was lush rainforest, fern, gums and plantations of what we think are Macadamia Trees.   Green Green and Green.

 My guide dog as we drove thru the rainforest.   The canopy of the trees meet in the middle of the road, crisscrossing, blocking out the sun,  Vines and branches hang down over the road, hitting our roof as we drove thru them.    It was physically draining on Rick and Tony as many of the roadsides dropped away to nothing and the turns were tight and very little room for error.

One of the narrow bridges we crossed thru.    We were actually very happy to find ourselves eventually back in civilisation and actually on a Highway.