Border Ranges / Pottsville

After leaving Kooralbyn, Qld we decided to go back via the Border Ranges to Kyogle, NSW and stay at the show grounds. Travelled on Mt Lindesay Highway through Rathdowney, Mt Lindesay State Forest then turned onto Summerland Way through Grevillia, Rukenvale to Kyogle. Set up at the Show grounds around lunch time then I suggested we take a drive out to the Border Ranges, in particular I wanted to get to Pinnacle Lookout which we had observed from our house sit at Cawongla.  I thought it would be a spectacular view on a clear day, and today was sunny and looking good. Unfortunately I didn't look at the map close enough so we took the scenic route (or in Helen's words got lost!) via some lovely villages, Horseshoe Creek, Collins Creek and then through Lynchs Creek and up onto the range. This was a nice drive past Sheepstation Creek camp area and up to Pinnacle Lookout, unfortunately as we got closer to the top the sun disappeared and the lookout had cloud cover and even a light shower of rain.

From Kyogle you travel north and turn of into the Border Ranges to the Pinnacle Lookout

An easy walk from the car park to the lookout.

Unfortunately the cloud covered the view, could only see a few houses way down in the valley.

The next morning we packed up and went into Kyogle for a coffee at The Sugarbowl Cafe, a great coffee. Leaving Kyogle we first passed by John and Julies to pick up a temperature sensor I had left behind after the house sit, then proceeded down the range through Kunghur, Uki cutting across to Stokers, Burringbar, Mooball.  Turned onto Tweed Valley Way to Pottsville North Tourist Park where we had booked into for a week.  Was a nice drive down the range and with weather still humid I headed for the pool while Helen did washing.

Great Coffee at The Sugarbowl Cafe, Kyogle.

The first few days were great, we had some nice weather so I was able to get the bike out and go for a morning ride to Hastings Point to the north and towards Wooyung to the south. We drove to Currumbin Waters where we had breakfast cooked by Briony and on the Monday I went to Todd's and made some repairs to an old cruiser bike which needed some TLC. It was that hot I had to stop and go for a refreshing swim.  On the Tuesday the weather changed and the rain started, the humidity had gone and it was more comfortable but now we had to dodge the rain.

Briony had prepared and cooked a wonderful breakfast.

Curlew sheltering from the rain under our awning

Just rain and water everywhere

Todd checking out the rejuvenated cruiser bike

We managed to do a couple of drives and look around Pottsville before we started to prepare to put the caravan in storage and go to our house sit in the hinterland out from Byron Bay. Experienced torrential rain which didn't help when trying to pack things into the car in readiness for the housesit plus having to wind up a soaked awning.