First day on the road.

Colin and I have left home yet again and this time are on our way to the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Our first stop is Port Macquarie where we have tucked ourselves into a cabin in a big caravan park. What a wonderful location this is! We are only the second cabin back from the walkway along the estuary. When we drove in and parked beside the cabin we noticed all the big painted rocks near by but got quite a surprise when we walked over to them.

My first picture shows what we saw to start with – a grassy bank with a row of big illustrated rocks along the top.

Walking up the embankment we found ourselves on a well used walking/ running/ cycling track along which families and fitness fanatics were travelling in both directions.

All the rocks look as though they have been given a fresh coat of paint and all are really neatly decorated. Here are a couple of examples.

 

I wonder if the painting was done by Port Macquarie individuals or maybe the individuals – holiday makers or residents, submitted a design and paid a fee to some foreshore committee and the artwork undertaken by artists (that, to me, looks to be the case)

We spend about six hours driving today but we always make a point of stopping every two hours for a break. We take a big thermos flask of hot water and make ourselves a cup of tea but come three o clock we pulled into a service station and as well as filling the car, we bought a frothy coffee! It was very welcome and really “hit the spot”!

AJ