Folks, last weekend we pootled down the Bruce Highway to Lismore for the last Dolly n Diva’s Show before Xmas.
Although we did manage to get a little time to take one detour:
Kondalilla Falls
Top Tip: DO NOT turn at the Kondalilla Falls sign at Flaxton and follow the Obi Obi Rd. I don’t know where it goes, but I suspect there are tourists still lost in the area from the 1970’s. Drive to Mapleton instead.
Oh yes, take a water bottle with you. I can’t stress this enough. Don’t ask me why, just do it!
At the lookout near Montville, we saw these people leaping off a perfectly good mountain:
Crystal Waters
One of my fave places on the planet is the eco village near Conondale, Crystal Waters. A serene place, featuring no phone reception, peace and quiet, no dogs or cats, no phone reception, lots of nature, no phone reception, good mates and, did I mention no phone reception?
NOTE: this wonderfully talented group put together a cracking show on the deck at Crystal Waters’ community centre Friday night (featuring our mate James on rhythm guitar):
And this lovely couple singing Indonesian folk songs:
The next day, we piled back into the car and drove five hours to Lismore… thanks again Daylight Saving for robbing us of an hour at the border.
Sunday lunchtime, Doll belted out two hours of Diva’s hits:
While Doll napped I went for a squiz round Lismore. The damage from the 2021/22 floods is still visible in the low-lying areas.
Then, on Monday morning, it was back in the company hot rod for a nine-hour drive home! One of those hours was spent crawling through 90 km of Brisbane peak hour traffic… still, it was a pleasant use of the hour of time we got back at the border crossing.