So guess where we went after camping in Minnie Water?! Yamba of course! In our rush to leave for Minnie Water, we left our trusty Lonely Planet book behind and so had to call into Yamba to pick it up. Unfortunately Dori (the car) wanted to stay longer and decided to spring a radiator leak on us. As it was a public holiday (thanks to our lovely Queen having a birthday) our Yamba mechanic was closed and so we had to stay another night in Yamba to see him the next day.
So with another sunny day to kill in Yamba whilst waiting for the mechanic to open we did the usual. We took Charlie for a walk, got a pie and then we went to the beach and Jo took a surfboard. We had a small pod of dolphins come close to us when we were swimming at Pippi beach and then we watched them ride the surf which was amazing.It was an awesome experience to watch them playing in the swell, magnificent.
The next day we took the car to the mechanic but he said it needed to send it to his radiator guy about 45 mins down the road. Rather than wait we just decided to drive it to him. We made a very hasty exit from Yamba (our speediest yet) and got on the road sharpish down to Grafton. It turns out the radiator was on its last legs and although would be OK to drive with it would only end up getting worse. So with a new radiator and with our wallets a bit lighter we hit the road up to the Gold Coast.
