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Start:  Maclean Finish:  Woodburn Distance:  7 Total:  1053 Today I had to make a significant change to my original itinerary because of the prohibition of pedestrians on the motorway.  My day started with a 6:30 wake-up to catch a 7:30 bus from Maclean to a rest area along my planned route that had a bus … Continue reading »

Start:  Tyndale Finish:  Maclean Distance:  10 Total:  1046 Day 66 was an easy 10 mile stroll down a backroad with almost no traffic.  The day started with some breakfast at a local cafe in downtown Maclean near the bus stop. Then I caught the 9:45 bus back to Tyndale where I stopped walking yesterday. The … Continue reading »

Start:  Grafton Finish:  Tyndale Distance:  19 Total:  1036 Today’s walk did not go as planned because of weather problems but I have time to recover over the next couple of days.  Today was planned to be one of the longest days of the trip at 27 miles. With that in mind, I got out the … Continue reading »

Start:  Halfway Creek Finish:  Grafton Distance:  17 Total:  1017 Today was day two of me not knowing how I was going to execute my walking plan, because if you’ll remember, I planned to take the bus, but the buses don’t run out in the countryside on weekends.  Today I needed to get back out to … Continue reading »

Start:  Woolgoolga Finish:  Halfway Creek Distance:  19 Total:  1000 If you read yesterday’s post you’ll recall I was concerned about how I would get from the end of my walk today on the freeway to Grafton where my motel is located. I made the comment that it would work out; it always does. Well, it … Continue reading »

Start:  Coffs Harbour Finish:  Woolgoolga Distance:  16 Total:  981 I had a great day walking along a road called Solitary Islands Way today. It kept me near, but off of the freeway all the way.  I was in no rush today to get started as there was no bus or train to meet. I just … Continue reading »

Start:  Coffs Harbour Finish:  Coffs Harbour Distance:  0 Total:  965 Today was a much needed day of rest. It was my last day off before I finish my walk on 15 March in Brisbane.  I can’t say that I slept in late because I still woke up around 6:00, but I refused to get out … Continue reading »

Start:  Urunga Finish:  Coffs Harbour Distance:  18 Total:  965 I was back on the bus this morning, returning to the small town of Urunga where I ended my walking day yesterday. However, this bus ride was quite different than my trip yesterday with Damien and the empty bus.  My day began with a scheduled 8:19 … Continue reading »

Start:  Macksville Finish:  Urunga Distance:  19 Total:  937 Today got off to a very early start because I had a bus to catch at the end of my walk to Coffs Harbour where I’ll be staying for the next three nights.  Yesterday in my blog I said I would be walking to the town of … Continue reading »

Start: Eungai Finish:  Macksville  Distance:  12 Total:  918 After a good night’s rest in the Mandarin Motel in Macksville last night I had an easy day of walking today, though it was mostly back on the freeway.   My day got started with a 5:45 alarm. I bought my breakfast goodies last night at the … Continue reading »