After leaving Bingara, I moved onto my next overnight stay at Jackadgery Creek in New England on the road to Grafton. Again, I had a flowing river and animals to accompany me, albeit this time behind a fence. A gorgeous morning with mist on the mountains followed.
Arriving in Grafton at about 8.30, I was desperate for a hair cut and while waiting for the shops to open, I took a walk along the levy bank. This is the Clarence River which had flooded twice earlier this year. The levies were very high and I took this photo which includes a man rowing a boat leading a horse, and the bridge. The bridge may not look very high here, but I almost passed out at the sight of it. If you look closely, you will see that the cars are tiny spots on the top of the bridge, not within the engineering part of it. The thought that I would have to cross it worried me enormously.
Having found a hairdresser who gave me a cut, I asked if there was any way to get across without going over this bridge. She gave me a route which would take about an hour but was through pretty countryside and I decided that is what I would do. She then asked me where I was headed, which was Yamba and she laughingly told me I didnt need to cross the bridge at all, just stay on the same side of the river for half an hour or so and I would get to Yamba. I did just that.
I found lots of pretty sights along the river which is very wide, lots of fishing villages etc - prawns and fish are caught in the river and oysters seem to be farmed everywhere I went for the next few days. I cant seem to upload the photos on this post, I will have to start again with a new one.
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