Today we headed back towards the coast to explore. The first stop was Cathedral Rock National Park whose main feature was of course, Cathedral Rock. The walk from the car park was 5.8 km return and we didn’t have the time or the inclination to devote the energy to see a stack of rocks. One the way in we had passed Ebor’s old cemetery and Jacky was keen to browse so I read a book while she looked at the headstones, many of which dated back to the 1800’s.

From here we drove through Ebor, a very small town on the main road that seemed to be really struggling to exist and headed for Dorrigo. With an annual rainfall of 2000 mm, Dorrigo is the wettest town in NSW. It was lunch time so we headed into the Dorrigo National Park to find a quite spot to have lunch. The Never Never picnic ground looked promising, it was 11 km into the park. It was a very picturesque setting with an old timber and stone shelter with a shingle roof looking over some lush green lawn and forest.

Never, Never Picnic Shelter, Dorrigo National Park

After lunch we headed back to the Rainforest Centre where they have a skywalk out over the forest with views right to the coast. We tried to have a cup of coffee at the café but would you believe, it was 2:30 and they were closing.

Selfie at Dorrigo NP

From the Rainforest Centre there was another picnic ground with several bird walks leading off it so we decided to stretch our legs, the birds were scarce but the walk was good. I did manage to get a couple of photos of some birds back at the picnic ground. Now it was time to head back to camp and get the fire going.

Silvereyes, Dorigo NP