After weeks on the road, it was truly surreal to have nowhere to go and nothing particular to do for a whole day. I suppose, on reflection, that’s what I’m dealing with now – a bit rudderless because my Quest is done. Postponing the ‘what next ?’

I wandered down to the local shops and bought a pair of colorado sandals to replace my crocs (firmer, better support as a wet-weather alternative to the boots), picked up the selfie stick (thanks to David Duff) and then met up with my hosts to knock back a few beers at their local watering hole.

After that, I had a long nap – something like 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the day !

It was fun, and the rest really gave my sore ankle a chance to ‘come good’, but there’s not much to report. Were I more diligent, I’d have suited up and wandered Coffs Harbour trying to drum up support for The Kids’ Cancer Project – but I was too caught in the journey of it, the personal Quest. The individual human story. But yeah a few beers with Adam and Scotty and other Coff’s residents and I was under the weather enough to need an old man power nap 🙂

Slept and rested well, the following morning I was good-to-go, with a plan to strike for Gladstone then hit the coastline again and do some more beach-walking.