6.5.08:- Evans Head

For about 8th or 9th day straight we awaken to a bright and sunny morning. This is fantastic. The girls are happy! Andrea’s happy! I’m happy!, and Evans Head is happy too!!
It is another typical North NSW coastal town. It’s situated at the head of a big river (The Evans (surprise)). Bathed in sunshine, with a reasonably protected beach and a group of beaches that are more exposed and good for surfing. We have decided to say here for 2 nights. The park is again right on the beach, which runs uninterrupted for almost 30 k’s to the north. It turns out that this caravan park is the largest in N.S.W!! The facilities are very good with good sized camping sites and clean, modern amenities and it's one of the cheapest that we've been to @ $25 per night for the 6 of us. Very impressive indeed.
The locals were also very friendly and very willing to offer their advice about the best places to visit in the area.
We took a drive up to the headland to check the view. Sensational! Then onto a little local beach called Chinaman's Beach. Here there were a group of surfers doing so amongst a pod of about 10 dolphins. (Check photos).
Headed back into town for lunch and then spent and hour or so on the beach ourselves.
What is strange about spending time on the beach at this time of the year is that even though it is warm enough to do so and the water temp is still about 22 – 23 degrees it is very difficult getting used to the fact that the sun sets so early and that it is in fact dark at 5.30 pm. So different from when you spend time on the beach in summer down south and it is light until 9.00 in the evening.
Evans Head has proven to be another delightful gem on the Northern NSW coast.