We hit the road Tuesday morning and drove two hours north on the Pacific Highway to Forster. I had heard plenty about how beautiful the area was and it did not disappoint, it was gorgeous. 
Forster and Tuncurry are towns facing each other on opposite banks of the Wallumba River at the entrance to Wallis Lake, they are joined by a bridge and the first glimpse of Forster when approaching via the bridge from Tuncurry is memorable to say the least. The turquoise water and white sand beaches sit in front of an extremely smart looking town, which was much bigger than I expected and reminded me a bit of Poole in Dorset with its low level apartment blocks with blue glass balcony screens.
There was a huge ocean pool at one end of the beach and, of course, the obligatory drive through bottle shop, I am used to these now but it was a surprise when I saw my first one.
One of the things I am starting to discover about Australian towns is that there are nearly always old buildings to be found in amongst the new, Forster was home to this splendid little old church which was nestled between shiny new holiday apartments on the waterfront.
It was a glorious, sunny day but very windy as we went for a walk along the cliff road, so windy, in fact, that we saw a real life sea rescue! The small boat had broken down and the rescue boat battled through the choppy waters to save the crew. They had a bit of trouble getting close enough to attach a line but eventually managed it and the stricken sailors were towed to safety. We returned home a bit wind blown but vowing to add Forster to our list of places to take visitors to.
Back in Lemon Tree Passage the Lemon Jam took place on Sunday. This is a monthly event in the park at the marina with a band playing, a few market stalls and a barbecue at the milk bar. The organisers have been incredibly unlucky with the Lemon Jam over the last few months as it has fallen on one of our, very few, rainy days each time. Not so this week, the band performing were a bunch we hear rehearsing in a warehouse every Tuesday evening and they were pretty good and I was amused to see the very Australian behaviour of the audience, we Brits would be sitting at the front in the full sun but not the sensible Aussies, they are always gathered around the perimeter in the shade.