June 23rd, Rained off & on all day & night, but we walked into Town to keep Val’s 2pm appointment, at the Post Office, for her British Passport application. I decided to do my Aussie Passport renewal while I was there. No problems for me, just fill out the form, have my photo taken and get it signed by someone that has known me for more than 12 months and go to a Post Office to lodge it all. Val on the other hand was another story, first, I have to go onto the Internet and print her Application Form, then, because she has changed her name since her Birth Certificate was issued, she has to provide our Marriage Certificate. No problem, we had it with us in our folder, but it was only the Official Certificate issued by the Church back in 1965 and is now not acceptable as a valid document by the Passport Office. So Val had to fill out another form to get a copy of the Official Marriage Register, at a cost of $85 and a 10 day wait for it to be sent to our mailing address. What a hassle, Val was quite distraught by now so off to Spotlight we went, to chill out, and a visit to Coffs Ex Services Club for dinner, a few wines and a flutter finally calmed her down. Nikos rang to chat with Val and between himself and Steven they were able to help us decide on the course of action to follow to finalise our Passport problems. We will now be able to fix that all up when we reach Brisbane.
June 24th, The rain stopped, the Sun is shining, so we decided to stay another night in Coffs Harbour before moving on. This Caravan Park is very good, is in Town, an easy walk to the Shops and the amenities are being updated. Our main reason to come here, on this visit to Coffs, was to check out the boating/fishing opportunities in the adjoining creek. I decided against its suitability, too small and not inviting.
June 25th, Left Coffs Harbour and headed for Iluka and on the way, called into Red Rock to visit Gerry, a friend of Val’s Mum who spends 2 months each year at the Caravan Park there. We were impressed with Red Rock Caravan Park and will return for a stay some time in the future. It’s a suitable place for putting our boat into the river to do a bit of fishing. We booked into the Riverside Tourist Park, at Iluka but could only get a 10 day stay, as it is a popular spot.
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