On April 29, 33 members of the Helensburgh and District Probus Club set off on a six-day bus holiday to Dorrigo.

Native wildlife seen on the trip included a red-bellied black snake, a large water dragon, ducks and waterfowl, a bush turkey and small crabs making sand balls on the beach at Woolgoolga.

The bus route was along the Waterfall Way to the motel up in the mountains outside of Dorrigo. It was very beautiful and, with all the waterfalls we saw, the route lived up to its name.

The countryside was very green. There were very healthy beef and dairy cattle grazing on this excellent pasture.

We visited a trout farm that grows fingerlings used to stock creeks and rivers with trout.

We visited the butter factory in Bellingen. There was a Model T Ford on display.

The catering at the motel was superb. The cuisine was Italian. It was hard to know if the tiramisu or panna cotta was the better dessert.

The honey farm we visited served delicious honey ice-cream. Also seen on the trip was a display of dolphins and a sea lion at Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary The dolphins performed amazing leaps and twirls and the park also had fairy penguins.

Our club meets on the second Thursday of the month at 10.30am at Tradies Helensburgh.

For more information, please contact Val, our membership officer, on 0419 129 984