First stop on the drive back from Brisbane to Sydney is in the northeastern New South Wales city of Grafton to visit nephews Blake and Barton and their families. Grafton describes itself as the "jacaranda capital of Australia" and is home to the annual Jacaranda Festival which we just missed. To be fair, just about everywhere we go we see jacarandas - right time of year and no shortage of water! But Grafton has the reputation of putting on the best display. And we weren't disappointed!