Aussie Break Part 5

  30.06.2014

From a rather chilly Canberra, we headed down to the coast, towards Batemans Bay, where we booked into the Big 4 at South Durras for the first of our 3 day stop overs, as we made our way back up to Sydney.

The Shoalhaven coastline, all the way from Batemans Bay, up to Kiama, was lovely, affording us numerous great walks around bays and beaches, along cliffs overlooking the Pacific/Tasman sea, and around numerous lakes and inlets. We found any number of places where in a different lifetime, we would have been only too happy to put down roots!

From South Durras, we explored Batemans Bay, the Murramurang National Park, Bawley Point and Pretty Beach.

Our morning visitor.....Butcherbird

King Parrot

just an old shed we liked....... 

Our next stop over was at Burrill Lake Big 4, where we took in Dophin Point, UllaDulla, Mollymook, Lake Conjola, as well as Huskisson and Vincentia on the edges of Jervis Bay.

Quaint harbour at Ulladulla

Galahs everywhere

Lorakeets en masse........feeding time!

Scarecrow festival!!!!!

 During our last 3 day stop over, at Kiama, we  went inland to Kangaroo Valley,  going over the Cambawerra Mountain, returning via Berry,  to spend time in Kiama itself, and a day driving  up to Shellharbour and Lake Illawarra.

Kiama Lighthouse

lookout from Mount Cambawerra 

Kangaroo Valley

Rockinghorse Speciality Shop

         Hamden Bridge.....1897, oldest
wooden suspension bridge 

 On our return trip to Sydney, we took the Coastal Pacific Drive, which goes over the very impressive Sea Cliff Bridge, which opened in 2005.

 We drove back to Parramatta, to return our great little Getz, where Et picked us up once again, to spend our last couple of days with them in Glenhaven.

Edward Beach at Mosman

With Mich at Edward Beach

 The next blog will cover the consequences of the storm that welcomed us back to New Zealand, and ask some of the questions relating to where exactly the buck stops….. “act of God….or human error?”