Blogs from Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Day 335 - Depot Beach Having already done the big walk in Murramarang National Park, we had to cast our walking boats further afield in order to get some exercise. Pigeon House Mountain isn’t a terribly huge challenge, but it sounded like fun and walks that are fun are right up our street! There are a few kilometres of gravel track to traverse once we come off the highway just short of Ulladulla. It’s amazing what an hour long, very dusty road does to the mind when you’re heading into the wilderness! It started to send us a bit stir crazy as the vibrations from the corrugations rattled both of our brains. When we get to the car park we find it totally empty which is great news as it means there’s unlikely to be any ... read more

DAY 487 I heard Andy get out of bed, there were kangaroos thudding around outside, the sounds of the birds echoed through the rainforest in front of us. The sun was not yet high but I could see it was going to be a clear day and in anticipation of actually getting some photos of the beach this morning I once again grabbed my camera and set off to leave Andy enjoying the peace of the morning while I search for that one photograph that could some up depot beach and maybe just maybe an opportunity to photograph a kangaroo on the beach. Our Friends Marilyn and Lee Harris whom strangely we had met 1 year ago on the 11th of this month when we were in Tasmania, had enjoyed them selves and it was great ... read more

DAY 485 We woke to a beautiful morning, absolutely beautiful after so much rain last night, and the fact that we had looked at the long range weather forecast which said very bad weather for Saturday, then we were pleasantly surprised to awake with the blue sky and the sunshine creeping in on the skyline. When I got out of the trailer the smell of the forest just seemed over powering, it seemed so long since we were last this close with nature, we both instantly realised just how much we had missed it. The Kookaburra’s were all around us, their distinctive laughing broke the silence of the morning, how we had longed to be back, and how glad we were to be here. We have power at our pitch, the Wendy house complete with awning ... read more

Prijeten dan in vrnitev v Canberro Dan sva posvetili druzabnosti, zato sva obiskali nase izseljence, ki bivajo v Batemans Bayu, najprej Anico v trgovini v Mogu, kjer je v prijetni trgovini izzivljala svojo poslovno zilico. Bili sva preseneceni nad okusnim izborom prodajnih izdelkov in sva nekaj tudi kupili. Po krajsem klepetu naju je najavila mozu Pavlu in odpeljali sva se v njun dom, ki sva ga po manjsem zapletu nasli na hribu nad Batemans Bayem. Prostorna hisa, s pogledom na morje, z dvema prijaznima sogovornikoma, Pavlom in necakinjo iz Slovenije Tanjo, je bila najina zacasna postojanka. Pavel je bil v mladih letih pravi pustolovec in je znal dogodivscine s svojih potovanj slikovito opisovati. Bil je izvrsten pripovedovalec, na kar sva bili ze opozorjeni. Tezko sva se odtrgali, vendar sva zeleli se pred nocjo prispeti v ... read more

In my last blog I mentioned that we were going to see Craig Stewart at the Kempsey Heights Bowling Club, and I must apologize for spelling his name wrong. Jeremy and Michelle introduced us to him when they gave us a CD they had bought at the Tamworth Country Music Festival when they first heard him. We have been singing away to his songs ever since and could not believe our luck when we heard he was performing at the Kempsey Heights Bowling Club. Well we went along to see him and were not disappointed. He is a very talented singer/song writer and we were delighted to be able to purchase another CD - to give our old one a rest !!! At half time he happily chatted to us and told us of his life ... read more