Blogs from Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

A short trip of 5 nights with all the family and Ginger via the inland Southern Highlands route. Highlights: The holiday house "River Bliss" which had an amazing back verandah high up and looking out at trees and a gentle meandering river. http://www.stayz.com.au/accommodation/nsw/south-coast/kangaroo-valley/12067 Short walks from the house_ along the road past the Hampden Bridge in to the countryside and down by the river on the way to town. The little town with lolly shops and old buildings such as The Bank (1891) cafe and an old butcher shop. Fudge and coffee at the bank cafe A short drive to Fitzroy Falls with beautiful views of a valley and some very interesting trees. url=http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/southern-highlands/fitzroy-falls/att... read more

A quest was due. A mission. A journey. We set ourselves goals in life. Big goals: being generally happy 78% of the time, having children, traversing across all continents of the globe. And we set ourselves wee goals: making a bank shot off of the sink with a paper towel, eating a large pizza by yourself without throwing up, or seeing how long you can drive your car without pressing the brakes. These goals are good..necessary I would say. And today, I focus on both. Goal 1 Wombats As stated on the www - "They are not commonly seen, but leave ample evidence of their passage...leaving distinctive cubic faeces" I had allowed cubic faeces to go unwarranted and unjustified for too long in my life, I would not take it this weekend. It was time to ... read more

Doing the Wombat Walk There it was again. I sat up abruptly causing the air mattress to sink dangerously earthwards, snatched up the headlight torch and attempted to shine it through the pvc tent-window. Amidst the reflected light and turned to a certain angle I could see a large wide-bottomed outline scruffling along the ground. A hairy wombat negotiating his way amongst the guy ropes, the tent shuddering every time he knocked into something he was sure had not been there during the previous night's foraging. And so it was.. And so it is at Bundeela. Wombat heaven. Wombat haven. Paddling along the Yarrunga Lake, the upper arm of the Kangaroo River meeting more canoes and and kayaks than I thought had ever been manufactured in Australia, we saw more wombat holes than hotels in Dubai. ... read more

Day 332 - Orange to Kangaroo Valley We’re back on the road again! Thanks must go to Tony & Jane for inviting us to their lovely home. We’ve had a great time exploring Orange and its surrounds and of course it was lovely to catch up with them for one last time. The days are slipping away from us now and its not long before the doors of reality will be flung wide open, so with no further ado we get on our way. The map has been out several times over the last few days and yet we’re still not 100% sure where we’ll end up tonight! We’ve narrowed the options down to ‘somewhere between here and Melbourne’! Out of the window went Broken Hill & Coonabarabran - we would have had to rush things ... read more

Wednesday - 15th January Another day in Sydney. Coffee on circular key then caught the ferry to Watsons Bay. Walked along Camp Cove and on to the peninsular by the light house looking out over the Tasman Sea- beautiful colours sea and spray. Weather glorious but stayed covered up today as rather too much sun yesterday. Arrived back at Watsons Cove and we had a fab lunch at Doyles overlooking the beach, ate local fish, flat head, barramundi and red snapper washed down by their own SB. Yum. Thursday - 16th January - Very over cast today and windy. Delayed canoe trip by one day so off to Sydney to do the bridge, inside the Opera house and the art gallery. Loved the art gallery lots of wonderful aboriginal art, had lunch at a yung chi ... read more