Blogs from Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 2

24 May 2012 Day one in Merimbula as mentioned in the previous blog was a quiet day in the park, I unloaded the bikes off of the back of the van for the two older kids Tayla asked me to put the training wheels on her bike so she could ride, I had them packed away somewhere I just needed to find them however she got tired of waiting and just took off, suppose that’s one way to get her to ride on two wheels. In the arvo the girls wanted to go for a swim in the pool, now we were not even 100 kms over the Vic border so it was not quite the Queensland tropics, I think it was about 15 deg outside the pool and lucky to be that in the “heated ... read more

Ce mardi matin on part pour Eden, joli village de pêcheurs qui a l'air de mériter une halte. Le temps est bien froid, mais on est motivé à prendre une douche, aussi quand on en voit une au bord de mer, on n'hésite pas malgré les 12° ambiants!! On discute auparavant avec un papy très en forme de 73 ans qui fait du vélo et qui est un ancien pêcheur. Décidement, on tape la causette avec beaucoup de pêcheurs ces temps-ci! On va ensuite au Killer Whale Museum, qui est un musée en l'honneur d'un orque sanguinaire, Old Tom. Ca peut paraître bizarre mais en fait Eden, comme d'autres villages côtiers en Australie, a intensivement pratiqué la pêche à la baleine, et la technique locale était de collaborer avec les orques. Ils rabattaient les baleines dans ... read more

Wow! Merimbula is gorgeous! I am keeping a list of wonderful places and Merimbula flew straight onto the list. It’s the perfect holiday spot: there are be-oo-tiful beaches, funky little shops, plenty of places to walk/cycle and things to do and see. It’s got a very relaxed vibe and everything closes at by 5pm on the dot. We did some shopping, exploring, fishing (of course), cycling… and spent lots of quality time at the beach. We decided to just randomly park our van in a quiet street both nights, so our morning routine consisted of breakfast on the beach, a swim/snorkel in the ocean, a beachside (free but cold!) shower on the beach and fishing (of course). We also tested out the local cinema (we’d recommend “Gone” if you like thrillers), treated ourselves to a Malaysian ... read more

It has been a while sorry but I have been really busy. James and I started School of the Air. It is really cool. Our teacher's name is Ms Den Ellson. All her lessons have been videod and she sent us the videos of all our work. She changes herself into koalas and puts fireworks on the screen. We have to video ourselves reading and stuff and email it to her. James keeps showing off. When I am trying to do my video he gets in the background and says cheese and stuff. We have been to Narooma. That town is really pretty. They have a bike track that goes all the way past amazing beaches to another town. We rode 16 km. I can now use my gears to ride up and down hills. On ... read more

The weather was kind to us today and we set off to head to Edan with our sight set on the Whale museum. The short journey was uneventful and we drove down to the Fishermans wharf to check out the trawlers and boats. Interesting that we found Ruby's boat moored there. The wander through the Whale museum was great, with the history about the Killer Whales herding other whales into the bay for the Whalers to kill them. The reward the Killer whales received was the tongue and lips of the slaughtered whales. One particular Killer whale appeared to have a great bond with Humans and was the leader of the pack. They returned each year to do the same job, and the hearding ceased after Tom (the leader) was found dead washed up in a ... read more