Blogs from Moruya, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Watching for the Kingfisher Prayer is like watching for the Kingfisher. All you can do is be where he is likely to appear, and wait. Often, nothing much happens; there is space, silence and expectancy. No visible sign, only the knowledge that he's been there, and may come again. Seeing or not seeing cease to matter, you have been prepared. But sometimes, when you've almost stopped expecting it, a flash of brightness gives encouragement. Our last week in Mallacoota started on Saturday 27th June. All of the news reports had mentioned very cold and very windy conditions however here in Mallacoota it was fine and sunny with the top temp expected to be 17 degrees. After spending some time watching the local bird life we headed off from the Manse on a walk along part of ... read more

We woke at 8.30am and rechecked the van. The area was still damp but not soaking. There was water debris covering the yellow wheel chocks and up to 4 inches of the tyres. Some of the campers near us were busy hanging stuff on the airport perimeter fence to dry, but with 98% humidity, I doubt it will work! After watching a little yellow Gyrocopter do some “touch and goes”, we closed all the vents and windows in the van just in case it started raining again, as forecast, and set off for the Moruya Country Market. Many of the stalls were the same as at the Candelo Market last week, although there were a few more fresh produce stalls. Unfortunately, the handbag lady wasn’t there so I couldn’t try and get my bag. Barry did ... read more

I will do two blogs today as we had a couple of last photos from Moruya that I want people to see. On our last afternoon at Moruya a large thunder and lightening storm brew up over the range inland from us. It was quite a light show and the smell of rain coming was quite exhilarating. Enjoy the photos.... read more

Today is another day and we have now moved on to Moruya. What a lovely small town it is with just about everything a person would need and the park is great. We will definitely will return here in the future. We have had some beautiful sun rises each morning with a mist sitting on the river as the sun comes up. A beautiful spot to just sit and watch. See photos. This is a town that a person could definitely spend some time. However we have to move on in a few days as we have a prior engagement in Melbourne in April for our daughters (Erin) 30th birthday and we can't wait to see her again. Hope you enjoy todays photos as much as we enjoy experiencing them in real life :)... read more

Departed Kangaroo Valley just before lunch. Stopped in town centre for a visit. Continued our journey to Nowra, where we stopped for lunch and some retail therapy. Arrived at North Head Camping Ground at 5pm and set up camp.... read more