Blogs from Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 4

To-day we packed up and headed north for Merry Beach (1/2 hour north of Batemans Bay). We decided to spend the day sightseeing on the way. Our first stop was at a little town called Tilba Tilba where we stopped and visited the Foxglove Gardens. We enjoyed spending time wandering through the gardens. We then travelled to a town called Kianga for Morning Tea (Tourist Drive 5). Along the way we saw an echidna crossing the road. Poor Steve tried to pull up the van so as I could run back and take a photo. I just caught him before he disappeared into the bush. We drove through some lovely beachside towns on the way. Malua Bay was a very pretty spot. We stopped for a fish and chip lunch at Batehaven before arriving late afternoon ... read more

Day 26 - Merimbula to Pretty Beach, Termeil - Journey time 3hrs - 180 kms (inc short stop) We woke quite early this morning courtesy of the local airfield! It meant we were packed up and on our way in good time though. As we left Merimbula the tide was in which had filled the waterways and we remarked that doing the boardwalk this morning would have been a very different scene. Tom Tom is doing a great job and we’re so chuffed that we got the Oz maps on to it (cheers Tony!). We know that we shouldn’t rely on it 100% and that we’ll need to get some maps but at the moment it’s doing a sterling job. It’s an interesting journey today along the A1 Princes Highway through Bega, Narooma and Batemans Bay. ... read more

Gestern war ich noch in der Hauptstadt Canberra, wo ich mir das Multikulturfestival auf der Strasse angesehen habe, allerdings waren da nur ein paar Staendchen mit "Global Food" aus aller Herren und Damen Laender, die nicht allzu viel zu bieten hatten. Anderen Tags ging ich in die National Gallery of Australia auf der kleinen Halbinsel, auf der sich auch das Old Parliament und das jetztige Parlamentsgebaeude befinden. Da war ich dann etwa vier Stunden drin. Das hat ausgereicht, meinen ohnehin nicht sehr starken Fluchtreflex Grossstaedte betreffend zu aktivieren. Die naechste Staion ist nunmehr Batemans Bay. Das Wetter ist allerdings momentan so schlecht, dass ich die Kuestenstrasse weiter hinauffahren werde und die Blue Mountains anstrebe. Dann wirds schoen langsam Zeit, ans Zurueckbringen des Autos zu denken: am Freitag. Ich werde dann noch ein paar Tage in Sydney ... read more

14th December 2008 - GETTING FESTIVE After leaving Eden we set off towards Narooma. We stopped in Mystery Bay along the way because we liked the name. Didn't appear to be much of a mystery though as quite a few people were on the beach having a walk (still too cold for sun worshipping and swimming). Some good waves crashing against the rocks made it a nice walk. Anyone into rock pooling would have had a field day here too!! Worth a visit but why it's a mystery will remain a mystery to me!!! We arrived in Narooma at around 4.30pm. We tried to get the burner on to cook some soup but Billy wind kept blowing out the flame until eventually we admitted defeat!! Bread and Butter it was for tea!!! We then drove into ... read more

As we drove down the Princes Highway early on Friday morning, the rain splattered down the windscreen and the sky was a dark shade of grey. But it was a long weekend, and we didn’t mind the weather, for we were going on an adventure in to an unknown region of NSW. We’d only ever ventured as far as Wollongong on the South Coast, so you can imagine how pleasantly surprised we were by the scenery and surroundings as we travelled further away from Sydney and then Wollongong, in to the Shoalhaven region. It is a very scenic drive and we were taken by the real countryside charm of villages liked Berry, where we couldn’t resist a stop off on the way back for coffee and chocolate brownies with whipped cream and yes, you guessed it, ... read more