Blogs from Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Coastal towns, Merimbula and Bermagui are great spots for retirement living, but where are the major facilities for health, etc. These two places would make excellent holiday venues with baoting and fishing being high on the agenda of things to do. Coastal walks and occasional whale sightings at the right time would make both places magical spots.... read more

At last, life has settled down and I have had the camera back in my hands. What a great feeling. Friends will know that since I returned home from my travels into the Australian Outback last year (2014), my life has been thrown into turmoil by the death of my little four legged travel companion Polly Panda, and then the relocation of my home in March 2015 from rural village Quaama to coastal haven Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW. Both events have taken all my time and energy to come to grips with and readjust. And the camera has seen little light of day (or night) until very recently. But things are settling down now, and as I said in my opening line, I now have the camera back in my hand, have ... read more

Hi blog followers. Today (I think it is Sunday) the weather is not so good, so I am taking the opportunity to do all my "on Line" activities. I must say, the Bermagui Seaside Fair yesterday was extremely lucky with the weather as it was an excellent day all day. It wasn't just the weather that was great as the township is to be congratulated on the efforts they went to in making the Fair such a great day for all. See attached photos. For a small town, they certainly did a great job to keep all the visitors (they say around 10,000) fully entertained. Even at the end of the evening, the fireworks were fantastic and we had front row seats as they were held right across the road from the park we are staying ... read more

While we were at the Wharf we had some lunch. I finally got my ½ dozen oysters (for $7.50) straight off the oyster beds that morning and just opened. They were tender and delicious, so I’m happy now! Barry had Blue Grenadier and we shared some chips. We sat outside to eat and watched the comings and goings on the wharf, both human and bird. We saw some really large black cormorants, the usual pelicans and Silver Gulls. Whenever a boat returned to the wharf, it was mobbed by birds appearing from everywhere to see if there would be any handouts. They got lucky on one boat – a hire for the day fishing experience that had been successful and caught loads of fish. Part of the deal is that the crew clean the fish for ... read more

After a very late lunch, we went to see if there was a map of where the sculptures are displayed. We found the Community Hall, which has a lot of the smaller pieces inside, but realised there was only 20 minutes before they would close so we’ll do that tomorrow. We did buy a $3 catalogue and have time to look at the series of large wooden carved panels that were in the foyer. They depicted the changes in life from only Aboriginals living on the land, through the settlement by Europeans and the growing and working together that has slowly happened, although there are still inequalities. The catalogue showed that there were a group of sculptures outdoors in Dickinson Park and on Endeavour Point. Both were beside the water and it was very windy but ... read more