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

Day 88 This lovely sea air is a knockout, I really struggled to get out of bed this morning, I felt so tired yet, we were in bed not long after 10.00 last night so getting up at 7.00 should be easy. I got two loads of washing into the machine this morning, I don’t know why but it feels like I am always washing clothes, I am sure that is not really true, but perhaps it is because each day blends in with the next. We may be able to keep tabs on what date it is but the days of the week are a complete blur. Today brings with it a little bit of investigation work, one we need to find a Nissan Dealer to get the truck in for a service and two ... read more

Day 86 As you have may or may not gathered by now, we like to put what we call a snappy tag line up for each day of the blog, things like day 1 or day 26 just doesn’t do it but titles like secrets on the lake, naughty wombats or even little India should be more enticing to our readers. Some days are so much easier to do than others, some days we sit at the end of an evening still pondering what yesterday's blog is going to be called , still seeking some inspiration, where other times it just falls in your lap. Today is the 1st of February (White Rabbits) and it is 08.41 in the morning, Caroline has gone for her morning wash and as I type this can see her walking ... read more

On one of our exploratory drives, we went to Bowral and were impressed with a Museum there at the local cricket ground. Bowral, located in the southern Highlands roughly fifty klms west of Wollongong, houses the Don Bradman Museum. Don was born in Western NSW and his family moved to Bowral when he was three years old. He grew up there and formed a secondary school relationship with his wife of sixty five years. Donald Bradman As you may or may not know, Don Bradman is a cricketing legend in Australia. He is probably the most well known and respected sportsman in this 'sporting mad' country. He passed away five or six years ago but his legend will live on. No purpose in trying to write a history as my knowledge of the facts is limited. ... read more

We woke up around 6.30am and it was cold around 4 degrees. After having breakfast and packing up we left about 8.30am got fuel at Caltex before we headed off to Hay. The wins was a cross wind and slightly behind up. It seemed to be up hill all the way to Hay. Had to have another fuel stop at Hay and it was near lunch time so we had lunch at Hay and Marg needed a script filled then off to Wagga Wagga where we hope to have our last free stay over night. As we approached Wagga Wagga the free stops in the book were just truck stops like before so we went past Wagga Wagga to see if they improved. The next thing we knew was that we were turning left onto ... read more

Mar 6. Spruik Bateman. Very quiet. Bloke rendevoused for flag said he'd put it up pole. Lunch at Water Garden Park. Australian coot, little grebe, chestnut teal, Pacific Black Duck ( not black). Mar 7. Miscellaneous spruiking. Drove toward Ulladulla. Stopped Meroo N.P. Green headland stretching north toward Jervis Bay. No one around. Ulladulla met Alan who got flag. Clear cool day. Mar 8. Again Ulladulla and surprizingly many stickers went out. Black Kite at surf spot. Today no waves, no surfers. A couple of divers. Some walkers (from England) loved flag. Mar 9. Huskisson. Day on the one street. Here a microcosm of small, incredibly new Australia. The setting Jervis Bay. Green backdrop, white sand beach stretching around and around to vertical headland, naval and occasionally air force firing range of north arm forming the ... read more