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Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South West Rocks April 24th 2012

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Depuis mon départ de Nouvelle-Zélande, les mots de Laurent, instructeur de plongée français dont j'ai fait la connaissance aux Poor Knights Islands, résonnent dans ma tête: "J'ai fait plus de 2000 plongées autour du globe et Fish Rock c'est dans mon top 3", me confie-t'il lors de notre retour des Poor Knights. De quoi sérieusement attiser ma curiosité. South West Rocks n'était pas prévu dans mes escales australiennes, mais jusqu'ici les imprévus m'ont toujours réservé d'excellentes surprises et tant que je suis ici, je ne vais pas laisser passer ma chance. Je décide donc de parcourir les 500km qui séparent Sydney de South West Rocks, en train. Je réalise d'ailleurs que durant mon voyage, je n'ai pas encore emprunté ce moyen de transport que j'affectionne pourtant tout particulièrement. A mon arrivée je fais la connaissance de ... read more
Fish rock vu depuis la cote
requin wobbegong
Requin taureau

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South West Rocks November 25th 2010

Our first stop in NSW was the lovely country town of Murwillumbah. We picked up some supplies and headed to visit Paul’s Uncle Syd who lives in nearby Nundari. We were warmly welcomed and setup camp on their property where we had a great view across the valley. We took a day trip up into the Border Ranges National Park. The view of Mt Warning from the Pinacle was amazing, as was the scenery looking out over the Tweed Valley. We had the chance to enjoy the Murwillumbah agricultural show, complete with all the animals and of course a tractor display. We still couldnt get the kids to try fairy floss ! Heading coastal once more we travelled on a very wet day to Broken Head. Paul got the chance to get some great surfing in. ... read more
Border Ranges NP
Border Ranges NP
Border Ranges NP

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South West Rocks October 21st 2010

Louise's Section Ahh sitting in the sunshine, with a cool breeze and contemplating a glass of wine...this is the life. We are now midway between Sydney and Brisbane in a place called Harrington. We haven't done much apart from strolling about and looking at the local sights except going on a dolphin/whale watching cruse. It was nice to get out but my god the weather was shit!! I got to see the back of a dolphin and a baby whale and 3 fur seals, all for $60!! I know they cannot guarantee good sightings but I was still a bit disappointed. Oh well, hopefully more whales to come in New Zealand. I have further clarified to myself that I do not like Pelicans, they have evil eyes (see picture to demonstrate said evilness). We had a ... read more
Look how easy...
Blue Mountains
View at Crowdy Bay

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South West Rocks September 20th 2010

31-8-10 to 20-9-10 Well off on our holiday to South west Rocks, with a few days at Ellenborough Reserve free spot no 293, after a night at Keepit Dam the night before. We had 3 days there & visited Ellenborough Falls & just relaxed & chilled out. We had a drink at Long Flat Pub & on the 9th we met Warwick & Marg at Wauchope & then went on to South West Rocks. We had 10 days kayaking & fishing as there was an Estuary behind the park. We did not catch many fish but we had fun trying. We walked to town & went for walks on the beach with the dogs, had tea out & went for lunch a few days. We had a very relaxing & enjoyable time. Marg & Warwick left ... read more
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6  31-8-10  Hayden & Riley on the bike
9  31-8-10  Kirsty, Grand pop, Riley , Pop, & Nan  at Chinchilla

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South West Rocks October 26th 2009

En Australie, c'est bien connu, il y a des requins, beaucoup, partout! Ce qui est moins connu, c'est que la plupart de ces requins sont completement inoffensifs, et cette experience de plongee est la pour le prouver! South West Rocks est un spot de plongee renomme en Australie, notamment grace a Fish Rock, un petit ilot rocheux, traverse de part en part par un long tunnel sous-marin, et ou se trouvent des Grey Nurse Sharks, requins d'environ 2 metres de long, qui ont des tetes de vrais requins dangereux, avec plein de dents et tout, mais qui ne feraient pas de mal a une mouche (enfin si, s'il y avait des mouches sous l'eau, bref ce que je veux dire c'est qu'ils mangent quand meme des poissons, mais en tout cas pas des hommes!). Du coup ... read more
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Day Twelve - Last supper Well although I woke early enough to go for a run, it was fine so I figured I’d be walking most of the morning. Silly idea - while we did sneak in a few short walks we dodged the rain for the rest of the morning. We did a short climb over the hill to see if there were any whales passing through today but sadly not. The wind was blowing strongly but I managed to walk closer to the edge than last time so I’m getting better. It felt so great just sitting there with the wind tossing the waves below and watching the birds struggling to make headway. This is really relaxing. We came back and packed up ready to run in the afternoon, but went to the restaurant ... read more
Lunch in the rain
Tree House


Day Eleven - Arakoon I got up early (7am) and went for my first run since leaving New Zealand. It wasn’t as hard as I expected it would be so perhaps I haven’t lost my touch after all. Yes, that means it was fine - well at least until 2 mins after I returned when I bucketed down again. However by around 10.30 it was clear enough to go out for a drive so we wandered around the sights of South West Rocks, through the rainforest. The water lying on the ground was incredible. It’s granite country so I guess it doesn’t soak in that well. Really we were going out for coffee and cake (yes, they did get to the gluten free lesson and it was great). We then headed for the lighthouse for a ... read more
Breakwater


Day Nine - Arakoon Still raining... but we took a window of opportunity and snuck out to walk over the top of the peninsular to the next beach. The vegetation is low and salt burned but very lush. We reached the top and saw whales spouting immediately. They move around that cape all the time but it was a real treat to actually see them myself. They weren’t breeching, but seeing the spouts was pretty magic. We continued the walk and ended up in the gaol - an historic building that has been preserved. During the first world war, German citizens who were in Australia were locked up here ‘just in case they were enemy aliens’ and they spent 3 years confined there while being used to build a breakwater so ships could have a safe ... read more
Julie


Day Ten - Arakoon Still raining...We stayed put today - read books, listened to music, generally blobbed out and did exactly what I needed to do to relax. ... read more




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