May 27 – Bermagui-Tilba-Narooma
I had heard some plastic rustling in
the night but couldn't figure out what was causing it. We found out
quickly when we started getting things out from breakfast. Someone
had broken into our oatmeal! We couldn't figure out how the thief had
gotten in but we cleaned out all the cupboards. Since we had no
other choice we still had oatmeal for breakfast. Fortunately our
almost finished bag was the only victim and the thief didn't get into
our dried apricots or currants. After packing up we headed up the
road to Bermagui. Along the way we noticed some huge surf crashing
in and a bunch of cars parked by the beach. We pulled over and
watched some surfers. They had some sweet looking waves but there
were a lot of them out there and some rocks close to shore. I can
see it being a bit of a challenge to dodge rocks and people while
keeping your balance on a wave. In Bermagui we stopped into the
visitors center to find out some info on the area but the volunteer
was next to useless. She did suggest we go see the blue pools which
turned out to be a sort of natural/man made ocean swimming pool.
It's too bad it wasn't nicer out so we could have enjoyed the pool.
On the way out of town we stopped at Camel Rock as well. We only
knew about this because of a picture we had seen in one of our many
pamphlets. We tried to take a picture with the rock but between the
angle and the wind they are all awful! Oh well. We continued on to
the Historic Village of Tilba. It was mostly vintage buildings but
is quite touristy with the shops. We did go into the Wood Turning
Gallery which had some absolutely beautiful items in it. Being in
wood working stores always reminds of Grandad. I wish I could afford
some of the pieces but $1300 for a coffee table is a little steep for
our budget even if it's made out of red gum. After leaving Tilba we
had seen in another brochure a cool looking rock formation near
Narooma called Glasshouse Rock. We made a guess at where to turn,
Glasshouse Rock Rd, and followed the road to a cemetery. The view
from one side over looked a nice beach but it didn't look like the
rock formation. We walked around to the other side of the
cemetery/point and there were the rocks we had hoped for. It looked
pretty cool and there was some other very interesting rocks nearby as
well. Once into Narooma we hit up the bank, info center and gas
station. The girl at this information center was much more helpful
and suggested a free rest stop to us for the night. We head down to
the waterfront to make use of some electric bbqs to make lunch. We
attempted our tuna cheese toastie again but it didn't turn out as
delicious as the last time. After lunch we hit the road again. We
decided to have a peek at the rest stop to see if it might be okay
for the night. Turns out it's back from the road a bit and very well
treed so the road noise is minimal. We made a cup of joe while I
read and Beau played some more guitar. We made vegetable soup for
dinner, it was a tinned soup but we majorly beefed it up with
carrots, zucchini and an under ripe avocado. The rest of the evening
passed with wine and some writing up.
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| Some surfing |
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| The Blue Pools |
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| Camel Rock |
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| Cool Rocks by Glasshouse Rock |
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| Glasshouse Rock |
May 28 – Eurobodalla Coast
Our rest stop proved to be not a bad
spot and it looks like our thief was left behind in the Park. Our
journey took us onwards and we followed a tourist drive. We stopped
at Broulee Nature Reserve and had a walk along the beach and around
the reserve. It was a scenic little spot. Our next walk was at
Guerilla Bay out on to Burawarra Point. There was an old WW2 bunker
on the point. I guess that might have something to do with the bay's
name. The walk had many banksia trees along it. They have these
weird nut/pine cone like things that can get turned into really cool
trinkets. They are holey and furry and woody all at the same time.
I thought it would be cool to collect a few and try to carve them
ourselves but we don't have the tools. There was some nice views
along the way but the path started to become less visible and we had
to do a little bush whacking to get back to the main path. By this
time we were quite hungry so we made our down to Malua Bay where
there were some beach side BBQ's. We had baked beans on cheese
toast. Yum! Beau added fried garlic and onions to it too. We were
going to stop in to the Bateman's Bay Library for some Wifi but they
charge for it here! We were very put out so decided against it. We
ended up using some free McD's wifi and found a campsite in town for
the night. We got some more groceries and checked in. There was a
Bunnings (Rona) right next door so we popped in to see if they had a
Robertson bit and voila they did. This meant we were able to get the
battery to be secured in place again. Beau also took the opportunity
to shave down our one drawer a little. Some water got in at some
point and made the wood swell so one of the drawers has been awful to
open. But it's all fixed now! It's nice to get our few odd jobs out
of the way.
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| Broulee Nature Reserve |
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| Burawarra Point |
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| Malua Bay |
May 29 – Ulladulla
Our day started with the loud speak and
forklifts going over at Bunnings. The caravan park backed on to
Bunnings. We showered and had breakfast before heading out. We
bought some fuel along the way to Ulladulla. Once in the town we
spotted a Super Cheap Auto so we stopped in to find out if it would
be reasonable to buy a battery charger so while we are plugged in we
can be charging the battery and running the fridge. Turns out we
wouldn't be able to do this but while we were stopped I topped up the
cell phone and bought so egg rings (it'll keep the egg in place when
on the bbq). We then headed out to Warden Head for a walk. We
pulled into a car park and had a nice walk along the beach. There
were a bunch of people surfing and boogie boarding on some great
crashing waves. There was a dog on the beach whose owner was out
surfing. I think the dog was a little upset about being left behind.
We had thought there was going to be a path to lead us to the heads
and light house but we couldn't find it. Instead of hopping in the
van to go we hopped on our bikes for a short ride down the road. At
the light house we were able to see some humpbacked whales! They were
a little hard to see and we kicked ourselves for not having
binoculars. My camera was able to zoom in some though; it was neat
to see them. Afterwards we continued through town and stopped into
the information center. The girl gave us some info on places to see
further up and also some possibilities for places to stay for the
night. We headed over to a park across the road and made bacon,
eggs and homefries for lunch. It was delicious but greasier than
normal since we were using a stainless steel bbq/grill. After our
artery clogger we went back to the info center/library for wifi.
Once we got updated we hit the road with hopes of a nice rest stop.
The rest stop was a big disappointment so we continued on to Nowra.
We had been told the Showgrounds had reasonably priced camping but
unfortunately when we arrived we were supposed to have pre-purchased
a permit from the information center in town which was now closed. I
didn't want to risk a ticket so we made some phone calls to other
parks in town of which only one was answering. We ended up at Shady
Willows Park but it was definitely shady. Most people there were
live-ins and the bathroom smelled like cigarettes. We didn't have
too many options so we stayed there for the night.
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| Warden Head |
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| A humpback whale |
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| Two humpback whales |
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