Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Kangaroo Valley

Shopping
Today we found a Woolworth's and got the essentials -- bread, milk, cheese, hair conditioner. I thought we could make do for 10 weeks with a styrofoam cooler. It lasted half a day before a little boy stood on the lid. We'll get a $35 hard side cooler today. Ice is $4/bag, so we'll get some blue ice and freeze them each night as well.

Kangaroo Valley
How can we resist these names? Off the main highway, there are many tourist drives through beautiful scenery. We took a couple through the day. One was to Kangaroo Valley and Fitzroy Falls. Pictures soon. (I know where there's a wireless connection in this town) The falls area spectacular. The canyons are deep and rocky with eucalyptus trees, something which looks like cedar (in bloom) and huge tree ferns. We could easily have spent days here.

Jervis Bay
I couldn't resist the beach any longer, so we headed for Jervis Bay. We found a playground for the kids to run around on, and a very small beach next to a saltwater swimming pool. The tide was coming in as we spent a few hours there, and by the time we left, the pool was filling. A dolphin watching cruise boat came in to dock, which increased the number of children on the playground.

Not Much Progress...
We made only about 200km progress south yesterday. We've got to pick up the pace tomorrow, but first need to backtrack north a few kms to see the friendly kangaroos at Pebbly Beach. How can we resist?

1 comment:

Rich and Di said...

well....the little boys are freezing each night...at least Connor is. He likes to sleep on top of the covers instead of underneath the nice warm wool "featherbed". Then he kicks off his slippers in the morning.