Southern NSW

So since you last heard from us, we have ventured further south to Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. We’ve had a couple of scary moments both driving and camping, I saw my first seal in the wild, Jack teased an octopus, cursed a bit driving through Sydney in peak hour with no brakes, we became tourist attractions for a group of Japanese, caught up with more family, played dominoes with some old ladies, had a surf and a fish, went for a bike ride and ate lots of yummy food.

Hungry Head National Park

Now for the blow-by-blow description of our week:

Surfers at Crescent Head

After we left Coffs, we checked out Scott’s Point, Stuarts head, South West Rocks, and Hat head. Had a scary moment in the car with an unsigned gnarly down hill gravelly S bend. We found a quaint little spot for the night in Hungry Head national park (near hat head).

We stopped in at Crescent head and watched the surfers, in which we did a lot of cringing with all the near misses from the rocky cliffs.

Jack and 2.5 Kg of Vegemite at Newcastle

Thursday - We stopped off at Newcastle, beautiful town with gorgeous cliff views. Also stopped off at Avoca beach and watched the surfers and the rock fisherman.

It was very funny watching a Japanese man see his rod being pulled by a fish and he bolted out of his chair and ran like a water dragon to the cliff edge yelling ‘yao yao yao’ and then when he lost the fish said ‘ooh bugger’ (you have to imagine it in a strong Japanese accent).

We made it through Sydney (just - we had no left brakes). Lets just say if I were to write our transcript down, it would contain a lot of ‘*#&@%’ characters. We then looked for a place to bunk for the night and found ourselves in a gorgeous little town called Kiama.

We were parked next to Kiama’s lighthouse and blowhole, eating brekky and washing the dishes, when a busload of Japanese tourists arrived. They were more excited at seeing us and our car than the actual attractions. Three different groups came up and asked for photos with us! It was hilarious. A couple of men asked ‘you live?’ and ‘how long?’

Jack and Jean at Mollymook

We met up with Jack’s mum’s cousin Jean who is an awesome lady, great company! We shared a few beers, nibbles and fish & chips by the Mollymook beach and enjoyed a homely apartment all to ourselves. We went with Jean to Bateman’s bay to visit her gorgeous old mother, Ollie, and played a few games of dominoes with the other old ladies. We went for a walk on the rocks at Casey’s beach where Jack spotted an octopus! And then at Forsters Bay the next day, I spotted a seal, and we saw it poo!

For our first night in Victoria, we stayed at Lakes Entrance. In the middle of the night someone ripped open our canvas. I thought it was Jack and started asking ‘Jack, what are you doing?’ Jack starts nudging me to shut up, but I keep asking ‘What are you doing? Jack? What are you doing?’ Jack whispers that someone is outside. So we’re both lying there trying not to breathe and listening for footsteps. Jack later said he heard a scream, then some thuds, a car door shut and then a car drove off. Very scary stuff.

Eating Nan's nectarines at Portsea

Yesterday we arrived in Blairgowrie, where we jumped in the pool as soon as we arrived. Today we borrowed a couple of mountain bikes and rode all along the Mornington Penninsula, along Blairgowrie, Sorrento and Portsea.

Cam and Ang (Jack's Uncle and Aunt) will be here later tonight and Emily and Jodie will be here for Aus day tomorrow!!

Until next time...