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St Peters Cathedral, Adelaide

Torrens Weir, Adelaide

North Terrace, Adelaide

Mt Lofty, Adelaide

Port Elliot, Adelaide

Orbost, Omeo, Bright

 Day 20 from my Diary in 2018- Moruya to Orbost

We left Moruya after a great stay there and headed to Orbost after crossing from New South Wales into Victoria. Before we left Moruya we took one last walk around the town and here are some photos of the interesting sculptures.

After leaving Moruya we arrived in Orbost and stopped by the river where another caravan was set up which made me feel that it would be a safe area to stay, so we had our lunch and before long the other caravanners arrived so we had a chat and they reassured me that it was a lovely spot and very safe and quiet so we decided to stay.

On way to Orbost

Orbost Memorial Clock

Lower Snowy River, Orbost

View of the river from our caravan

Sunset on the Lower Snowy River

Beautiful Sunset on the river at Orbost

We reluctantly left our lovely spot by the river in Orbost, said goodbye to our neighbours who had been so friendly and told us they wer travelling on the road full time and were enjoying their travels.  We're not sure we would could travel full time as we would miss our granchildren and family and we are happy to do our smaller trips.

We headed to Omeo, a small historic gold mining town on the Great Alpine Road.  The scenery on the way was beautiful but quite a winding road. We then drove a few more kms to Hinnomunjie on the banks of the Mitta Mitta River and found the lovely camping area where we stayed a few days.  It was a free camping area so everyone is expected to leave the site clean and tidy and most people do, but the sign is there to remind campers to do the right thing otherwise the free camping will be closed.

It is a beautiful area and there were only a couple of other vans so it was very quiet and peaceful and we enjoyed looking around and watching the birds on the river.

View from our caravan

Sitting outside enjoying the sunny  weather

Day 20 Diary 24/3/2018

We left Omeo and Hinnomunjie on the Mitta Mitta River and travelled on the Alpine Way, which was a very slow trip as the weather had deteriorated and our visibility was only a few metres through a very winding road with lots of fog and rain so we were happy to reach the town of Bright without any mishaps along the way.

Foggy and rainy Alpine Way

The rain and fog cleared for a better drive

We finally arrived at our next overnight stop at Porepunkah and then it started to rain again.  We were ok but there was a couple in a tent near us and they quickly packed up and left when the rain started to pour down - not much fun in a tent when it rains.  

View from our caravan

Some Autumn colours

Autumn colours

Linking to My Corner of the world

Moruya, New South Wales

 Day 12 of our trip in 2018

I have skipped a few days of our holiday diary as we spent a few days just sitting around enjoying some nice weather.  

We drove to another nice town, Narooma, about 50 km from Moruya. Narooma is a lovely town surrounded by the ocean which is amazingly blue.

Day 15 - 18

We drove from Narooma around the coast to several other little bays which all had beautiful blue water. 

Tuross Head

Tuross Head

Bateman's Bay

Nelligan, on the Clyde River

Nelligan, a small town on the Clyde River

Travelling to Canowindra,Cowra, Moruya

 Day 6 - from my diary in 2018

We arrived in Canowindra on a  lovely sunny morning and set up in the caravan park in a really nice setting so we are looking forward to a few days looking around the area. 

Day 7 - We woke up to another lovely sunny but cool morning and noticed the hot air balloons so we sat outside and watched them while we had our coffee.   What a lovely surprise to see them, they were so beautiful but I don't think I would be wanting to go up in one.

Canowindra

Lovely main street in Canowindra

Day 8 - We left Canowindra and headed for the next town of Cowra, where we decided to have a look at the Japanese Gardens that had been recommended to us.  They are set in 12.5 acres and are apparently the largest Japanese Gardens in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Garden is located on the site of the World War Two Japanese prisoner of war camp and the site of the infamous Cowra break out in 1944 – a story of great courage, spirit and futility. The garden was built to commemorate the Japanese prisoners of war who died at the breakout.

Cowra Japanese Gardens

Cowra Japanese Gardens

After visiting the very beautiful and peaceful Japanese Gardens we  headed off to Moruya and soon we were at the caravan park.  We were happy to be staying in one place for the next 10 days.

A beautiful tree near our caravan site

Moruya

Moruya caravan park

Batemans Bay

Batemans Bay Restaurant

Day 9 - Weather was overcast so we decided to head to Bateman's Bay and on the way stopped at a little town called Mogo then on to Bateman's Bay where we had lunch at a seafood restaurant which was right on the waterfront.

On the way back we stoppped at a small beach called Maloney's Beach, had a short walk around and saw some kangaroos, then on to a few other small beaches before heading back to Moruya.

Maloney's Beach

Kangaroos at Maloney's Beach

Malua Bay

Malua Bay