Travelling to Moruya, NSW

 Another entry from my Diary in 2018 on our trip to Moruya in March 2018.

Day 1 - we left home at 9 am and drove through the Adelaide hills, crossed the Murray River on the Swan Reach ferry, then onto Renmark and crossed the border into Victoria and on to Mildura where we stopped the night at Red Cliffs Caravan Park.  It had been a long day, about 420 km and we were happy that the caravan park had lovely green grass and not very crowded, and was surrounded by grape vines which was the perfect setting for a relaxing drink.

Day 2 -The next day we set off after a good night's sleep and arrived in Balranald and stopped for lunch at a small park. 

Balranald 

Back on the road to Hay and decided to stop for the night  at the free Rest Area at Sandy Point Reserve, just out of the town of Hay.

Sandy Point Reserve, Hay

Sandy Point Reserve, Hay on the Murrumbidgee River

Day 3 - Next morning we drove around the town and found a Sculpture Trail and the Railway Station, so took a few photos.

Railway Stn, Hay

Sculpture Trail

Murrumbidgee River

We left Hay and headed east to West Wyalong, Goolgowi and Weethalle, through farming and grazing countryside. 

  

At Weethalle we stopped to take a photo of the artwork on the silo there and continued on to another free camping area where we had camped before so we knew it was a good place to stop. I wrote in my diary that Ron remembered the makes of cars and caravans that were there on our last trip there and I only remembered the people we talked to!  I think that says a bit about our personalities.😉

Day 4:  Next morning we set off again but didn't drive as far and arrived at the small town of Forbes where we booked into the caravan park as Ron needed a day without driving too far.  We decided to have lunch at the Servicemen's Club as it was Ron's birthday.  After lunch we went back to the caravan for some drinks and just to relax.  So far we have travelled 1,1172 km from home.

Forbes

 The weather was now quite warm so we were happy that our caravan site was nice and shady.

Forbes Town Hall

Day 5:  We left Forbes and headed for Eugowra where we stopped to have a quick look around the town as we noticed some really good murals on many of the buildings in the main street.

 Update: Very sad news in November 2022 :  a tsunami-like flood swept through the rural central west NSW town of Eugowra. The force of the water was so strong that it swept away homes and vehicles. Businesses, the local primary school, the town's preschool and many homes were destroyed by the flood.

 

Eugowra mural

The murals were amazing but unfortunately I think they are probably destroyed by the floods in 2022.  We heard recently on a tv show that Eugowra has slowly started to rebuild but so much was destroyed it will be a long time before things get back again and the town was only about 700 residents.  It is very sad but the rural community is very supportive and are working together so there is hope for its future.

.... next blog post will be the continuation of our trip to Moruya😀👫

Travelling Around The Snowy Mountains

 We travelled to Cooma, known as the capital of the Snowy Mountains, and enjoyed a lovely drive from Eden on the coast to the beautiful Monaro region and the Snowy Mountains.

Nanny goat hill Lookout, Cooma

View from Nanny Goat Hill

Yellow tailed black cockatoo

These cockatoos were in the trees behind our caravan in Cooma and were having a feast on the pine cones, making a lot of mess and a lot of noise, but amazing to see them, and they are a very large bird.

Yellow tailed black cockatoo

After settling in to the Cooma caravan park, the next day  we drove to Charlotte's Pass, Australia's oldest and highest ski resort.  As we were there in March there was no snow so we had a lovely walk around and took in the beautiful scenery.

Beautiful scenery around Charlotte's Pass

We drove back through Jindabyne, another alpine town on Lake Jindabyne.

Sculptures at Lake Jindabyne

The next day we drove to Nimmmintabel which is another small town which we had passed through the day before on our way to Cooma, but we wanted to have another look around.

Elephant sculpture in Nimmitabel

The Indian elephant is a beautiful feature of the main street in front of a restaurant.

Relaxing at the caravan

SUNDAY BEST

 ALL BRITISH DAY, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Linking Sunday Best 

Travelling to Eden

 Eden is the most southerly coastal town in New South Wales.

In March 2016 we did a great road trip in our caravan and I will post some of my diary entries and photos here and hope you enjoy going back a few years.  It really doesn't seem that long ago but time goes so fast these days.

Nullice River, Eden

Our caravan site

The caravan park was quite spacious and not crowded like some parks are, and we had our site on the far side of the park with a forest of trees nearby and we could hear the Bellbirds making their lovely ringing sound but I couldn't manage to get a photo of them as they were fairly well hidden but it was a beautiful sound.

Cruise Ship Pacific Eden in Eden

According to my diary, we took 3 days to get to Eden from Adelaide and about 1,300 km.  The weather was quite warm but overcast and I remember it was quite foggy too so some photos weren't very clear.

We don't like to sit around too much and most days we did day trips from the caravan park to the many small towns and attractions in the area.

12/3/2016 Diary - we drove to Green Cape Lighthouse and Disaster Bay.

Disaster Bay

Disaster Bay

Green Cape Lighthouse

13/3/2016 Diary - Rain overnight. Drove out to Pambula, 15 km north of Eden.

A nice walk on Pambula beach

 14/3/2016 Diary - Did some laundry as we have been away for almost a week, then headed of to Bombala, another pretty little town just over an hour's drive north west from Eden.

Historic Bombala Railway Station

Bombala is known for the elusive platypus and of course we weren't able to see one while in Bombala.  I was really disappointed as I haven't seen one in the wild but hopefully we will one day.  From Bombala we drove on to Delegate, another small town and had a look around there before heading back to Eden.

Delegate

15/3/2016 - Diary. Rain overnight, temperature around 23C. Stayed around the caravan park and had lunch at a restaurant in Eden.

Rainy day in Eden

Eden

Eden in the rain

16/3/2016 Diary. Drove to another small town, Tathra which has a lovely wharf area.  

Tathra Wharf

Tathra wharf

Tathra

Tathra wharf area

17/3/2016 Diary.  No rain overnight so headed off to Tilba Tilba, about 120km from Eden.  Lovely drive through semi tropical forest with large ferns and tall trees.  Stopped on the way in Bega and the Cheese Factory.

Bega

Bega Cheese Factory

The cheese factory was really interesting and they had so many varieties of cheese on sale, different from what we usually get in the supermarkets here.

Wildlife 

Tilba Tilba

Tilba Tilba is a lovely little town with a lot of small artisan shops, so we had a good look around as the quality of work was amazing and we had a chat to some of the artists.

Tilba Tilba

Narooma

We then drove on to Narooma, Bermagui and Cobargo then back to Eden.

Narooma and Bermagui were beautiful coastal towns and we sat in the sun looking at the waves while we ate our fish and chip lunch.