Wombats

Wombats

Kay and I watched the 1980’s mini series “Bodyline” last week, if you don’t remember it; it was about the 1932 ashes series where England bowled at the batsman’s body and not the stumps. So, 1¾ hours away in the Southern Highlands is the town of Bowral where Sir Donald Bradman lived and the Bradman Museum is situated.

After visiting the museum and the town centre we went for a drive through Kangaroo Valley to Bendeela Picnic Area. Bendeela is where a friend had mentioned there was a good chance of seeing wombats; Kay and I had not seen wombats in the wild. The tip was a good one and we saw half a dozen around the area.

After photographing the cute little marsupials we headed to the coast for a fish and chip supper at Werri Beach Fish Shop.

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ColKay

Kayaking at Audley

Kayaking at Audley

Last day of October yesterday and its hotting up, the temperature isn’t dropping below 16 ° at night and the days have all been in the late 20’s and even the early 30’s.

Kay, Madeleine and I booked a kayak and a double canoe from the “Historic Boat Shed” at Audley, packed a scrummy picnic in to the “esky” (cool box) and went paddling up the Hacking River.

We were not far up the river when Madeleine screamed snake, on catching her up we discovered it was a 4/5 foot black eel, a bit similar in shape to a conger eel. There were lots of turtles basking on rocks and low branches as well as all sorts of bird life.

Whilst having a rest on the river bank after our delicious picnic and yes a bottle of sparkling wine, Madeleine spotted an Eastern Water Dragon. Then like buses we spotted another. They deserve the title water in their name as they are great little swimmers.

Two weekends ago we visited the Illawarra Fly Top Walk. This is a new feature to the area and has a large tower and a walk way built at the top of the forest, great view!
After visiting Illawarra we dropped in to Kiama for fish and chip supper and watched the water blow in Kiama’s famous blow hole.

Today has been a taxi dad day so I have just bought some XLARGE prawns and popped a Chardonnay in the fridge for when I finish sitting in the car whilst Megan reduces the 120 hours of learner driving, which is compulsory in New South Wales before attempting the driving test.

Nearly forgot, Kay spotted an Echidna on the way back from Kiama and took a photograph which shows his/her nose, unlike the Echidna on the Eagle Head walk who just stayed in a ball.

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ColKay