South Coast NSW
We copped another massive downpour on the morning we were packing up at Croajingalong and the rain continued all day. SE Victoria and SE NSW have had a lot of rain in the past few weeks and it shows, everything is so green and lush and in such stark comparison to parts of SA and Victoria and even Tassie that were so parched and brown and crusty.
We both enjoyed the drive into NSW through the lush forest in the pouring rain – especially from the warmth of Elsie. We only made it as far as a caravan park in Eden, needing to dry out a little and wash a bunch of soggy things. Plus we really wanted to spend at least a night in Eden, having missed out on going to Paradise in Tasmania. Surprised that more businesses in town didn’t make more of the ‘Garden of Eden’, I think we only saw one caravan park called that.
The weather was so crappy that night that we even treated ourselves to a meal out, at the Eden Fishermans Club. Other NSW towns have big RSLs or Leagues Clubs, but Eden has the Fishermans Club and for that reason alone we had to eat there. It was definitely in the same vein as a Leagues Club and after dinner we even lost $3 on the pokies purely because neither of us had ever had a go before. That is one addiction with which neither of us have any affinity.
From Eden we headed just a little way up the coast to Mimosa Rocks NP and we continued our fledgling love affair with the South East corner of Australia. It is one part of Australia we hadn’t heard much about or had any expectations of, but we are loving it. Laid back, not overly developed, a rugged and rocky coastline interspersed with great beaches, surf or at least the potential for surf, loads of inlets and rivers surrounded by rolling green hills – its been a bit of a revelation.
The Marramarang NP just north of Batemans Bay was a particular favourite. Beautiful forests of spotted gums leading down to a rocky coastline and wee little bays and beaches. We had a long surf at Pretty Beach and I (Nic) got chatting to a couple of women, just a little younger than me, who were also learning to surf, and the swapping of stories did wonders for my confidence!
Occasional fishing forays around the mouths of the inlets yielded some good eating fish – bream (black and yellowfin), dusky flathead, and tailor. And at the beaches the ever present Australian salmon. And roadside stalls provided small but intense Sydney Rock oysters!
We both enjoyed the drive into NSW through the lush forest in the pouring rain – especially from the warmth of Elsie. We only made it as far as a caravan park in Eden, needing to dry out a little and wash a bunch of soggy things. Plus we really wanted to spend at least a night in Eden, having missed out on going to Paradise in Tasmania. Surprised that more businesses in town didn’t make more of the ‘Garden of Eden’, I think we only saw one caravan park called that.
The weather was so crappy that night that we even treated ourselves to a meal out, at the Eden Fishermans Club. Other NSW towns have big RSLs or Leagues Clubs, but Eden has the Fishermans Club and for that reason alone we had to eat there. It was definitely in the same vein as a Leagues Club and after dinner we even lost $3 on the pokies purely because neither of us had ever had a go before. That is one addiction with which neither of us have any affinity.
From Eden we headed just a little way up the coast to Mimosa Rocks NP and we continued our fledgling love affair with the South East corner of Australia. It is one part of Australia we hadn’t heard much about or had any expectations of, but we are loving it. Laid back, not overly developed, a rugged and rocky coastline interspersed with great beaches, surf or at least the potential for surf, loads of inlets and rivers surrounded by rolling green hills – its been a bit of a revelation.
The Marramarang NP just north of Batemans Bay was a particular favourite. Beautiful forests of spotted gums leading down to a rocky coastline and wee little bays and beaches. We had a long surf at Pretty Beach and I (Nic) got chatting to a couple of women, just a little younger than me, who were also learning to surf, and the swapping of stories did wonders for my confidence!
Occasional fishing forays around the mouths of the inlets yielded some good eating fish – bream (black and yellowfin), dusky flathead, and tailor. And at the beaches the ever present Australian salmon. And roadside stalls provided small but intense Sydney Rock oysters!
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HI Tim and Nic, you're in a place of the world I know very well, son great little places in and around southern NSW. Great to talk to you the other day, and hope easter was a good break with Finola. Still jealous! Michael and clan.
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