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Travel Blogs from Kangaroo Valley
First night in the camper
... Found the auto elect again for the 3rd time in 3 days to find out he had to rip out the $700 red arc system that we just got installed as it wasn't doing its job and the fuse was burning and blowing out!!! So after half a day in Narooma we were on the road again heading for a little camp spot at Kangaroo vally just above Nowra. Little did i know how amazing the drive was going to be to get here. As we headed out of Nowra we were heading ...
Wombat wonderings
... cooker ready for roast beef & gravy rolls at lunch. The boys had arrived back having no luck fishing & we all headed into Kangaroo Valley to have a family photo next to Hampton Bridge. Built in 1898, this is a beautiful stone & timber one laned suspension bridge looking like it should belong in England next to a huge castle. The water under the bridge is fast flowing, chrystal clear & lots of rocks line the river. We set up the tripod & put ...
Kangaroos and Caves!
... the shape of the caves over time. It was also interesting to think of the original explorers who would have been exploring uncharted territory using a candle for lighting, we saw some pictures of them and they were exploring in what looked like business suits. If the candle went out then they would have to wait until help came as it is complete darkness, so dark that your eyes can't adjust. Apparently it's the same as you experience in sensory deprivation so ...
South to Hobart
... a shipping industry, the first regular steamer services began operating between the mouth of the Mersey River and Melbourne.
For a while, I tried to imagine arriving here two hundred, or so years ago from Old Blighty. Would I have arrived as a convict in chains or would I have been a free man? I was also aware that Martin, the Irishman had certainly influenced my thinking and looking back to my Bass Strait crossing, was a bit sad that I never did meet Martin ...
Easter in Kangaroo Valley
... groups were spread out, so we had the river to ourselves for quite a while; it was so peaceful. Eventually we got out at a designated pick up spot and caught the bus back to the bridge where we’d started, adjacent to our campsite. On the bus ride we actually saw a couple of kangaroos after which the valley is named.
After changing into some warm, dry clothes, we walked into the main part of Kangaroo Valley village on a self-guided historic buildings tour. It was ...