Kiama, Australia Travel Blogs

2 Blowholes and too many cockroaches
Mar 7, 2008 (2 photos)

The amount of cockroaches in Kiama was unnatural. We got up at 7a.m. to see the two Blowholes in action at high tide.

access all areas-except the kitchen
Jan 30, 2008

... café, opposite the very posh post office (looks like a palace neelam!) for a superb breakfast, and we take a quick look at the kiama blowhole - a rock formation at the edge of the ocean that spurts water every time we turn our backs on it! Apparently , on a ...

The road trip begins.... \ Die Reise beginnt
Jan 29, 2006 (1 photos)

... and the we explore the beach, which was a stones through away before heading in search of food. The only problem we had a in Kiama is that the restaurants closed at 8pm which was just when we were getting hungry but we managed to find some pasta before ...

Nowra and Kiama Daytrip
Feb 19, 2006 (14 photos)

... , there was this day trip, where for a very reasonable fee (like $30) they took us to a wildlife park, and to the Kiama blowhole. Both of which were insane. As I later found out, I was the only person from North America in attendance, which was a bit ...

Me.... behind the wheel of a big ass camper!
Feb 26, 2006

Not sure if anyone has read it but i updated the last entry with a tale so have a read when you can, plus i wanna say a BIG ass sorry for being so RUBBISH with my pod since i left sydney, since we got to Melbourne i spent my time looking for a home and ...

Finally on our way
May 11, 2009 (2 photos)

We had been packing since Friday night and finally got away at 2:45pm.  A lot latter than planned but still got away on the Monday! The girls are over-excitred and sending us MAD!  They are just so keen to get away.  It all fits - thank ...

Which way?????
Feb 10, 2006

So.... we were off and then we were lost driving round and round Sydney's one way city system and we were litterally doing loops! .........Hello again, i'm back and i'm gonna do me best to catch you up on where i'm at now, it may take a while and i may ...

Epilogue
Aug 9, 2009

... some geographical land marks was important for Owen too, Lake Eyre, with water, the lowest point below sea level in Australia, Lambert Centre, the geographical centre of Australia and Steep Point, the most westerly mainland point. The camps that have been ...

Trip to Kiama
Jan 15, 2007 (14 photos)

... to the information centre. The area is really beautiful composed of nice parks and beaches. We checked out first the famous Kiama Blowhole. Apparently, it's not windy enough to create one big blow of water. But still, we waited and observed this amazing ...

I WILL finish this story....
Mar 6, 2006

... off (i think the word blowhole sounds a tad rude, but does make me giggle when i say it... tee hee) we walked around kiama and about a local town fete with cake stalls and other stalls bearing all kinds of delights... We did buy some fun for our time in ...

The coast...again
Dec 31, 2006

Spontaneous location choice for a stopover

Kiama (150 km south of Sydney)
Dec 4, 2007 (8 photos)

... only a short incursion into our drive down to Melbourne, and stopped in a pretty, quaint seaside town just south of Woolongong. Kiama (where "ki" is pronounced like the start of KAYak)is famous for its blowhole, but the ocean was pretty quiet, so not ...

Starting trip back westward
Sep 17, 2009

... thru the hills back to the coast at Wollongong.  Great lunch right on the beachside, then continued to travel south to Kiama. Nice town right on the coast.  I was palnning to gett further south today, but rainy weather was moving toward the ...

Kiama
Oct 24, 2006

Ross and Emma returned safely to Tasmania and I headed South via most of the coastal towns to Kiama just south of Port Kembla. Nice little seaside town.

Blues and Jazz Festival
Mar 16, 2009

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Kiama
Jul 1, 2008 (1 photos)

... news is that the quote (for me & Debs as named drivers, fully comp) came back at a staggering... wait for it...$17 per month! A bargain I think you'll agree. With our cover sorted we drove north to the town of Kiama - Again, nice, but not much to see.

Update
May 8, 2008

We are heading down to Wamboin which is located 20 klms this side of Queanbeyan to pick up our van. It has been living with Belinda and Doug (our daughter and son-in-law) on their 16 acre property for the past year collecting cobwebs waiting for us to ...

Last stop in Oz
Jun 7, 2008 (6 photos)

... .  We still haven't got anything sorted for Fiji so we thought we would just hang out in the quiet little seaside town of Kiama.  We have checked into a campsite that is so cheap but has the best facilities we have had in any of the campsites in ...

Kiama
Jun 19, 2007 (3 photos)

... stark. In den Morgennews geben sie dann Entwarnung und sagen, dass der Sturm nicht so heftig ausgefallen ist, wie erwartet. In Kiama hat es Blowholes und die sind besonders spektakulär wenn es stürmt. Da das Wetter gut ist und unserer Weiterreise nichts im ...

Kiama Xmas Parade
Dec 16, 2007

Well, today we went to Kiama for the Xmas parade where David's wife Harmina was meant to be giving a belly dancing display....However, the parade was cancelled as it was pishing with rain. So instead we went to a cafe and had coffees and cakes. Very ...

A Sad Farewell
Sep 13, 2008 (7 photos)

With quite heavy hearts, we left our home of 11 years to begin a new life in Burpengary, Brisbane. We had a house to set up before heading off on our trip around Oz. Our friends gave us a wonderful farewell, which made it so much harder to leave ...

First Entry
May 7, 2009 (3 photos)

Here is where you write what happened during your day....

Kangarroos don't exist here really - its a myth...
Apr 15, 2008 (12 photos)

Now we were unlucky on the way to Kiama.... there were no Kangaroos on Pebblee Beach.... we had to pay to go to Jervis Bay .... we decided not to.... and it started raining once we got to Kiama (though it did make the blowhole all the more impressive) ...

To Kiama
Nov 17, 2008 (3 photos)

To Kiama

Kiama, NSW
Jun 24, 2007

I admit it - I didn't want to go here due to the very whale-insinuating name.. but it was actually really neat! Right in the middle of these shore-side rocky cliffs, there is a cave that the waves smash into and it shoots up like a blowhole... ok that ...

Canberra to Kiama via Goulburn
Jun 25, 2008 (8 photos)

... were there we purchased MacArthur our Merino Ram pictured on the front of this blog. We also got a book of all the big things in Australia and decided this was going to be part of our trip - to see how many big things we could see from the book along the ...