Pioneer Motel
Travel Blogs from Kangaroo Valley
First night in the camper
... the bush right next to the beach, it was beautiful. Our first night in the camper woohoo. It was bloody freezing lol we had a possum decided just after the sun went down that he would come and check out what was going on. The next day we packed up early to head into Narooma to see what the hell was going on with these batteries. The fridge in the trailer and the back of the car where also not working and we had spent $100 on meat in Bega to ...
Wombat wonderings
... on one side casting fabulous reflections in the still water of the bush, crisp blue sky & fluffy white clouds, the track was very lush green grass with tall pine trees towering over us lining each side of the foot path, ferns & fungus lined the ground & vines crept over the fallen logs, it was the perfect place for their imagination, if ever there was a place for fairies it would surely be this spot.
When we arrived back at camp I put beef in ...
Kangaroos and Caves!
... in the main chambers, it's all very safety conscious.... the polar opposite to Borneo where safety is secondary to the adventure. In Borneo we had mining hats and were on the hunt for cave scorpions in the dark which was a little different to the well organised and well lit tour in Australia. We went on the river tour which explored the deeper caves down to where the river still runs through, which was fascinating. You can actually see how the river has ...
South to Hobart
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The local history of Devonport, dated back to the 1850's when twin settlements of Formby and Torquay ( very British ) were established on either bank of the mouth of the Mersey River. Torquay was the larger of the two settlements, with police station, 3 hotels, ship yards and general goods store. From the 1870s until the 1880s the shipping industry grew and work was undertaken to deepen the mouth of the river port. By the time the mouth of the river ...
Easter in Kangaroo Valley
... were quite a few people with the same idea. We put the canoes in just near the bridge and headed downstream. There were a few small rapids on the way which were lots of fun – luckily we’d worn boardshorts as a wave landed in my lap on the first set! On the way we saw quite a lot of Eastern Water Dragon lizards, and a pair of Azure Kingfishers which are absolutely beautiful birds. Although there were other canoeists, the further we got downstream the more ...