We woke fairly early to the sound of the birds and went walking. First we headed to the beach and we were all alone and then up to a lookout point with beautiful views along the coast. Next we took a short path opposite the car park and walked for about 10 minutes searching for animals but today they're hiding from us.
We tried to light the gas stove to cook our porridge but unfortunately the rubber o-ring had broken and this caused a gas leak. We abandoned the stove and had cold porridge and cold coffee instead.
It took us a while to think of a plan and to make a move as we were staying in quite a nice spot. Eventually we packed away and headed south towards Bateman's Bay. We stopped to visit the river side and buy lunch, eating at a quaint picnic stop by the river.
Next stop was the Eurobdalla Botanical Gardens. Free entry and not many people around made it a great place to stop. We followed the coloured kids trail with plaques explaining about the trees and animals. Suddenly out of nowhere we had a visitor. Right across the path in front of us slithered a huge red belly black snake! Highly venomous and easily scared away ... usually. This one wasn't scared. He was in no hurry to cross the path. We waited until he'd crossed, gave him a wide berth and quickly continued our walk. Around the next corner we were greeted by 2 kangaroos, mum and baby. We stood looking at them and they just stared back. We continued on and came across more kangaroos. This time there was 3. A huge one, a middle sized one and a baby one. They didn't seem to care that we were there and carried on munching the grass.
Onwards to find a camping spot, Brou Lake. We had a short stop in Bodalla to sample the cheese in their famous cheese shop. The skies were looking angry and we were expecting rain. We continued down the road towards the campground and the heavens opened. A huge thunderstorm passed overhead and unleashed giant hail stones! We tried our best to take shelter under the trees but there was no escape. We stopped and waited for the storm to pass.
After the rain came the most beautiful sunset. We walked around Brou Lake to get the best view.
One possum graced us with his presence during his nocturnal antics.
We tried to light the gas stove to cook our porridge but unfortunately the rubber o-ring had broken and this caused a gas leak. We abandoned the stove and had cold porridge and cold coffee instead.
It took us a while to think of a plan and to make a move as we were staying in quite a nice spot. Eventually we packed away and headed south towards Bateman's Bay. We stopped to visit the river side and buy lunch, eating at a quaint picnic stop by the river.
Next stop was the Eurobdalla Botanical Gardens. Free entry and not many people around made it a great place to stop. We followed the coloured kids trail with plaques explaining about the trees and animals. Suddenly out of nowhere we had a visitor. Right across the path in front of us slithered a huge red belly black snake! Highly venomous and easily scared away ... usually. This one wasn't scared. He was in no hurry to cross the path. We waited until he'd crossed, gave him a wide berth and quickly continued our walk. Around the next corner we were greeted by 2 kangaroos, mum and baby. We stood looking at them and they just stared back. We continued on and came across more kangaroos. This time there was 3. A huge one, a middle sized one and a baby one. They didn't seem to care that we were there and carried on munching the grass.
Onwards to find a camping spot, Brou Lake. We had a short stop in Bodalla to sample the cheese in their famous cheese shop. The skies were looking angry and we were expecting rain. We continued down the road towards the campground and the heavens opened. A huge thunderstorm passed overhead and unleashed giant hail stones! We tried our best to take shelter under the trees but there was no escape. We stopped and waited for the storm to pass.
After the rain came the most beautiful sunset. We walked around Brou Lake to get the best view.
One possum graced us with his presence during his nocturnal antics.