Nungali Posted May 28, 2019 Took a little holiday ( from the big holiday ) in the swish car . Its been running like a dream . I am nearly as far down the coast south wards ( before it turns west ) . Toady I will move on to Eden . At the moment I am in Tathra . Small coastal village , got a beach cabin and now I am sitting up in bed watching the sun about to come up over the ocean ... from bed ! Ahhhh . The sound of waves all night . The trip to Sydney was as usual, I done that many times, but then I got through and went along my old motorcycle route ; 'Natio' and 'down the coast road' ' ; VROOOM ! ... go Rover ... No, not one of these ... a ' 75' ; I noticed something a bit funny about the town I arrived in yesterday ; the caravan park and accommodation is very full for the 'off season' . parts f the town seem to be 'missing'. even in the main street - a lot of empty ground with construction fences. Then I went to the 'Bowlo' (lawn bowls club) for dinner and there was picture with ; 'Visit Tahra and help us get on our feet again after the fire ." Fire ? So when I got home I looked it up on internet . Now I remember ! Last year a huge bush fire isolated the town and drove the residents on to the beach . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Tathra_bushfire Anyway . Off to Eden .... where Aboriginal people used to use '' trained' killer whales to bring them food ( using a dance on the shore, with a fire behind them to show their silhouette to the whale, the dance was supposed to depict an injured and/or old hunter that was having difficulty hunting and feeding himself . The whales would see it and drive fish to the shore . ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whales_of_Eden,_New_South_Wales 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted May 29, 2019 Well, Eden wasn't much like Eden , thats my turn around point. I called in to visit one of the old students of Mr Nishihira, and he had just got out of hospital with a chest infection , and was trying to do hard physical work, he didnt look well, so no training - bummer . Yesterday the wind got stronger and stronger and colder . It does that here sometimes coming up from the Southern Ocean, chilled by Antarctica, and crossing south east Australia , winter is here . I got off the road, just as well, on the news it said wind so strong a truck blew off the road and caused big accident . Its supposed to be clearing today - good. Next phase - up the Kangaroo Valley, for some reason I never been there before , and up to the Central Highlands . Better drive carefully, there is a lot of these guys around that area 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted June 3, 2019 That was some freaky road driving to the top of that cliff ! Then I cruised around southern highland and came back down to the coast via Macquarie Pass, and even freakier road , but I used to that one from my old biker days ; Some 15 kph corners with a solid rock cliff face made for motor cycles ! ... but buses and trucks ? Urrrgh ! Whoopsa ! Anyways ... more zooming and eventually I came to a great little valley, nice rainforest, best accommodation yet in a nice little wood and stone cabin with lots of windows ... and the best food and the best bed and pillows yet ! Ahhhhh .... home ! MIn a few weeks - mid winter I am going north ........ and jumping in 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel Karavaev Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) Great trip. Thanks for sharing. Motorcycle ideal vehicle for such a road. That case when the bigger the car, the bigger the problem Edited June 26, 2019 by Pavel Karavaev Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted June 27, 2019 On 26/06/2019 at 6:13 PM, Pavel Karavaev said: Great trip. Thanks for sharing. Motorcycle ideal vehicle for such a road. ..... I'm working on that . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
