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Day 9: Narooma – Tathra

Christina

February 11, 2015

Today’s drive was relatively ‘short.’ Only scheduled to take about an hour. Of course it took about 3 hours once it was all said and done. We arrived at our destination early, so instead of hanging around waiting – we kept driving to another town. We stopped at some amazing beaches, hunted shells, fell in the water, jumped in the waves, and got wet and sandy. Our detour took us to another town where we found a shopping mall, and spent our time trying to round up food, and go down tiny slides. Because when you are traveling with a three year old –most stops involve slides. Or candy. Or both. When we got to the place we were staying –our host took us for a walk to the beach. Shortly after she left, we saw lightning and thunder. We took off back for the house. Where she took us for another walk to see kangaroos. She didn’t seem to think the storm would last. But was worried the thunder might have scared the kangaroos off. When we got to the last spot where they might be eating dinner –we saw about 6 of them. Kangaroos! In the wild! Right in front of us! They were smaller than I expected, but were really neat to watch. It never did rain that hard. When it was time for bed, I was inspecting my sheets (as per tradition) when I saw long spidery legs go underneath the mattress. Terrified, I flew up the stairs as fast as I could. Amanda and David helped me tear apart my bed to no avail. Convinced I had made it up in my head (I really hate spiders) I decided to put the bed back together. Which is when Amanda spotted him: A spindly legged spider running across my blanket. Any attempts to catch him just sent him running the other way. Needless to say I’m sleeping on the couch. But it leaves a question: David says that spiders are only scary if they are poisonous. Amanda and I hold firm to our belief that it doesn’t matter if they are poisonous or not: They are scary regardless! What do you say?

Day 8: Gerroa – Narooma

Christina

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February 10, 2015

Just some pictures from the day:

The drive was “scheduled” to take about 4 hours today.

That was assuming we went the speed limit.

By we I mean me.

We are quickly discovering that I rarely go the speed limit. By we, I mean we.

I am usually caught going about 20 under the speed limit.

In my defense the roads are windy, with sharp corners.

I offered to go faster.

But we decided it was better to go slow and not flip the car.

Day 7: Sydney – Gerroa

Christina

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February 8, 2015

We hit the road on our trek through a small section of Australia today. We picked up our car, and took off. It was my first time driving out of our small town, and was a little bit nervous – especially of roundabouts, the wrong side of the road, highways, and driving at night or in the rain. We had planned to take it slow, on quiet roads and be in before dark.

After picking up our car, we took off –and missed the turn. Instead of going on quiet roads –we navigated through the airport traffic in Sydney. Some of the busiest traffic around! We went through dozens of roundabouts, hit some highways and heavy traffic and got caught in a rain storm!!!

There was one hairy moment when a fire truck came up behind us on the freeway with its lights on. I tried to get over but there was a car, so went to pull back in front of the fire truck. For a few seconds we drove on the middle line, signaling back and forth between lanes before finally getting out of the way.

Overall it was a successful first leg of our trip; we saw some awesome beaches, waterfalls, and views. It was really weird driving. On the wrong side of the road. On the wrong side of the car!

We made our way down the Grand Pacific Drive –something I had read about, but couldn’t find much information on. No one we talked to seemed to know what we were talking about –but it was an awesome drive –through the woods, along the coast. It was a quiet alternative to the Princes Highway, a narrow road with one lane of traffic going each way, winding up and down the coast.

*Pictures to follow – we are sharing a limited internet connection!*

Day 6: Australia

Christina

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February 8, 2015

We decided to spend our last day in the Blue Mountains visiting another waterfall. For whatever reason, we all ran out of the house without so much as running a quick internet search on the area.

After walking for around an hour, in nearly 90 degree weather -we parked on the grass while David ran ahead to see if he could find some information.

Unfortunately, the only way to get to the Falls was a 20 minute walk on the main road, or a treacherous hike that wasn’t going to be possible.

We opt out of both options, and instead got lunch, went to the playground, roasted in the 90 degree weather then caught the train back towards where we had been staying…

Our hosts had arranged to meet us at the train with our bags, so we didn’t have to get off the train. They tossed us our mountain of bags, and we carried off to…

…Sydney. Where we are spending the night before carrying off down the coast.

Day 5: Australia

Christina

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February 7, 2015

We spent the day in the Blue Mountains. An awesome day filled with so many adventures.

The Three Sisters

After taking a 20 minute trek down a trail, carrying the push chair up and down windy trails and stairs, we arrived at our destination: The Katoomba Falls. While they weren’t 100% what we were expecting, we weren’t able to access certain parts due to the push chair / amount of stuff we had brought with us.

The views however were amazing, and the weather gorgeous.

By the time we caught the skytram back -we missed our connecting skytram, and worried we would have to take a 2-3 mile walk, in addition to our mile+ long walk back to the train station. Fortunately someone told us there was “One final bus” that was getting ready to depart if we hurried.

The “Five” sisters! 🙂

Frantic, as to not miss the last bus we ran to the stop. After waiting 15 minutes a trolly appeared. We barreled on the bus…”Before you all board…you should know this isn’t a free bus!” We stopped. Apparently it was a $25 tour bus. But he was the last bus -and he was nice enough to give us a ride…not just to the stop we were hoping, but all the way to the train station.