September 2016

Fine and mainly cloudy today in Kiama.

Today we drove into the Kiama Town Centre for a bit of grocery shopping, a walk around the town, then a drive up to the Kiama Blowhole to look for whales.

Kiama Memorial Arch - a little left leaning.

Small marina at Kiama.

Kiama Post Office.

Kiama Police Station.

Kiama Court House.

Daisies in a street garden in Kiama.

Kiama Lighthouse built in 1877 at Blowhole Point.

A whale off the Kiama Blowhole Point.

Another whale off Kiama.

There are two whales out there - Kiama.

Kiama Blowhole.

A good blow at the Kiama Blowhole.

A better blow at the Kiama Blowhole.

Mainly fine and sunny in Kiama.

Lazy day today catching up on washing and ironing before a walk around the caravan park.

Ducks living in the creek (yesterday there were 6 ducklings).

The creek at the back of our site.

The creek running through the caravan park.

Easts Beach and the fresh water lagoon fed by the creek.

Mainly fine and sunny today for what is a relatively short trip to Kiama (132 km).

After an early breakfast we packed up, said our good-byes to Jan and Andy and headed back to the Lane Cove River Tourist Park to collect our van. Being the end of the morning peak hour the traffic in Mowbray Road and the Pacific Highway was a bit slow. After hitching up we were on our way at about 9:40 am, From the caravan park we took the easy option, travelling via Epping Road into the Lane Cove Tunnel (ka-ching, ka-ching), then onto the Gore Hill Freeway, the Waringah Freeway, then into the Sydney Harbour Tunnel (ka-ching), then south past the airport and onto the Princess Highway, variously the A1 or the M1, which took us past Woolongong to Kiama. We arrived at the Easts Beach Caravan Park at about lunch time and checked in for 3 nights.

Set-up on site D1 at Easts Beach Caravan Park, Kiama.

Fine but mainly cloudy today.

In the afternoon we went for drive to West Head in the Kur-ring-gai Chase National Park. We stopped for a coffee at the Akuna Bay Marina before driving out to the West Head Lookout which looks across Broken Bay.

From the West Head Lookout (the bright spot) the view is east to Barrenjoey Head, south (right) to Pitwater, north (left) across Broken Bay and Lion Island to Brisbane Water, southwest (lower right) to Cowan Water and Akuna Bay, and north west (lower left) to the mouth of the Hawkesbury River.

Akuna Bay Marina.

Cruiser on the hard for an anti-foul.

Travel lift at Akuna Bay Marina.

Not too many yachts at Akuna Bay Marina.

Lion Island in the middle of Broken Bay.

Di with Jan at West Head.

Razzamatazz out for a sail on Broken Bay.

Barrenjoey Head from the West Head Lookout.

Another view from West Head.

Careel Bay from West Head.

Mainly fine and sunny again.

In the morning we walked down to the Artarmon shopping strip for a coffee, papers and a few supplies. After our coffees we took the long way back walking through the Artarmon Reserve.

Later in the day we were joined by Bec, Andy Lee and Henry; and Matt, Bin, Coco, Willow and Goldie for a family get together. We had such a good time we forgot to take any photos.