Week One | Cooling the jets....for five minutes ✈️



Where on earth are we?

Tathra N.S.W @ Tathra Beachside Family Park

A gorgeous drive via Eden and 2.5 hours spent at the Killer Whale Museum (an amazing place rich in whaling history and the story of Ole Tom the Killer Whale who rounded up the whales during migration for the whalers in return for a feed of delicious whale tongue and lips 😱) 

We meandered through to Tathra (meaning home of wild cats in local aboriginal dialect)- a small but vibrant seaside town with spectacular views but you also know you are somewhere really good when fresh oysters are only $7 per doz!! We parked up at Tathra Beachside Family Park - mid week it was almost empty which gave us some much needed breathing space for a bit!

Really???

During whale watching season a horn sounds out when whales are in the bay - apparently the mothers and calves come in really close to wharf! Wrong time of year for us unfortunately 😌

Best Part vs Worst Part

🤸‍♀️Liv
Best part: The water park!!! Oh and going down to do night fishing with Dad.
Worst part: Dad sucks at fishing.

🐴 Maggie
Best part: The jumping pillow and finding pretty shells at the beach.
Worst part: Dad sucks at fishing.

🏌️Leigh
Best part: Relaxing for a couple of days for my birthday - had fun trying to fish!
Worst part: I suck at fishing 😂 

🌺 Rana
Best part: The ocean, incredible beach and squeaky white sand! Oh and those oysters were pretty good too!
Worst part:  No fish to cook 😂

Lessons Learnt:

📝 Not all Grey Haired Nomads hate children despite what the caravanning forums say!!👵🏼

📝. Fishing is a skill set all on its own 🐠

📝 I've heard the words "MUM!!!!!!" 532 times per day vs "DAD!!!!!!!" 7 times per day - I'm breathing through this and assuming it will lessen when the novelty of having me around 24/7 tapers off 😳

Say that again???

Maggie "I have an ice cream headache" 
Mum "what on earth from - you haven't had an ice cream?"
Maggie "The weather" 😂

To be fair we haven't hit much warmth yet!!

Next Destination:

Canberra ACT (via Tilba Valley Winery - free camping allowed by the lake - heaven 🍷, then over to Batemans Bay for one night and onto Braidwood the next for another free camp at the Golf Course, early start the next morning to get into Canberra).

Not ideal really but Canberra playing hardball with accom options and availability 😡

 

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