visit to sydney to see family (have a joint birthday party for ella, jenny & p) + look at picasso at the
gallery of nsw
book tickets to see pablo, 27 feb monday
and then, a few days south,
sydney to jervis bay
taking the
grand pacific drive to nowra, [
here's the route]
going through royal national park,
driving over the seacliff bridge,
through the gong to kiama, snaking further down to gerroa, and then inland to nowra
from nowra back to the coast, this time to currarong at the ocean side of jervis bay
eating well in the area (smh article all about it)
- berry sourdough bakery & cafe, 23 Prince Alfred St, Berry
- the cake store, 39A Kinghorne St, Nowra
- crookhaven oyster depot/complex/co-op, 170 Greens Road, Greenwell Point
including Bed Rock Oysters, 11/170 Greens Rd. This quality producer farms by hand using eco-friendly materials, and shucks on demand, preserving the river liquor inside.
- supply, 1/54 Owen St, Huskisson
This cheery space combines cafe, fruit shop, deli and gourmet goods supplier. Belinda Bunter features many products from the region... She also brews a great latte – enjoy it with a brekkie of yoghurt pannacotta and almond granola.
- Gerringong Cafe Deli, 133 Fern Street, Gerringong
- stop in Kiama for some groceries - Heart & Sol Organics, Shop 24, 106 terralong st
places to stay
currarong (2 nights, mon-tues)
as well as (dog-friendly) beaches, currarong abuts a nature reserve
there are lots of bush walks
one heads to honeymoon bay
a place called
kite tails & sand pails, cutesy name, but it looks okay, relaxing and very reasonably priced at $100 for "off-peak", 60 walton way, currarong
(
very cool old beach house for sale at 15 conjola street, corner of pacific drive)
some other places -
25 crookhaven, more expensive, at $157 per night and further from the beach but currarong is tiny so it's still easy strolling distance
nearby,
balgo, $155 per night, and the property backs onto the reserve so there's the possibility of kangaroos in the garden
while in cunjurrong we can explore the northern parts of jervis bay
there is a lighthouse at
point perpendicular
there's dive shops in
huskisson to buy snorkelling equipment,
64 Owen St, Huskisson NSW 2540
as well as a
cinema,
huskisson pictures,
Cnr Sydney St & Owen St, Huskisson
camp sites nearby
we'd like to camp during our road trip
on the southern head of jervis bay is
booderee national park, and what's described as a "five star" camping ground at
green patch. booking is essential but perhaps we can have a night or two here (wed, maybe thurs)
lots of walks at the national park, also good
snorkelling at murray's beach
i'd then like to take a peak at an area that's long been my obsession - bendalong, manyana, cunjurong point near green island
there's a
camp ground at bendalong.
i found
a nostalgic description of the old campground,
The best times were had by kids that would scamper down a steep and crumbly escarpment to a rocky plateau ... The rewards on that plateau were the oysters. No oyster has ever tasted better.
one day to explore these beaches/locale
while we're in the area, the
milton show will be on - 2-3 march!
there's showjumping, dog show, woodchopping, dog jumping, talking dogs, showgirl and junior showgirl, and hopefully cwa cake competitions ...
the schedule promises many
107 Croobyar Rd, Milton
there's an organic veggie place in milton called merry maidens, Shop 9/ 65 Princes Hwy, Milton
on the road again,
nowra to canberra
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there are much vaunted "tourist roads" in the area
and antique-y, crafty, gourmet coffee joints in kangaroo valley, bomaderry, and berry -
probably keep it simple and head up to kangaroo valley, look at
fitzroy falls,
some suggested routes
and then head on to moss vale, where p lived when he was a nipper (in a big house he reckons you could ride your bike around in).
from there take the "highland way", a road that goes through scottish sounding villages like bundanoon.
there's a cafe and bike shop in bundanoon which might be worth a look -
mostly though pretty scenery, deep gullies, beautiful gums
on to goulburn and then take the main turnoff to canberra
canberra - family, p's birthday (maybe with a milton show cake) +
renaissance art at the nga
or a little further up the road in whitfield,
here are some good frames, 
