We took a drive up to Wisemans Ferry on the Hawkesbury River a few weekends ago and happened across the Bridge to Bridge race by chance. It was pretty hot day in our opinion, around 32c and we did all sweat a little! We played in the park while waiting for the water skiers and when they did arrive we certainly knew it. These little pocket rocket boats have engines on the back about the same size as the boat! They make quite a noise which was echoed through the valley of the river. It was all over pretty quickly as the water skiers zoomed past our vantage point at speeds up to 200k an hour.
A couple of pics of Finn & Isla from the day:
We had a picnic and then headed across the Wisemans Ferry and headed up into towards St Albans and our first unsealed road experience! We have previously only ever had rental cars in Australia on holiday and therefore were not allowed to drive them on these roads. Now we own a car! So we headed onto an incredibly bumpy dirt road and started to explore a little more and saw some Kangaroos, which are pretty elusive.
Look close, real close.....(in the middle of the pic)!
We found a lovely little settlers pub to visit for a late lunch, sat in the garden and listened to the live music. Nice.
A leisurely drive home and we made our way back to the ferry to cross back over the river to home. Turns out the large car ferry had broken and so they were using the emergency ferry which only carries 6 cars rather than the normal 15. 2 hours later (OMG!) and we had crossed the 100 ft of water. We must be getting with the Aussie spirit of laid backness as we just opened the car doors, sat back and waited in the sun. The detour was around 140k's so it is questionable which would have taken longer!
So skipping forward a few weekends to the one just gone and we visited a beach I found recommended for a place to take great photographs. Turimetta. I think this will currently go down as our favourite beach as there is a good mix of sand, cliffs, rock pools, shallow paddling pools and lots of sea life! Andy caught a fish in a bucket for us to have a look at - he was just as surprised as me!
We spent about 4 hours there paddling, playing, exploring and splashing. Finn and Isla had an amazing time and just thinking about it makes me smile. In fact we visited it on Saturday and Sunday as it was so good!
I am now planning a dawn visit to the beach to get some pictures of the sea. Think I may go this weekend.
Saturday was our 6 year wedding anniversary and we celebrated by taking a stroll around Manly, fish & chips, Ben and Jerry's and then a beach stroll so a perfect day.
Here are some pictures of our sandy adventures this weekend.
You are getting around a bit - you'll have to head up this way :)
ReplyDeleteHi Rhubard, we nearly made plans to holiday up in Queensland for a few weeks in Feb but have a wedding in Perth so thought we would have a few weeks over there instead this time. We drove from Brisbane to the Town of 1770 in a camper van with a trip out to Fraser Island in May 2008 and had a great time. Love it. In fact nearly headed out to that area to live but Sydney was better for Andy's work. Will definitely visit again soon! :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds wonderful, your pics are really good too. Its so cold here brrrrrrr x
ReplyDeleteLinda x