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Narooma Summer 2024
  • Daniel Giffney
  • McDermotts Travel Oz
  • Daniel Giffney
  • McDermotts Travel Oz

Narooma Summer 2024

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    January 3, 2024
    Narooma Summer 2024
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    Let the holidays begin

    January 3, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    A very long 377 km to Narooma, mostly spent navigating the 15 km or so from Lake Conjola to Ulladulla - a serpentine of crawling traffic reminding us why we usually head north! The stunning scenery a saving grace as the sun made a brief appearance.

    The fabulous Discovery Park Narooma Beach will be our base for the next week or so as we explore this part of the south coast.    Read more

  • Narooma Summer 2024
    Dalmeny

    Happy Birthday Lachlan

    January 4, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    We officially have 3 teenagers in the house!

    Not even an invitation to sleep in stopped the newest 13 year old from waking excitedly with the anticipation of birthday fun. And he certainly was rewarded.

    We got in early before we left home with his signature teenage gift of a Trek Roscoe 7 bike. Then this morning he received a further bounty 🤩

    Being an uninspiring beach day we explored around Narooma and Dalmeny before somehow finding our way to the new Narooma Mountain Bike Trails. Something tells me we’ll be back… 🤦🏽‍♀️

    As the sun attempted an appearance we headed to the beach, only to very quickly conclude that wetsuits are most definitely warranted (another reason we usually head north). The pool on the other hand was entirely pleasant.

    We ended the day with a special birthday dinner at the Narooma Hotel with its ‘million dollar view‘ over the Wagonga Inlet and Bar Beach.    Read more

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    Narooma

    January 5, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Another uninspiring beach day spent exploring the town of Narooma itself. We walked the disjointed Main Street acquiring a bunch of ‘classic’ DVDs from Vinnie’s (in anticipation of more unfavourable weather) before stumbling upon a fabulous artisan bakery - Honour Bakery - and the best ever sausage roll with tomato chilli jam sauce 😋

    Lachie was very keen to try his luck fishing, until we realised we brought the rods but not the tackle box 🤦🏽‍♀️

    We therefore spent the rest of afternoon playing games before welcoming Dan, Helen, Claire and Michael to join us for the rest of the holiday. Let the fun begin!    Read more

  • Narooma Summer 2024

    Dalmeny

    January 6, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Now this is more like it!

    A beautiful beach day at Dalmeny, complete with fish and chips from the Blue Octopus (a local favourite).

    Anth, Dan, Helen and I enjoyed our obligatory holiday ‘happy hour’ while the kids played an extended version of their beloved Settlers of Catan game. What would we do without it 😁

    We ended the evening with a highly competitive game of Trivial Pursuit - kids vs adults - which the kids will tell you they won convincingly. Either we taught them well or the questions were rigged - nothing to do with the preceding happy hour 🤪    Read more

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    Bar Rock Lookout & Australia Rock

    January 7, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 24 °C

    Bar Rock lookout captures a spectacular ocean view over the breakwalls and out to Montague Island, and in the opposite direction a lovely outlook over to Bar Beach and the Wagonga Inlet.

    On the southern breakwall is a hole in the rockface known as Australia Rock. When viewed at just the right angle, the hole in the rock bears a resemblance to the shape of the Australian continent (without Tasmania) - so they say (imagination required).

    There are various explanations for how the rock formed into this continental likeness, including that it is simply a natural result of thousands of years of erosion of the ancient chert and shale headland. One of the more interesting tales is that the hole was created inadvertently when a ship was moored to the heads with large chains. In heavy seas the chains wore away the rock to create the familiar shape seen today.    Read more

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    Freshwater Bay

    January 7, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    After a lazy start to the day we headed down to Narooma Marina for an afternoon on the water, BBQ boat style.

    As the wind came up through the main channel we dropped anchor in the sheltered water of Freshwater Bay where we enjoyed jumping off the back of the boat and indulging in a culinary BBQ feast.

    A nervous moment as we lost connection with Dan’s drone which had flown well out of sight around the end of the bay. The boys were dispatched on the SUP in the faint hope of retrieval should it return to home and land at its original take-off point, now approximately 50m away as we’d drifted with the wind.

    Fortunately connection was restored in the nick of time and we all breathed a sigh of relief as Dan was able to manually land it on the deck of the moving boat! #skills

    Thanks for the overhead shots Dan 😁    Read more

  • Narooma Summer 2024
    Cookies & Cream

    Bodalla

    January 8, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C

    El Niño letting us down again 😬

    Another uninspiring beach day spent getting our cheese on at the Bodalla Dairy. We tasted several locally produced varieties before walking away with tonight’s happy hour selection - a delicious creamy cheddar and pepperberry cheese.

    On account of the weather we decided lunch in Bodalla’s top rated pub seemed like a good idea, before returning to the Dairy for a round of ice creams and thick shakes. Yummo 😋    Read more

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    Seals

    January 8, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 23 °C

    In spite of the weather we ventured down to the harbour to witness the fur seals that reside on the Narooma Bar breakwall, colloquially called Seal Rocks.

    Despite their cute appearance and playful nature, the fur seals are a topic of controversy in the local community, with local fishermen claiming they’re eating too
    much of their fishing stocks.

    Us tourists on the other hand found the wide eyed mammals simply adorable 😊    Read more

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    Oyster Farm & Brewery

    January 9, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    When in Narooma, the oyster capital of the south coast…

    A fancy afternoon at ‘Oyster Farmers Daughter’ - a funky shipping-crate cafe on the shores of Wagonga Inlet offering not only offer a beautiful waterfront location to sit back and enjoy an afternoon socialising, but also some of the best local produce in the region - including the famous Narooma Oysters 🦪

    Followed by a stop at Narooma’s brand new Breakwall Brewery to further unwind with some local beers and cocktails.    Read more

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    Central Tilba

    January 10, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Today we stepped back in time to explore the quaint village of Central Tilba, with its perfectly preserved colonial heritage buildings and colourful old world shops nestled amongst a forever green landscape.

    We sampled some cheese at the cheese factory and enjoyed some amazing pies from the bakery, before letting the kids loose in the old fashioned lolly shop! 🍬

    We walked away with jumbo bullets, choc covered jelly babies, watermelon bon-bons, coffee creams, gum-balls and the most hideously sour suckers imaginable 😝    Read more

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    Whitlams

    January 10, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    A fun evening spent singing along to our favourite Whitlams songs of old, reliving the best of the ‘90s as they played live to a packed house on the lawn at the Tilba Valley Winery & Ale House.

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    Bermagui

    January 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Finding things to do on another uninspiring beach day… 😬

    After possibly the best fish and chips on the south coast from the Marina at Bermagui, we doubled back to explore the only goldfield in Australia that goes into the sea - Montreal Goldfield, an amazingly intact example of alluvial diggings from the 1880s.

    We joined a guided walk led by volunteers who explained the history and mining of the goldfield area. They also recounted the mysteries and anecdotes of times gone by as we followed boardwalks and paths through the beautiful native forest of tree ferns, eucalypts and orchids - evidently inhabited by a million mozzies!

    Apart from these oversized blood suckers, it was a relatively peaceful experience, a far cry from the gold rush era's chaotic days.    Read more

    Trip end
    January 12, 2024
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