Vincentia to Pebbly Beach - 12th Jan 26

After a coffee in our room we left just before 8am to walk to the beach and see if we could see dolphins - spoiler alert, there were not any, although we did see a pelican!

Before we returned to the room we had a bacon and egg roll and some drinks at a local cafe. After that it was back to the room for a shower and to check out.

We had another go at looking for dolphins again without success. Our first official stop was in Jervis Bay and at Murrays Beach. The sand here in the bay is supposed to be the whitest in the world according to the Guinness book of records. We spent a little bit of time on the beach walking along before returning to the car.

We drove a short distance within the Booderee National Park until we got to the botanical gardens where we spent about 3/4 of an hour walking along some of the trails.

From here we drove about 40 minutes to Boat Harbour Beach in Bendalong bay. Here the stingrays come right into the shallows and swim around your legs. This is apparently because they used to get scraps from the fishermen and now they associate humans with food. We spent about 40 minutes here just paddling and spotting these magnificent rays. Some of them were huge!

We drove on further south to a little town called Milton where we had some lunch and picked up some meat at a butchers for the BBQ later. Our final stop before we arrived at our accommodation was in Ulladulla where we picked up the rest of the food we needed for the next couple of days.

It was a short 30 minute drive then to our lodge at Pebbly Beach. The lodge is set back from the beach and from our veranda there is a view through the trees to the beach beyond. Within about 5 minutes of arriving a couple of kangaroos hopped along the track in front of our lodge.

We unloaded the car and put the stuff away and then wandered around the site where there were some more kangaroos eating the grass and then on to the beach where there were perhaps 16 kangaroos just eating grass at the top of the beach. We also spotted a goanna who walked along at the edge of the lodges!

After spending some time watching these fascinating creatures we returned to our cabin and sat in the sun having some drinks. Whilst we were sitting there Beth heard a rustling about 20 ft away from our cabin and we spotted a wild echidna foraging for food.

Later on at around 8:30 we returned to the beach where there were far fewer people and watched as the kangaroos did their thing as the sunset.

Back to our cabin and now it was time for our barbecue which we ate sitting outside. Whilst we were sat eating, a brush-tailed possum jumped onto the bench, presumably to scavenge for some food. Sadly it was a little bit dark and he was a little bit quick so we couldn't get a picture.

After food we moved inside and after a couple of games retired to bed after a busy day.Leggi altro