Pebbly Beach to Sydney - 14th Jan 26

Waterfall day!

We had another early start with an alarm at 7:00 a.m. to go to the beach to see our hopping friends. On the way to the beach the two kangaroos that we had seen last night again came up to see us. I suspect they thought we might have some food.

We carried on to the beach and there were far fewer kangaroos this time. Beth and I had an early morning swim.

Back to the cabin and we cooked some breakfast and then checked out at 10:00 a.m. for the journey back to Sydney. We had planned a few stops on the way and the first one, two hours into the journey, was at the lookout at Cambewarra mountain. From here we had amazing views over the valley and to the ocean.

Shortly after this we dropped down into Kangaroo Valley (lots of hairpin bends) and stopped at the town of the same name. We had a quick look around and then on the way out of the town stopped at the Hampden Bridge, an old wooden and stone structure with casellated towers.

We drove further north and stopped at our first waterfall Fitzroy falls. We took the short walk from the visitor centre to see these magnificent falls, with a drop of around 90m.

Back in the car to our next waterfall - Carrington Falls in Budderoo national park. These were also spectacular with two waterfalls with the second falling in to a deep gully. We walked the short loop to see views from a distance and the top of the falls before again returning to the car for our next destination.

Another 30 or so minute drive took us to the Minnamurra (plenty of fish) rainforest centre. Here we spent just over an hour walking on a loop, mainly on boardwalks and well made paths up to some more waterfalls. The whole journey was a couple of miles and it felt pretty humid in the forest, especially on the uphill sections. However, the views of the waterfall were worth it!

Back at the visitors centre we then drove on for about an hour to the coast to get some more views of the impressive Sea Cliff Bridge and once we'd taken some pictures for a further hour back to Sydney where we dropped the car off at around 6pm.

We all caught a train into the centre and we said our goodbyes to Beth whilst we continued on to Circular Quay and to our hotel, the Harbour Rocks. For our last hotel we'd booked a little luxury and our rooftop room has amazing views of the Sydney Opera House and, just about, views of the side of the bridge!

After a shower we headed back out for a drink at the oldest pub in Sydney (again) and then on a train to Hyde Park to see the Anzac memorial at night and to try spotting some possums. The first was successful, the latter, not so much.

We were back in Circular Quay at around 9:30 p.m. but most restaurants in Australia seem to close relatively early. However we managed to find an all night restaurant at Circular Quay where we both opted for more snitzel, before walking back to the hotel for a nightcap in the room and bed.Leggi altro