Driving Through Sydney & South

Time to head through Sydney today. We had planned to go around via the new freeway M7 but decided, given it was Sunday, we would drive more inner city on the M1 and M3.

It was a little stressful, especially in Sydney, changing roads and highways while towing the caravan with lots of traffic everywhere.

For the most part the traffic moved and within 90 minutes we were crossing the Hawkesbury River and straight into the Sydney suburbs.

Once through Sydney we headed back to the coast South of the Royal National Park so we could drive the famous Sea Cliff Bridge, a $52’million bridge that links the seaside villages of Coalcliff and Clifton in the northern Illawarra region.

Before we drove over it, we stopped at the Bald Hill Headland Lookout to see the remarkable bridge cantilevered over the ocean. It was more impressive seeing it from the lookout than driving it as you just don’t get to see how far away from the cliff face you are, when you are actually on it.

Next we drove through several cute little seaside towns with sensational beaches, however being Sunday and 35 degrees, every man and his dog was out and about! Also, the roads were narrow, filled with cars parked everywhere and there was nowhere we could have parked with the caravan in tow.

Eventually we made it to our caravan park in Shoalhaven Heads, situated between the river and the ocean. The river was right behind our site and accessible through a gate leading from the caravan park to the riverside park. We set up, walked around to check out the waterways around us and chatted to some of our neighbours. Time for happy hour in the late afternoon sun before we cooked dinner.

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