The Great lakes of NSW include Myall, Wallis and Smiths lakes. The Myall lakes system alone is triple the area of Sydney harbour. The lakes form a complex ecological system with wetlands, dunes, rainforest and a huge diversity of birdlife. We would have loved to have explored this area a lot more, but we have … Read more
NSW North Coast – Hawks Nest /Tea Gardens and National Park Drive Sabine May 17, 2017 NSW – North Coast / Tales of a Blonde Nomad 0 Comments These two pleasant towns are only separated by a bridge across the mouth of the Myall river and are located on the junction of the river and the ocean. … Read more
NSW North Coast – Bulahdelah Sabine May 15, 2017 NSW – North Coast / Tales of a Blonde Nomad 0 Comments We left Graeme’s and headed North without any real itinerary. Went up the Putty Road which had a few twists and turns but also stunning views of Woolemi National Park. Sorry, no photos as there was nowhere … Read more
NSW North Coast – Inland to Stroud and Gloucester Sabine May 13, 2017 NSW – North Coast / Tales of a Blonde Nomad 0 Comments There is a nice inland day trip including Stroud and Gloucester which is well worth it if you have the time. Going clockwise, we climbed the escarpment towards Booral – there were … Read more
Seal Rocks and Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse Sabine May 11, 2017 NSW – North Coast / Tales of a Blonde Nomad 0 Comments Seal Rocks is a small township surrounded by Myall Lakes National Park. It was a sleepy place with lovely beaches when we were there, but although it has so far avoided major development, the locals … Read more
After stopping at the Botanical Gardens we made our way to a friend’s place at East Kurrajong. On the way we were somewhat bemused by the strange speed limit on the curiously named Bells Line of Road: We had a great “caravan site” in the bush with Bellbirds singing all day and access to luxury … Read more
The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden is located 1000m above sea level at Mount Tomah. It began as a private cut flower farm in 1935 and was donated to the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney in 1970. The gardens have been extended over the years and opened to the public in 1987 – This year is the 30th … Read more
Hartley Village is not far out of Lithgow on the road to Katoomba. Like Hill End, it is managed by the National Parks and Wildlife services who are doing a great job looking after this collection of 17 historic buildings dating from 1837 onwards. There are several walks, a gallery and a coffee shop and … Read more
I had fond memories of a visit to Katoomba in about 1984 – it was my first “backpacker” outing on the way back from an interview at Hawkesbury Ag College for acceptance in the Horse Studies course (For the record, I did get in but ended up at the ANU instead). I remembered Katoomba as … Read more
Lithgow We had a couple of days up our sleeve so we stopped at Lithgow to have a look around and take a day trip to Katoomba. Lithgow is also quite an old town but has a service/industrial background and is missing the opulence of the wealthy mining towns. With a population of 14,000 it … Read more