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Weds.16th. Sept.Somewhere south of Sydney.We decided to make today a traveling day with no stops but as we were passing through the Sydney suburbs we noticed a sign to Castle Hill and remembered that our friend Robin Wood lives in Castle Hill so we decided to give her a big shock and ring and say "we are passing by are you in for visitors?"Luckily she had just got home and was thrilled to see us.Robin was our house sitter when we went back to the UK in 2006.She lives in an Anglican run retirement village and after having a look at her apartment we went for lunch at the village restaurant. It was lovely to see her again.Driving through Sydney was no problem with trusty Karen as our guide.If you followed our travels last year you will know Karen is our sat nav.We got her out of her retirement home in the glove box, dusted her down, plugged her in and she is as good as new.On the road from Sydney to Wollongongon the grand Pacific drive is what the brochure describes as "The iconic 665 metre Sea Cliff Bridge" well worth looking up on the internet if you are interested in amazing feats of engineering. Tonight's motel is very nice and we have light so no excuse for spelling mistakes.
Thurs.17th.Sept. Bit of a disappointment first thing this morning we wanted to visit the Nan Tien Buddhist Temple south of Wollongong which is the largest one in the Southern Hemisphere but the info about it didn't give much indication of where the place is.We were going in the right direction and a friendly traffic warden gave us what we thought were good directions but we couldn't find it and realized with hindsight that we should have looked it up on the internet.Stopped at Kiama an interesting little town with some old cottages restored and protected by the National Trust.It also has a blowhole visited by George Bass in 1797 and us today and for the first time in all our travels we saw a blowhole blowing and have the photo to prove it. A few ks down the road is seven mile beach at Gerroa where Charles Kingsford Smith landed on the beach on his historic flight from Australia to New Zealand 1933. We then turned inland to Kangaroo Valley where the first suspension bridge was built in Aus. 1898 and it is still in use. We did a quick tour round Jervis bay and stopped at Hyam Bay which the book tells us has the whitest sand in the world and I think it could be right.The day was overcast by then and the sand was still dazzling it must be very hard to look at in sunshine. Tonight we are in Batemans Bay.
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