Another travelling day scheduled today, but before we left Bermagui, we had a good look around. Firstly a view from the headland...
...the blue pools...
and beach. All spectacular. Our last stop was the fisherman's wharf and although we were hoping for prawns, we were totally in the wrong area. This was BIG fish territory and we were lucky to arrive when several boats had come in from their overnight fishing adventures. We got to see some yellow fin tuna being weighed before it was heading up north...
As we walked along the jetty, we also got to see fish being unloaded from one of the boats and as always, Maggie wanted to touch the fish...
The marlin and tuna were enormous. I think the kids (and us) could have stayed and watched all day. But it was time to start heading south to see some more of the coastline before heading inland.
We travelled through Tathra, Merimbula (lunch stop)...
...Pambula Beach and finally Eden which is officially the southern most point we will travel to this trip. All were a bit different and all very beautiful.
From Eden we headed into Bega to buy some groceries and a few extra warm clothes for the expected colder weather ahead. We also had a quick stop at the Bega cheese factory and picked up a few bargains...
Cooma was our final destination for the day and we arrived well after dark.
Day 62 Cooma to Jindabyne
After a cold and noisy night (the van park was right on the highway) we decided to push on to Jindabyne today.
It wasn't a long drive so we took our time picking a park and setting up. We picked a spot right on Lake Jindabyne so we can walk straight down the front to fish. With the afternoon in front of us, we decided to go in (very hopeful) search of snow and travelled up to Thredbo. We caught the chairlift up to the top of Mt Kosciuszko...
As we went up and up it of course got colder and colder. Unfortunately not everyone had selected the appropriate footwear, with one child opting for thongs (which I had to sit on during the chairlift ride), so his feet were freezing...
It was quite a long way up and once at the top, we felt every bit like Queenslanders...
Unfortunately there was no snow to be found at the top so we rode back down...
The scenery is quite different with lots of stark, grey trees just waiting for the snow fall...
We might not have seen snow, but we all got a real sense of 'snow country' and it was a great trip.
Day 63
We woke to a freezing cold morning and the kids in particular found it difficult to cope with until around mid morning when the day started to heat up. Until then they had socks on their hands and several layers of clothing on...
Stewie still hasn't quite got the footwear right, but it's an improvement...
There was also a wonderful mist over the lake that slowly lifted with the cold...
Today it was time to try our hand at freshwater fishing (again), so out came the rods and bait...
No luck, but we know we'll catch that elusive freshwater fish before leaving Jindabyne.
Day 64
It wasn't as cold this morning, but the kids did get to see some real frost on the grass. That was as good as snow for them.
After breakfast, we took our chairs and fishing gear to the lake for a morning of fishing. And guess what... WE CAUGHT A TROUT! Not one, but two - one for Steve...
and one for me...
Sure, they weren't big but that didn't matter to us, we'd finally caught a freshwater fish on this trip!
Later in the day, Maggie and Mitch went fishing again...
...and this time Mitch was rewarded with a nice little trout...
Unfortunately he was so excited and ran all the way up to the van with the fish dangling on the end of his line, so we don't think that one made it.
While they were busy fishing, Stewie got serious with his trains...
It was a milestone day for us.
Day 65 Jindabyne to Darlington Point
Time to leave Jindabyne today and give the fish a chance to grow up a bit for our next visit! Today marks the start of our trek to the outback. We travelled through more of the Snowy Mountains country for a while...
and then the landscape started to change. The roads also started to became flatter and straighter.
We had hoped to reach Darlington Point before dark but it didn't happen, the sunset was too quick for us...
So it was a quick, minimal setup as we'll be gone first thing tomorrow.
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