Travelogue: March 2021 Archives

Monday morning Kit and Pete went off to work and we went home.

We did go and find Old Blotchy though which is just off the road on the way home.  What a spectacular tree!

Popped across the river at Batemans Bay to get breakfast at The Scottish Restaurant, and got a look at the new bridge.

Then back up the Clyde, which flowed pretty well, even behind caravans.

Traffic ground to a halt a kilometre or two outside of Braidwood.  But we went through anyway (and not round the back) because I wanted a couple of photos of the buildings in Ned Kelly.  Really need to walk the street and do it properly though.

Got stuck in slow moving traffic in Bungendore too which was all a bit painful.  But finally made it home ok around lunch time.

Slept really well - we managed to get thinner pillows which made a big difference.

In the morning had another wander around the property.  This time with aeroplanes and bubbles.  

After a leisurely brunch we kitted up both horses to give them a workout.  

I did have another go on Ellie, although didn't end up trying to trot with shorter stirrups.

Kit worked on Ziggy for a bit.  Look how tiny he is compared to Ellie!

Had a late lunch of noodles, then the sweetie and I went down to Myrtle Beach.  The headland was spared from last year's bushfires which is nice, because this is one of the prettiest bushwalks there is.

We knew from the weather reports that the water would be rough.  Doesn't look like it in the photos but it sure was.

We thought we'd walk along to the next beach to see if the conditions were any better there, but the tide was up and waves were occasionally crashing over the rocks, so we were like yeah nuh.

Stu did go in briefly, but I didn't think it was worth the effort

I liked this tree on the way back.

Back at Kit and Pete's it was beer o'clock, then we had lamb chops and salads for dinner before having an early night.

I didn't sleep too well - the pillow I had was way too thick so I wasn't very comfortable.

Sunrise sure is pretty there though!

In the morning we got to meet more of the menagerie.

The grey geese are Galen and Gabrielle, and the white one is Solomon.

There's three guinea fowl, three young turkeys, three geese, a duck or two, and a whole lot of chickens.

Two goats - Beavis (brown) and Butthead (black).  Or Knock Knock and Muffin (don't know which one's which).  

Ellie and Ziggy

And all the geep!  Some of them are *very* pregnant.

Kit cooked up a bunch of her chicken's eggs for peeps for breakfast.

Then we all went for a wander around the property.

A little creek at the bottom.

Pete and Jasper on the quad bike.

The lower paddock and round yard.

The pond.  Vicki had So. Much. Fun. jumping into this over and over and again.

Entrance to the round yard.

Late morning the sweetie and I went for a drive.  We went down Bawley Point Road all the way to the end and got out at Kioloa.

I might have caught this lizard.

Then we headed back to Bawley Point and ordered fish and chips from the takeaway.  

Wait what?  

I thought that was pretty funny at the time.  But the service was so amazingly SLOW I was certainly feeling like a Karen by the end of the wait.  Especially with the barking dog going off nearby.  Seriously I can't get away from barking dogs at the moment.  We ended up having to wait about half an hour for our food, by which time I was pretty cranky.

We headed up the road and had our lunch in a park near the beach.  

By now it was well after 2pm and we'd had a big greasy lunch, which wasn't going to bode well for going out for dinner.  hrmmm.

Went down to the beach for a bit.

Finally got back to Kit and Pete's and we saddled up Ellie and took her for a bit of a ride. She was behaving herself quite nicely (apparently she can be a bit stubborn and difficult sometimes).

I even had a bit of a go.  Unfortunately she's a ex pacer, so she doesn't trot, she paces, which is quite odd to ride.  Also the stirrups were too long for me (stoopid stumpy little legs).  

Packed up the horse and gear, got ready then headed out for dinner.  We all went up to Ulladulla to the ExServos club because Pete wanted steak for his birthday.  Scott and Sarina came too which was nice.

You can never have too much gravy!

Because Stu and I had had such a big late lunch, we got a pizza to share for dinner.  I had two pieces which was just about the right amount!  (note that was an itty bitty Henkell bottle for scale).  I may have helped finish off a couple of other dishes though, and we brought home a whole heap of leftovers.  

Then we went back to Kit and Pete's and had a game of Kismet.  Pete, C and I all got Kismets, but T won.

Then called it a night.

Or night one really.  We packed up after work last Friday night and headed for the coast.  Being the Canberra Day long weekend, I was dreading a car park on the Clyde, but actually traffic flowed quite well the whole way down.  

The sunset was quite pretty, even in the rear view mirror.

I think I heard they're going to chop down these poplars outside of Braidwood?  So got some photos of them.

It was nearly dark by the time we hit Clyde Mountain, so we couldn't really see the bushfire damage, but we could make out ghostly silhouettes.

We finally arrived at Kit and Pete's.  They have a new fireplace so Pete had it running.

Pete and Jasper

Frankie the fully grown tiny cat

Arthur and the fire

Had a couple of drinks, but didn't wait up for C&T, we just went to bed.