Batemans Bay and surrounds

One week after we arrived in Batemans Bay (BB) we bought a second hand 18 speed bicycle (the front tire is completely bald but it’s good enough for one month)for $40.00 from a teenager who had just bought himself a car, we also bought a helmet at Kmart for $10. for Lucille. David burrows the bike/helmet from the manager from the holiday apartment. So now, it takes us 15 minutes to go downtown instead of 50 walking. We use the bikes just about everyday.

We have some sort of a routine now, i.e. breakfast, read, 1 hr walk on the beach, bike around town, David goes fishing/Lucille reads at the beach covered in sun cream/umbrella, do our daily grocery shopping; we have a real good mini mall just ½ block from the apart , i.e. IGA, butcher, fresh fish/seafood, newspaper agency, fresh fruit/ veggies, video store, pharmacy and the last but not the least, the ‘bottle store’ which is a drive-in to buy beer and wine (at an excellent price, we might add). We also have a second-hand book store where we sell and buy our books.

James and Karen (friends from Canberra) came to BB one Sunday, and drove us along the coast to Narooma, Central Tilba and Tilba & Tilba (T&T). T&T is a historic village built during the gold rush and still retains much of its pioneer character along with many of the original 19th century buildings. Both are very pretty and picturesque villages. We had lunch in 1 of the 2 cafes in T&T.

Two days ago we went to the cinema to watch the movie “The bucket list” which is a very good by the way. We wanted to have a beer in one of the bars but they were all closed by the time we came out of the theater around 4:00. So we went home and had one in the apart.


We also took a cruise along the Clyde River on a beautiful hot and humid (28C) day, with fish & chips for lunch. The cruise lasted 3 hrs and we stopped at a small village where we had a good ice cream! The Clyde River is where the famous Sydney Rock Oysters come from. We had some the other night and they were delicious, of course, accompanied by a very good Aussie wine. The boat goes under a bridge which lifts vertically (apparently you call a telephone number when you want them to raise it).
















Yesterday we went to the bird sanctuary where we saw lots of beautiful parrots and kangaroos/wallabies/snakes, etc. David held a baby wombat (9kgs) which was very furry and sleepy. At that stage they love to be cuddled, however once they reach adulthood (60 kgs) they become quite aggressive and bite, needless to say that they are not cuddly anymore… The parrots are especially beautiful and so colorful.