Ieuan went to do some internetting whilst Lou washed up. Then went up to Tourist Information to find out about nearby “hanging rock” which Ieuan thought we may want to go and see today. We were informed that the rock eroded some years ago, and so no rock was there to be seen, and all that was left now were a few streets called hanging rock township, much to the amusement of the chap behind us in the queue who couldn’t hide his laughter. With that off the agenda, we headed towards Wollangong for lunch, reaching there about 1.30pm.
After some commotion, we got parked and went to look for the pure and natural café, which we found, but didn’t look great, so we ate at a food hall, getting Thai for Ieuan and a salad for Lou. Explored some of the local music / clothes / outdoor shops before leaving to get on the Grand Pacific Drive towards Sydney.
We followed the appropriate signposts for the drive and found ourselves taking an in-depth tour of every single Wollangong suburb and speedhump before we finally made it out of town after about half an hour, and joined a proper road.
We drove across the impressive sea cliff bridge (built out from the side of the cliffs) and up Bald Hill near Scarborough, stopping to take some pictures from a lookout high up and to watch a hang-glider glide over the beach below.
We reached Rockdale – our destination where we would camp whilst visiting Sydney – 13km outside Sydney by about 6pm and spent the next hour driving up and down the Princes Highway looking for the right turn off to the campsite, despite phoning for a second set of directions after the first half an hour!
After some commotion, we got parked and went to look for the pure and natural café, which we found, but didn’t look great, so we ate at a food hall, getting Thai for Ieuan and a salad for Lou. Explored some of the local music / clothes / outdoor shops before leaving to get on the Grand Pacific Drive towards Sydney.
We followed the appropriate signposts for the drive and found ourselves taking an in-depth tour of every single Wollangong suburb and speedhump before we finally made it out of town after about half an hour, and joined a proper road.
We drove across the impressive sea cliff bridge (built out from the side of the cliffs) and up Bald Hill near Scarborough, stopping to take some pictures from a lookout high up and to watch a hang-glider glide over the beach below.
We reached Rockdale – our destination where we would camp whilst visiting Sydney – 13km outside Sydney by about 6pm and spent the next hour driving up and down the Princes Highway looking for the right turn off to the campsite, despite phoning for a second set of directions after the first half an hour!
Eventually found it and we are allocated a pitch, only to find some Germans already on it, plus it’s too short for our van anyway. We move across the road into a bigger pitch and cook chicken curry for tea.
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