3 Day Holiday

My wonderful sister in law and her husband just took me away for a three day weekend to Kiama.

We had a marvellous time. We stopped at a camping site just south of the main town and it was wonderful. It was a two story 'cabin' and I had the top floor with a beautiful view of the private beach and surrounds.

We visited the blowhole, famous in the area, and I managed a few reasonable photos.

The next morning we set off to Minnamurra Rainforest Park and it was the most awe inspiring walk through the floor of the forest.
Our path followed the river as it tumbled along past amazing trees and lovely ferns. It would tumble across large rocks creating minature waterfalls.
We were fortunate not have many people around and were able to quietly wander around nature's best.

We even saw 5 lyre birds at various spots along our 2km walk!


It was really a spiritual experience - breathtaking scenery, amazingly quiet, huge trees and forest canopy. Mother Nature had surpassed herself!








After that we headed up the mountains to the Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk an amazing set of walkways perched in the tree tops along with a few amazing cantilevered walks.

The views were spectacular -

you could see all the way to the coast - plus the forest itself was beautiful and so dense in places.


I even took a photo of a tree fern seen from above - Fibonacci sequence .



After lunch we drove through Robertson and then down Kangaroo Valley to Fitzroy Falls, travelling over the wonderful Hampden Bridge, the oldest suspension bridge in Australia (build in 1898).
















We finished our day with a walk to the Falls, passing a little set of rapids as the river journey to its dramatic drop over the escarpment.


The falls are really dramatic, falling over 80 metres onto rocks at its base


I took a few photographs of some banksia, immortalised in the wonderful children's book of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. who had a villainous character based on a banksia.


Our drive back to our cabin was filled with hairpin turns along with breathtaking scenery - all in all a wonderful day.

Our journey back to Sydney the next day was leisurely with occasional stops to look at beaches or just to catch our breath.

Kiama is only about 2 hours from Sydney but it was a lovely holiday and "just what the doctor ordered."