Narooma 'Clear Blue Waters'

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The Sea Cliff Bridge

The balanced cantilever bridge had only opened a few months before our crossing.   Previously it was a cliff side road subject to heavy rock falls and months of closure while being made safe again.   Nothing $54 million couldn't fix.  It is now a great tourist attraction with new dangers and deaths of visitors climbing unauthorised trails to get a shot from the cliff above.  They call it 'Selficide'

How lucky were we that it was completed in time for our arrival?

Bar Rock our first photo on Narooma Beach

We stayed next door to Shirley and Brian in the lovely vacation home generously loaned to us their neighbour.  We had dinner at the golf club, visited Brian's camera club on competition night and got to join in the judging.   Brian also took us to the lifeboat station where he is a volunteer the entrance to the harbour can be quite tricky but this day all was calm
Look up, way up and see a solitary golfer on the dramatically located Narooma Golf Course

That's better, you can see him now, just
Scenic Holes Hall of Fame   -  Narooma's famous 3rd 'Hogan's' hole 

Famous because of Paul Hogan's Winfield Cigarette commercial in the '70's

 

 

 

Light Blue Soldier Crabs live on sandy beaches from the Bay of Bengal to Australia

 

 

Falling tides trigger their arrival of the  They emerge in great numbers to feed, moving across the beach with the largest crab in the lead at a speed of 10 yards per minute

Usually  they are all male but some days may be male and female.  On 'maneuvers' they are quite a sight

If disturbed they burrow into the sand with a corkscrew motion and disappear as quickly as they came

 

 

Wagonga Princess Cruise

Explore a hundred years of Wagonga inlet history aboard a hundred year old electric ferry with the irrepressible Charlie Bettini

The third generation of his family to grow up here with the tales and photos to prove it.  He includes a sail amongst the oyster farms,  a guided rainforest walk and a Devonshire cream tea in the afternoons festivities

There were insufficient numbers at this time of year to make the Montague Island tour viable so we didn't see the lighthouse or seals.   We highly recommend this tour

Oyster Farm                                                        

Charlie slaying 'em with his tales

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