Walking out in the treetops was amazing. It was like someone stuck a big 360 degree postcard up around me and told me that it was real life. The sea was a deep deep blue and sparkled and turned into tiny foamy waves up on the coast. Tiny towns with tiny sheep (lots of dumb sheep) meandered along green eucalypt-lined roadways, little houses clumped together on grassy knolls along the shore. Up in the birds-eye view you could literally see everything for thousands of kilometres. We had to climb down eventually, though, but Jono had more sightseeing in store for me.
We drove down to Kiama, a far southern city with a beautiful rocky coastline. Its sign post literally read "Kiama ... A Tidy Place" haha. There was a seawater blowhole that shot out water on every seventh wave, and I climbed all over the rocks right by the water (which, in hindsight, was probably really dangerous because they were steep and high up and the waves were wishy and washy and I probably should have died).
After Kiama we drove up North along the coast to another little city whose name I've forgotten, but it was even prettier!! They had three large cannons set up on a hill next to a lighthouse. I climbed MORE treacherous cliffs, another excellent murderous idea, and I think my fear of heights is going away a little bit because I climbed up a 20 foot rock face and stood on top with my arms up in the air and didn't barf off of the side of it or pass out and die. Jono got photos, I think. I hope.
After this we got food at a little side cafe that Jono said would be good because of the tacky '80s interior. Apparently if a place looks old and has no taste, it's delicious. And he was right! My hamburger had a beet root in it. Which was weird and I was going to discard it but I tried it and it was actually really good. Go figure. I also tried another caramel slice and this one was even better than the last! Hoorah! When we went back to the car, I got an ice cream cone with a candy bar in it dipped in chocolate, and Jono asked me if America has chocolate dipped cones and I kind of wanted to smack him but I just did the hand-to-forehead thing and explained very slowly that Dairy Queen had been doing it for decades before it reached Australia, most likely. Then he remembered about Dairy Queens. *sigh*.
After that we drove up over a piece of road that leans away from the hillside and drives over the ocean, up to a parking lot next to the glider runway. We took some nice photos there, and then headed back home.
At home we watched Master Chef Australia and Harry Potter 3, then we had chicken and mushrooms and tomatoes and pasta and parmesan cheese all in this bowl of wonderful tastiness and I had a glass of milk. Yay. Mrs. Ward also bought me a Caramello Koala!!!!! It was very tasty and caramelly and koally and...I don't know if those are the right adjectives at all but it was quite good. Yesterday she got me a Curly Wurly, which wasn't quite as good because I don't like hard caramel as much as I like soft caramel.
Anyways, tomorrow I'm riding out to Homebush on bikes with Jono and we're going to the Olympic Pool. I want to swim in it but I don't know if they let little people like me do that. I'm packing a swimsuit anyways.
I was very happy to be able to walk hundreds of feet in the air and climb rocks and collect seashells and see the southern east Australian coast. It was one of the prettiest places I'd ever been.
Another post soon!!
Love,
Janet
No comments:
Post a Comment