Day 2 of Southern Highland adventure. It's gonna be awesome!! Syasya woke up at 5.30am again. She wanted to finish her painting by the river as usual.
We checked out early, like 9am to make sure we get to cover the rest of Southern Highland. Our program is packed (supposed to) but as usual, plan can be changed. Our plan is to spend the night at Wollonggong and early Friday morning head back to Sydney.. we need to return the car at 11am.
So, first thing first..we drove to Kangaroo Valley to see the scenic drive. It's about 54km and we arroved there an hour later. This small Kangaroo valley town is sooooo cute. Simple building, old people, and as expected - stunning valleys. Somehow we didn't see any kangaroos. Ha ha! But we did notice a classic old diner -- Worlds Best Pie. I wonder how it taste. Apple pie is just my favourite.
At 11am we finally areived Fitzroy Falls. It's part of Morton National Park. Good thing is u need not to pay the regular national park entrance fee of A$11. This time they only charge day rate parking, which was only $3.
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| Kangaroo Valley |
At Fitzroy, u need to park your car in a dedicated area and walk your way to the falls. It's not far.. just about 200m. Then the first time I saw Fitzroy Falls it reminds me of Niagara Falls. Breathtakingly beautiful!... Subhanallah. This falls is 81m height!!!
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| The Magnificent Fitzroy Falls |
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| Magnificent falls |
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| Us at Fitzroy Falls |
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| 81m height Fitzroy Falls |
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| My Loves at the Jersey Lookout |
We didn't stop there. We walk up another 600m until Jersey lookout to see the falls from another angle. This time we stop for lunch. Had out cabin-made pasta with hot milo again. Hihiii.. We left the falls at 1245pm as we need to arrive at Wollonggong before sunset. We took another path, passing through a small town called Robertson. This town is known as Home of the Big Potato. Sweet as!
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| Scenic drives along the Valley |
About 20km ahead of Robertson it was Illawara. My plan was to go on the Illawara Fly Tree Top walk. It is a 1.5km walk - on top of the trees, and it takes about 45 minutes minimum to complete. Mann.. that can be hard. (Not an excuse) anyhow, we didn't proceed as all 3 kids were sleeping... zzZZzzZz.. (lazy). Not to mention the entrance fee for an adult is $25.
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| The Illawara Fly Treetop Walk |
Next stop was Jamberoo. This place is famous for the waterpark. It looks pretty amazing and we saw many teenagers there. Must be those who prefer "less nature".. also, we didn't go in.. just to save time.
At 3pm we finally arrived Wollongong. It's quite a happening city, compared to other Southern Highland cities. So we decided to look for hotels or motels... and Fish and Chips. The traffic keep us moving forward, failing to get any parking until we reach the end of the town. So we decided not to stay :( :(
Since that we are not staying in Gong that night, we decided to head straight to our last checkpoint - the seacliff bridge. We have to reach there before sunset of course. Or else it will be meaningless.
Along the way we saw a Fish and Chips and beach full of people. The beach looks beautiful so we stop. We didnt realise that it was actually Austinmer Beach!!! Kids had fun at the beach (as usual) until 530pm!!
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| Austinmer Beach |
We then drove to Coalcliff to see the Sea Cliff Bridge. It was amaaaaaazing. The engineering is amazingly superb!.. besides stopping by the bridge we also enjoy the view from Baldhill (Hargrave). It was beyond words!!!..
At about 7pm we had to leave Baldhill as it started to rain. That was an amazing end of our Southern Highland adventure. We arrived PH at 815pm. Sweet dream mate...
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| Seacliff bridge at Cliffton |
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| Baldhill |
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