Bawley Point, Batemans Bay & Pambula–15 to 18 February 2012

Having travelled with what felt like our own personal rain cloud since leaving Mooloolaba, Racecourse Beach at Bawley Point was beautiful and sunny.

It is very quiet at this time of year, there was only us and one other caravan.  A walk over the headlands takes you through an Aboriginal heritage area and one of the largest midden sites in Australia.

There is only dam and bore water to drink, we used our tanks. Showers cost 20 cents for three minutes.

From Bawley Point we drove to Pambula via Batemans Bay.

Batemans Bay is very caravan friendly. It has specific caravan parking near the McDonald's which encouraged us to do our shopping then relax and enjoy the town.

We had a lovely walk along the river front, including the day’s drama of a sunken yacht which had brought out the Hazard Recovery Team to contain any diesel from the engine.  They made it clear they were not going to refloat the yacht.  We followed this with a relaxing lunch on the River Clyde with Fresh Oysters straight out of the Clyde river Estuary.

Our next stop was Pambula which has a campsite right on a wonderful swimming beach with resident Kangaroos who are exceptionally trusting.  Tricia even saw kangaroos going under vans to shelter from the sun.