Merimbula Meandering

On the road to Merimbula we stopped at Boydtown for a look see, not much to look at or see and then on to Quarantine Bay, a nice little bay for a lazy day and finally into Eden. Last time we passed through Eden was a bit sad and sorry, this time it's looking good. The Marina being upgraded to accommodate cruise ships and the town has an air of hustle and bustle about it.

We headed up to Rotary Park, a walk along the cliff tops, spotted a whale or two from the lookout and back to the BBQ for an egg and bacon roll. A local dog was scamming the tourists and came away with a few tidbits - bet his owner can't work out why he's putting on weight.

After lunch to the Eden Smokehouse, a great guy who has ties with Norfolk somehow and who smokes local seafood. He is a Food Technologist and the local high school Food Tech teachers would love him, very knowledgeable and really friendly - an hour later and some smoked mussels, gravlax and directions to an oyster lease and we are on the way again.

Oysters at Pambula Lake and we stock up, eventually going back and having a dozen each, each night for $7 each - superb!

Merimbula Caravan Park puts us on the cliff top where we sit and watch whales whilst eating oysters and having evening drinkies. Check out a blood moon that evening but couldn't get a decent photo so here is one from the net.. Watch whales while we eat our breakfast and have lorikeets trying to eat out of our bowls. Ross finds a red belly black snake but it's just as scared as he is and slithers off.

Pambula is a favourite; lovely town with good coffee and top bakery, great beach and river mouth where we throw in a line and don't care at all that there aren't any fish around. Little beach shacks on the river edge add a touch of the romantic and days gone by.

Plenty of wildlife around and we stop so an echidna can cross the road, Ross terrified that someone would run up the back of us and out at Pambula Beach kangaroos everywhere just sitting around checking out the locals.

Home to Merimbula and a walk along the boardwalk, a couple of ks along the river and we spotted some samphire growing wild. James and Ruby will be proud, we picked some and then checked it on the internet, didn't want to kill ourselves, then cooked it up with garlic and butter and into our salad with prawns for tea. We are just such foragers, watch out Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.