Saturday, February 6, 2010

Geraghty Family Holiday Jan 2010, Part 1.....

Hi Everyone,

We had a great time on our family holiday this year.  We decided to explore south of Sydney along the coast and inland to Kangaroo Valley staying at the Glenmack Caravan Park


Mon 11th Jan 2010

We were going to hire a car for our holiday, but some good friends of ours offered the use of their car, as they were going to New Zealand and wouldn't be using it! We headed off on Monday afternoon,  and drove south from Balgowlah, hugging the coast as we went.  the drive was very pretty and took us through Bundeena National park and across the spectacular Sea Cliff Bridge.

Sea Cliff Bridge

The drive continued south and took us through Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama before heading inland towards Kangaroo Valley. When we arrived at the Glenmack Caravan Park it was getting late, so we got the keys to our caravan picked a dvd to watch, a scary film called Lady In The Water, Dylan thought is was good, but I was very scared and couldn't sleep that night.......
Driving Map Balgowlah to Kangaroo Valley

Tues 12th Jan 2010

Tuesday was a glorious day, the sun was out and the morning was coolish with the promise of serious heat, which if your anything like me means melting. We were aiming for the beach today, with a scenic drive and a stop off at Cambewrra Lookout.  The Lookout was close to where we were staying so we arrived there early morning. It was quite hazy but the view is awesome, you could nearly see the sea 35Km away.

Photo From Cambewarra Lookout

After the lookout we made our way towards the sea, stopping at Orient Point to have lunch, it was a great spot to stop, but a little bit windy, as you can see in this photo of Sandra and Dylan:

Orient Point

After lunch we drove down to Cullala Beach, where we spent a few hours in the water and of course, even though I had sunscrean on I got a little sunburn, must be the Irish in me :)

Callala Beach

After the beach we were really hungry so we found a great seafood restaurant in a small town called Huskisson.  The restaurant was called The Sea Grass Brasserie and the food, as Sandra will tell you Rocked.  After we had filled our bellies (mine taking slightly longer to fill than the other two) we headed off towards a town called Vincentia, evening was drawing in and it was getting dark so we headed back to the caravan park to rest our weary bones.
Drive to Jervis Bay and Back

End of part one, Part two coming soon....

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Happy New Year!

Hey Everyone! long time no see, have I been a lazy bum or what? It has been over a year since I last posted an entry on our blog.
I will endeavour to post something at least once a month, so we can expect a huge 12 postings this year (not including this one). 
We miss all of our friends and family and look forward to seeing, visiting, emailing & skyping you all much more regularly this year. 
Our skype ID is: sidgeraghty  please add us as a friend so we can get some video calls happening!!!
Wishing you all  much love, peace, health and prosperity for 2010
Ivan, Sandra & Dylan XxXxXxX