Our weekend jaunts around Canberra are proving a magical way to see a little more of our suroundings.
Shaun and I have always loved travelling in the car enjoying each others company and the scenery.
The country side is absolutely beautiful and scenery on the road to Batemans bay changes as we pass mountain ranges and rainforests and farm land and small settlements.
The sky had a peculiar oil slick effect on it, just in one spot, all greasy looking and beautiful colours, It lasted for almost the entire journey.
Ive never seen anything like that before in the sky.
We do alot of cloud shape games and talking about what we see in the environment on our journeys. It's great for word games and encourages the girls to practice word usage and building a varied and exensive vocabulary.
First stop is the antiques fair at Bungendore, for me to rummage in, I love old things.
Then the compulsory stop, as always, is braidwood for lollies and pastries and a play in the park. Then on to Batemans Bay, counting the toy animals in the trees.
We arived at Batemans bay and kept driving up the coast to the cutest town ship ive been to in a very long time.
The fish and chips for lunch were a let down, there is still no other place to enjoy fish and chips than Redcliffe's Suttons Beach fish and chips.
The variety of fish is amazing and the servings are substantial more than enough to satisfy an 'all day at the beach' kind of appetite.
This is a unique experience, if you ever visit Redcliffe try this little take away you won't be disapointed.
Anyway back to Ulla dulla.
The kids loved the quiet little town, we walked all over the main center and looked at all the shops.
We climbed the cliffs, collected fossils and shells and looked out to sea from the light house.
The harbour has whale watch boats and deep sea fishing boats and a sea breakwater that the local children were playing in.
The water is so crystal and clear you can see the bottom of the harbour!
Did I mention the water is cold?.. of course it isn't like the temperature we are used to. In Queensland I swam all year round, the sea water is warm, but it hasn't the quality of unspoilt beauty that the Sea on the South Coast has.
It is a bit like the sea side in New Zealand cold but clear water.
I couldn't get over how friendly the locals are everyone said hello and smiled, it was a really lovely homely place.
The girls fell in love with the arcade, dodgems, laser war, a giant drop and arcade games all in the main center.
Demelza and I shopped for bikinis, it reminded us of a sleeepy Redcliffe city before the high rise apartments invaded the penninsular.
We decided to return in the summer for a weekend away.
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