Blackheath. Wow! We’re we glad we had!?! Just down the road from our campsite was the most amazing place - the road just ended and dropped down into this enormous valley which at that time of the morning with the clouds hanging low looked absolutely amazing, and was easily the highlight of our time spent in the Blue Mountains!!

Jervis Bay
1st - 3rd Feb
After the brief sightseeing stop we headed for our next target, the Tasman Sea! Or in other words the New South Wales Coast - Jervis Bay to be exact. Although in actual fact, this little stretch of coast is strictly speaking part of ACT, Australian Capital Territory, which is a small inland state around Canberra, apart from this little sliver which follows a river to the sea to give sea access to the capital! We stopped for lunch at a

lookout (Australian for viewpoint), which gave us fabulous views over the coast. We checked out a couple of caravan parks at the start of Jervis Bay, but they were far too touristy, but the area was very scenic and the sea looked was a very beautiful colour of turquoise with bright white sand beaches. We decided to head to Booderee National Park, further on.. This park is unusual as it is the only one of the 200 or so New South Wales National Parks which is jointly run by the local Aborigine community. The campsites there are apparently extremely popular, but we were lucky and managed to get one of the last spots. It was a really gorgeous place, with sites bounded in by low logs fences, under Eucalyptus trees, with a little path through to the beach. After pitching the tent I was anxious to get into the water, so we headed off to the beach for a swim!! What was quite surprising was that the sea seemed pretty cold, but it was lovely and clear and clean and it was a treat to be swimming in it again, Southern