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Our second week of Vanlife began in the caravan park of Tail Bushy Tail located in front of Jervis Bay in the San Jorge basin. I was just fifteen minutes from the main beaches and the city and, for $ 33.50 per night for a fed place, we couldn’t say no. It meant that we could finally load all our devices and relax knowing that we did not have to find a free camp. The park itself was mostly permanent places with only one or two for people like us. We really did not take the name of the park until, out of nowhere, two kangaroos that bouncing passed through the side of us and stayed eating about four feet in front of us. We saw more wandering around the park and, in the morning, we had some sixteen around us. The only inconvenience is that they smell a little, their poop is everywhere and most likely they have fleas. However, they are cute. We stayed in this park for three nights; Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Emma’s birthday was Tuesday and we were not exactly prepared given our new nomadic lifestyle. To celebrate, we went to Huskisson for a meal, but the weather drastically became a massive downpour. We still had a great time and, obviously, we had hamburgers.
At the southern end of Jervis Bay is the Booderee National Park. This was our first trip to a national park and for $ 11 obtained two days of access. There were some extremely remote beaches in Green Patch, Bristol Point and Cave Beach. We reviewed them all and made some bushes walking to the points of the cliff. On Wednesday we decided to go further to the south when someone mentioned that the beaches were excellent around Mollymook. We could not find any free camp and we ended up in a vacation park, during the summer holidays for children, in Ulladulla. We pay $ 40 for the privilege of listening to the children screaming running and the trolls are the choice film for outdoor cinema. There was not much in Ulladulla to be worth it. Needless to say, we wanted to move on.
Canberra
The coast is extremely occupied at this time of the year and some of the prices that quoted us were crazy. A place wanted more than $ 100 for a site without power. We both decided that it would be better to lead the interior where there are free camps in abundance and fewer people. Looking at the map, Canberra was the obvious option. However, I did not realize that the most pronounced and longer mountain escalation was to come. When we get up from the coast, we climb very very slowly. I thought either the motorhome was too heavy or there was a problem with the engine. Everything I really knew about Canberra was that it was the capital of Australia. Lonely Planet’s description focused mainly on some museums and said it was calm around Christmas and New Year. I didn’t know what to expect, but I was quite intrigued.
For two nights, we stayed approximately thirty minutes east of Canberra at the Bungendore Showregounds. It is treated by a lovely couple, Ken and Ann, who brought homemade buns with cream and jam after we settled. For $ 22, we had energy and water. An absolute bargain. However, again, we had to deal with a mass thicker and heavy rain. I think I had rained almost every day until that moment.
On Friday, we conducted Canberra and had good hours at the National Museum of Australia, which was really interesting. My first Canberra impressions were that it was a strange city. There are wide roads like in the United States and you can’t walk anywhere. Nothing is established conventionally. I suppose that was the idea of American architects who won a competition to design the city.
We save on Saturday for our proper exploration of Canberra. I felt that I hadn’t had enough time to really judge the city the day before. First we went to the National War Memorial and Museum, which was absolutely huge. Probably one of the best museums in which I have been with such information and artifacts. The highlight was the exhibition of Afghanistan with hundreds of personal stories. Directly behind the monument is Mount Ainslie, from which we expected to obtain a view of Canberra birds and try to discover the design. There was a lot of information about the plans of the architects for Canberra and the original drawings, of course, they coincided with what we were seeing under us. It seemed fascinating that neither of them would have been in Australia to find their ideas. The roads to the city center were completely empty, it was like a ghost city. We walked through a modern shopping center (which is essentially the main street) and there were very few people who felt strange. I don’t like a place when it’s too full, but this was something else. The lonely planet was not wrong that the city was quiet.
Disappointed, we rushed to escape and lead to the North to the Hume Hujista that had taken us from Melbourne to Sydney. I’m afraid we won’t return to Canberra.
To finish the week, we had a free Overnight next to Lake George, or at least where the lake used to be. This was probably the worst place in which we had been for mistakes. We had twenty -four mosquitoes and three spiders in the truck that kept us most of the night trying to find and kill them. They were driving me crazy; Turning around my ear and then hidden when my torch shone. I also saw the biggest spider so far, legs like the fingers tried to get out of the smallest gap. I quickly returned to the truck.
Next week
The plan for the third week is to return to Sydney, try to get an awning with a mosquito network and make the truck check. Maybe then we can go to the blue mountains.
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