Exploring our way to Mallacoota

This could be part of the "Joys of Real Estate" series since as well as spending some time at Mallacoota we checked out a few spots for a coastal property.  This meant we used a different route:

We diverged from this a bit was we looked at various places, but we only added about 100km in total.  We started off going down Clyde Mountain driving the Jetta quite gently to avoid Chunder Pooch appearing in the rear seat.

The prat below tailgated me for quite a bit.  He was lucky the passenger seat was occupied as otherwise he'd have found it difficult to get by as I am sure the Jetta could out accelerate him!

I usually try  to obfuscate number plates etc.  In this case the light we were driving into did the job and I can't read it clearly  only read the letters 'CJ'.  Which was unfortunate because I'd like to expose this goose to criticism.  Anyhow, if you know a Parramatta supporter who drives a Landcruiser with a personalised number plate  CJ56, ask them if they got the licence off a Corn Flakes packet!

We stopped briefly at Nelligen to let Tammy have a walk round and to admire the Clyde River.

We had arranged to meet an agent at Moruya Heads to inspect a house that looked good on the internet.  Lots of exposed wood (would take a building inspector a huge time to tap everywhere) and views down to the River.  However there were a lot of stairs involved and we concluded it probably wasn't a practical choice for us.

We then swung by Congo to look at the house/shack we used to own there.  Not much of it is visible from the street but it did look better than we remembered it.  The Flame Tree is certainly doing well!

A little further up the street someone has done a very spiffy metal shark!

A bit further down the coast (Meringo) and there is much sculpture evident.  My snaps of the eagle and its nest (RHS) didn't come out well, but this gives the idea,

A close up of the knot and mosaic.

We drove on down the road inspecting Dalmeny (boxes on a steep hillside) and a place in North Narooma.  Only 800m from some nice beaches but unfortunately one those eight is vertical.  While driving down a estate agent contacted us to say that a house we had looked at online (which had been subject to an accepted offer) was back on the market.  We have arranged to call in on the way back home (just South of Bega).

As we drove we remembered things we had forgotten to pack!  This included any bread for breakfast and lunches.  We dropped in to the Narooma bakery for a lunchtime pie (I think rated 7/10) but I forgot to buy a loaf as well.  Fortunately I remembered there was a bakery in Pambula.  Even better it was Wild Rye's which does very good artisanal brot.  A ciabata and a Kornunbrot (or something like that) were acquired.  From the future: both pretty good although the ciabata was not as fluffy as that from Crust at Fyshwick.  The Korn... was a very tasty item, with an almost pumpernickel texture.

On getting to Mallacoota (at 30^oC!!!) we unloaded and looked at the koalas.  At least 2 were in the tree next door.  So fears on them being scared off by the building work there are unfounded: perhaps it gives them something to look at?

The closer of the two seemed quite active, travelling down one tree and up another.

They always look surprised.  In this case that anthropomorphism is reduced by the big green gob of eucalyptus juice, drooling out of its mouth.

Off he (and I am pretty certain of my sex attribution there) went to find some nicer leaves.

To assume this position he managed to turn round on the branch and them walk down backwards until his back got supported.

Meanwhile his friend, higher up the tree, stacked a few more zeds.

They were surprisingly vocal (sounding like a 2 stroke motor bike misfiring.  I thought this may not bode well in terms of us stacking zeds later, but they only woke me once, and briefly, around 0300.  As the overnight low was about 20 C that was a pretty good outcome!