Lakes Entrance to Batemans Bay

Another wet day travelling to Eden. After setting up camp at the Garden of Eden caravan park, we stayed out of the rain for the remainder of the day. The following day started cold but sunny so we visited Ben Boyd’s tower. Boyd was a rich land owner, shipping entrepreneur and owner of a whaling fleet. He built the tower in 1846 from stone transported all the way from Sydney and used it for whale watching.

He also built a town he named Boydtown in the same area but only the church remains. Saw a sign to the Green Cape Lighthouse 22km, so took off down quite a good gravel road only to find that it deteriorated quite rapidly with numerous potholes and many washouts, good fun like driving on an obstacle course. The old lighthouse is still there but a new electric one now warns shipping, powered by batteries charged by solar panels. Picture shows old lighthouse and solar bank with new lighthouse between and a view of Disaster Bay taken along the road in.

 

The following day we woke up to a frost on the roof of the caravan but clear blue skies and sunshine. After

packing up we were on our way to Batemans Bay. This was the first fine travelling day since Tassie.

The caravan park in Batemans Bay is very crowded, probably due to the long weekend. After setting up camp we visited the old village of Mogo and the rugged Guerrilla Bay (didn't see any guerrillas).

Guerilla Bay below.

As we drove through the town of Batemans Bay we noticed that the “Bee Gees” were appearing at one of the service clubs that evening (obviously a tribute to the real Bee Gees). We were lucky to get in and thoroughly enjoyed the show.

Today we headed off to the historic village of Central Tilba with many quaint little shops and cafes. The weather was fine but the wind a little cool. After lunch we visited beautiful Mystery Bay and toured the northern beaches.

Janice at Mystery Bay. 

Off to Cataract Park Scout Camp at Appin tomorrow.