Being a beach bunny, I decided that it would be nice to spend some time on the coast south of Sydney. I settled on Moruya Heads as it was an easy 4 hours’ drive on my way from Melbourne to Sydney. It was a great idea but I hadn’t factored in the weather which did not cooperate. In fact, it was freezing and it rained a lot. Moruya Heads is a beach suburb of Moruya which is a bustling little town as these things go. Quite a few shops including an absolutely amazing quilting place called Steph’s, some restaurants and cafes.
My AirBnb was on a hillside with a view of the estuary. It was a brand new very spacious studio with a balcony. Everything was catered for except a cooker – now why that had not been installed in a studio with a kitchen was beyond me but people do strange things. Instead there was a microwave and a plug-in frying pan. I wasn’t really prepared to learn how to cook rice in a microwave on this trip but needs must.
One of the things to do locally is take a trip out to Montague Island to watch the penguins come ashore after feeding for 4 days to see their chicks that are hatching. Unfortunately, the weather was so bad that most of the trips were cancelled but on Friday there was a brief respite in the weather and we had a glorious boat ride out to the island in the sunshine at lunch time. At least I got to see the island – no penguins though!
Market day in Moruya is Saturday and it was a very enjoyable experience – a proper local market with stuff from local farms and businesses. People had obviously travelled in from all over the hinterland and the coast and that made for a lovely time.
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