Kiama

Kiama is a beautiful little coastal town just south of Wollongong and Lake Illawarra and is notable for this splendid lighthouse out on a headland which also boasts a blowhole. In fact the town has two blowholes - the photo below is the Little Blowhole, quite near our caravan park. I discovered the error of standing directly downwind!

The town has a small harbour and some resident pelicans who hang around hoping to pick up the odd fish or two when the catch is brought in. They seemed quite tame and let me get very close for the photo - probably too full of fish to move.

The caravan park has the best ensuite we have ever seen - better than home! It also boasts some interesting trees, one of which had fallen on top of the original site we were booked for. Fortunately we arrived after the tree fell over. Next to our site is this tree which we named "Womping Willow" after the one in the Harry Potter movie.

The Kiama hinterland is dominated by the Illawarra Escarpment which goes 600 m straight up and we went for a visit to the Illawarra Fly which is an arial walkway similar to the one in the Otways.

This is moderately scary being about 50 m above the forest floor and inclined to wave about as you walk on it. Luckily we avoided the coachload of schoolkids.

Also up on the Escarpment is the Carrington Falls on the Kangaroo River, a magnificent 90 m sheer drop. The photo does not do it justice. Cathy enjoyed rock hopping but we stayed well back from the edge just to be on the safe side.