Tues 26 Nov - Tilba Tilba and Congo

I went down to the beach in my nighty and had a paddle, just like I do at Bundeena. The water was too cold to tempt me in for a swim!

We went in to Eden to stock up with diesel and fuel, then travelled slowly along the coast road, stopping at each beach to look at the surf. The problem was that they were either so sheltered that there were no waves or they were absolutely crashing in. There was an unusual rock on one beach called Camel Rock!

We detoured a little to visit Tilba Tilba, a pretty little town of restored and brightly - painted, weatherboard houses. We visited the cheese factory there, they don't make cheese from scratch, but buy cheese, crush it up and mix in their own flavourings, then repress and wax it. Rodger tasted them all and chose one with chives.

 It was a cheese sort of day as we also stopped in Bodella. This was the first commercial cheese producing place in Australia. The whole town was owned by a man called Mort and everybody worked for him in the cheese making industry, either on the dairy farms or the 3 cheese factories. They were also the first people to export cheese from Australia to England. Sadly they no longer make cheese there, but they sell some and honey too, for tourists.

The last beach we tried was Congo, in the Eurobodalla National Park, just before Moruya. The surf was blown out, but Rodger thought it might be good early in the morning, so as there was a camping ground there, we stayed.

Congo Camping Ground on the beach

One fellow camper with a catch of Aussie Salmon

 While I was cooking dinner, Rodger rang his mum and she told us that Rodger's brother, Peter had put her onto the Internet for her birthday present so that she can Skype, and then she connected up! Rodger and I were very impressed and it was great to be able to see each other, as well as have a chat.