Day 7
Weather today was simply perfect for touring in the Alvis and I
(Dale) got lucky and had the offer of travelling with Alan in his 12/50 whilst Noeline kept
Maritta company in the Navara.
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| Leaving Bermagui - black swans on the lake. |
It was an excellent drive up the eastern coast of New South Wales along the shore line roads toward Batemans Bay
via Batehaven. There were a couple of navigational "faux pas" on my behalf (and it was not the
instructions this time).
We stopped for a short break for a cup of tea in Batehaven before tackling
the notoriously steep road up Brown Mountain.
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| Time for a cup of tea in Batehaven - 12/50 and Speed 20 arrive. |
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| Noeline, Maritta, Alan and Mark discuss the route up the mountain over a cuppa! |
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| David and Kay in the Speed 20, Alan and Noeline in the 12/50 and Mike and Liz in the Alpha - Batehaven. |
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| View of Mike and Jan in the MGB motoring up the highway. |
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| Beautiful open roads inland towards Braidwood. |
The climb up the mountain took us from sea level to 600 meters very
quickly. It has to be said that although a little down on power compared to my
Silver Eagle, the 12/50 is an all round better car and a delight to travel in
even if you have to use the gearbox a little more.
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| A quick stop to check if everyone is OK. |
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| David and Kay set off. |
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| Allowing traffic to pass.... |
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| The climb begins.... |
Once over the mountain the next stop was Braidwood a lovely village full of small interesting shops and Noeline even stopped to purchase locally grown garlic. We had an excellent lunch, then headed off for our overnight stop in Goulburn. Just outside Goulburn the 12/50 of Pat and Michael ran out of petrol - so the Navara crew had to race off to get fuel.
We stopped at a private homestead on the outskirts of Goulburn - "Coorigang" which is aboriginal for black swan. A lovely house which is still a family home and had a history as a boys school dating back to the 1880's.
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| Afternoon tea at Coorigang homestead. |
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| Outside the homestead |
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| Glorious sunshine greets us in Goulburn. |
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