Bundeena and the Royal National Park

Last Sunday (26/08/07) we went to a beautiful National Park and a town not too far away from us, both between 35 and 50 Km.

We drove to the Royal National Park (the 2nd oldest NP after Yellowstone in the world) and then we drove through it to get to a small town called Bundeena.

It was the first time we took Caroline's car to its natural habitat.

It was nice to escape the city. Even though the city is just minutes away it is a world of difference.

The National Royal Park has a great natural diversity and now we know it is just at our doorstep we 'll surely go there again for a short escape.

Mind you that wasn't even our main goal. That was Bundeena.

Bundeena Beach; crab; Bundeena - Cronulla -ferry wharf

Even though the weather was horrible a mere 24C? We persevered. It will probably take some years before we 'll get used to these hard conditions the Australian winters throw at us. Anyway we thought we came prepared Slip Slop Slap-ed. But some water would have been more then welcome when we walked the Jibbon Beach Loop walk. A nice walk that took us over the beach, along the coast along cliffs and rugged heath land with breathtaking views and distant city vistas. <hehehehe ...vistas>

City views; Jibbon Beach; cliffs

We also met loads of iconic Australian birds like the Rainbow Lorikeet its call, Galah its call, Laughing Kookaburra its call and of course the noisy Sulphur Crested Cockatoos its call. At the end of our walk about an hour before sunset we heard all of these...... First pleasantly surprised....turning to pleasantly thinking we don't have that racket at home especially when trying to sleep in. So we enjoyed it probably more then the locals do.

Rainbow Lorikeet and Kookaburra