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| LET'S ROCK |
Drove through the tiny town of Pambula, didn't seem to be much to it, although I think they have some wetlands and a beach, that stuff just isn't next to the highway.
So continued to Merimbula - cars everywhere! I guess that's why it was hard to find a hotel, but I don't really see the reason, it's not like it's the Gold Coast or anything. Did a quick lap of the town and ended up at Rotary Park, got out to check the beach situation there, low tide so lots of sand bars you could walk out on - if you had appropriate footwear.
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| A beach with bars = bar beach. |
Walked though the town as well, just the usual shops and cafes, but found a magnet for the collection. Had some 'topfun' place at the top of the hill with a bowling alley, but only four lanes! I can't really remember the last time I went to Merimbula, since it was like thirty years ago, but wouldn't be surprised if it was similar back then.
Lunch, then drove out of town, had to made a quick stop at Magic Mountain to prove it exists - it's designed for young kids probably similar to Gumbuya Park. A few kilometres up the highway was another place called Mandeni Park that had a whole range of activities - golf, mountain bike course and archery?
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| The truth is out there. |
Paid for the full size nine hole golf course instead of the 'pitch and putt' version. We got a golf bag with a lot of balls, and the guy said to hit over the water on the first hole. First shot - ten metres and straight in the water, second shot - got some air, almost made it but in the water again. Jason had two attempts and didn't even get close, so we went around to the alternative location instead of running out of balls on the first hole.
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| Glad that's not me. |
It was just a very casual course, except for all the kangaroos out on the fairways that don't seem to care what's going on. Somehow I was putting well, just not hitting very far or straight so taking too many shots to get there, might have got one par I think.
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| It was like a kangaroo course. |
Time to check-in at the hotel, on this super steep hill which seems to be standard for Merimbula. The TV worked better and even had wifi this time. You need to have a credit card for check-in which is a bit of a ridiculous requirement when you think about it, most people own a credit card but not necessarily everyone. I suppose they ask for a cash deposit otherwise.
Drove back to the start of town to main beach, that's the actual name. According to the lifeguard signs it was 18 degrees and 0.5 metre waves, so not very exciting but good enough to spend a bit of time floating around.
We'd found a running track on strava that went through the bush, but it turned out to be much more sketchy than I was expecting. Some places where you had to stop running and climb up some rock face, I also almost rolled my ankle about three times. It wasn't really obvious which way to go in places, you just have to try and guess what would be the most obvious way and hope for the best. I'm not great at this as I always second guess and end up making the wrong choice. Made it to the golf course at the other end and back through the bush again somehow, about seven kilometres but quite hard work with the heat and elevation changes.
Got some dinner then had to get some rest for the morning park run, maybe should not have run in the afternoon right before it...
Steps: 17000
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