A little further up the Sapphire Coast.....

The next morning we were on our way soon after breakfast and our first stop was to see 'The Pinnacles' in the other end of the Ben Boyd National Park.  This smaller part of the park runs between Eden and Pambula Beach and the rock formation is a must see.  The bright red cliffs contrast with the white sandstone cliffs making it a magnet for anyone with a camera.  We did take a picture or two ourselves.

 Our next stop was the little town of Pambula where we checked out their bakery before driving down for a quick look at Pambula Beach and Pambula Lake where we saw the oyster farms.

Very nice but we soon came back to stop and have a walk through Panboola, a beautiful wetlands & conservation project on land donated to the people by Alexandra Seddon, a long time Pambula resident.  This is a work in progress and will eventually include the old racecourse as well but for now the area that is open is just magnificent.

We spent a couple of hours here before moving on to have a look at Merimbula stopping along the way at Sandy Beach where they were doing prescribed burns in the forrest over the river.  This was such a tranquil little area with a lovely little beach and the National Park coming right down to the waters edge, a common sight right along this coast.

Driving into Merimbula past Top Lake and crossing the bridge to pass Merimbula Lake you can see why this is such a popular area for people to live and holiday in.  We stopped here and ate our sandwiches beside the lake with the ever hopeful seagulls for company.  They missed out again.  We drove around to have a look at Spencer Park, Rotary Park and Bar Beach.  The views from here back across the sandbar were great.

It was about now that we decided we had done enough sightseeing for one day and turned the car around for the drive back to Eden.  Passing through Pambula soon after we stopped for a coffee but discovered that no one sold coffee after 4.30 in this town.  After coming from Melbourne where we can get coffee at any time of the day or night this was a real shock to our system but we were only a half hour from home so we continued on and made our own soon after.

Back in Eden we had a look at the Nationl Timber Workers Memorial we had seen in the local park.  This is a memorial opened in 2008 to honour all those people who have lost their lives while working in the timber industry to build our region, state and nation.  The names and ages of so many young people was truly heart wrenching.  As we drove back to the c'van park we passed the Eden Historic Cemetry on what must be one of the most prime positions in the town.  Spectacular!

After we had our coffee we walked along the shores of Lake Curalo where there is a boardwalk allowing walkers to get closer to the birdlife living on and around the lake.  Currently 3kms long it will eventually encircle the lake but for tonight we just walked for about 1 km and then headed back to our cozy camper for a well earned sausage sizzle.  Bill was cooking up a storm in the camp kitchen tonight.

It wasn't long after that we climbed into bed for the last time in Eden.  The wind continued to blow and rattle the camper but had never been as bad again as the first night.  We had gotten so used to it I think it rocked us to sleep each night.  And our days on the Sapphire coast had been clear and sunny ones so all in all we hadn't done too bad in the weather dept.  

We were leaving Eden in the morning for our journey home so will fill you in on that tomorrow.

until then......