Kangaroo Valley July 2009

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Places to visit:

  • Tallowa Dam – take the Mount Scanzi Road out of Kangaroo Valley Village, which turns into Tallowa Dam Road. This ends up on the southern side of the Kangaroo River. (20 kms)
  • Bendeela Campground – Bendeela Road comes off Moss Vale Road just north of the Village. Turn left after a few kms (7km)
  • Upper Kangaroo Valley – north of the Village turn right on the Upper River Road. (12 km)
  • Cambewarra Lookout – head south along Moss Vale Rd, turn left at Tourist Rd (10 km)
  • Red Rocks Nature Reserve – instead of turning left at Tourist Rd, turn right into Leebold Hill Rd, a dirt road on the hairpin (10 km)
  • Mannings Lookout – head back towards Fitzroy Falls but turn right before you get there (16 km)

This list from the KV tourism website

  • Three waterfalls: Carrington Falls, Belmore Falls and Fitzroy Falls
  • Two vantage points to enjoy the view at Hindmash Lookout and Mannings Lookout
  • National Park access at Fitzroy Falls visitors centre
  • Hampden Bridge (National Trust listed)
  • Delicious places to stop are Source, CafĂ© Bella and Jing Jo Thai, the Barrengarry Pie Shop or you can take a picnic and stop at Fitzroy Falls Visitors Centre to admire the views
  • Kangaroo Valley historic walk with heritage buildings
  • Kangaroo Valley Cemetery (National Trust listed)

Things to take or do:

  • Stargazing: binoculars, tripod for camera, warm clothes, star-charts/notes. Ian Musgrave’s Southern Sky Watch and the Kangaroo Valley tourism website also has a page for stargazing.
  • Bug collecting: extension cord, lamp, white sheet, glass jar.
  • Games: balls, raquets, cards.

Socceroos vs Bahrain 10 June 2009

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Pretty unconvincing team in the first half but they managed to play more cohesively in the second. We are lucky that they won 2:0 because their defence left a lot to be desired. The Bahrainies had a few good players but also weak links (lucky for us). Some of them were feigning injury and adding acrobatics to make a small knock look like a major foul.

While it wasn’t a world class game we had a great time anyway. Just being at ANZ Stadium and watching the players in real life is always a brig thrill. The match against Bahrain was the coldest we had ever been too and we ended up wrapped in blankets and warm jackets. We were saying afterwards that it was probably better to be cold than wet, because we got drenched last time we went to see the Socceroos.