4/12/10 (lane cove national park)

Lane Cove National Park - Wisemans Ferry – Gosford

We rented the campervan for 10 days just to explore the surrounding areas of Sydney so we could take our time. After we left the park we headed north towards Hawkesbury River. Australia has a very different topography than New Zealand. The land is flatter but still with lots of bushes around. The nice is that they have freeways and the roads aren’t so windy. We did notice a lot of speed limit cameras with signage telling you where they are located. 

We took the Wisemans Ferry, which takes you over across the river to Settlers Road. Settlers Road was built by convicts and leads you to a small town called St. Albans. There was an inn called Settlers Arm Inn in the town, which was built in 1836 and has a lot of character. We had a nice lunch consisting of chicken pot pie and Tooney beer. The town was quite small so we headed back to the main roads.

While in Australia, we really wanted to see koalas and kangaroos. We stopped at an information center and they said the only way to guarantee seeing them was at the Australian Reptile Park. Both Jon and I aren’t fans of zoos or any enclosed animal parks but it seemed like our best shot to see these animals. We decided to find a camper site close by the reptile park and go there first thing in the morning.

Finding camper sites proved to be a little more difficult than in New Zealand since there isn’t as many around. The information center suggested a Big4 site, which is a big camper chain. It was a very nice site designed for families with kids. They had big bouncy pillows, which Jon really wanted to jump on, and activities planned the whole day for kids. If I were a kid I would be in heaven.

Comments

[mary lappan]

Bouncy pillows???? Did they let adults use them?

[Annie Lin]

Jon was tempted to jump on them but they were deflated at night. Very smart of the camper people.