Wollongong Wanderings

Today's Adventure saw Lucia and I head out of the city to Wollongong. Another smaller city futher down the southern coast of Australia.
After getting up late and slowly getting into gear we decided to take the scenic road from Sydney to the Gong. This way would take us through a National Park and also along the coastal road. The drive through the National Park was stunning, a winding road that was shaded most of the trip was beautiful to drive in, Personally I found It great to be behind the wheel of a car again, on a proper bit of road. After this we were treated to some of the best Ocean Views you can see anywhere, as the road swung back and forth along the coast, in and out of the trees and little towns. We also got to drive across a bridge that has been built to bypass what was the most dangerous part of the road for rockfalls. Now you drive above the sea next to a sheer clifface for 600 metres. We walked back out onto this bridge after crossing it to have a better look and take some photos. After this we continued to Wollongong to go to the Buddhist Temple. Unluckily it was closed today, Monday being the only day of the week that it is, so we will have to go back another day. This did have the positive outcome of giving Lucia and I an hour and half to kill. So we decided to go to the beach. WE parked in the parkinglot near Wollongong Lighthouse and bought ourselves an Ice Cream each for the walk. Then we walked onto the beach. A few seagulls walked around us, and Lucia decided that it would be nice to throw a small piece of her cone to them. WELL all this did was make the couple of hundred seagulls that were sitting on the fence above us on the beach to all come swopping down around us to fight for the piece of cone that the first gull had already eaten. I will never forget the look on Lucia's face as all these white birds swooped around us, calling out their ear shattering cry. It was hilarious.
After this we met with one of my dearest friends, Mona Forghani, who we went out for dinner with. We had a lovely meal in a chinese resturant, but sadly time restrants and only having low beam on the car mum has leant me, meant that we needed to part company early and Lucia and I have an easy drive back being carefull as vision is not as good at night without full headlights. We will see Mona again before we leave. So that is good news.
Now it is very late, and I need to go to bed.
Tomorrow we will meet Katrina for Lunch and take in the sights of inner city Sydney.
Daniel