Coming up towards Easter we were faced with the problem of
finding somewhere to stay near the coast that wasn’t booked out and didn’t cost
an arm and a leg. So we planned to arrive at Milton Showground https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton,_New_South_Wales
two days before Easter and stay till the mad Easter rush was over.
Turned out
to be a good plan as we found a nice spot at the showground and great value at
$20/night with power, water, hot showers, lovely green grassed areas and close
to town and other tourist attractions (AKA fishing spots).
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| Milton Showground - busy but nice and green |
Milton on the south coast of NSW is nestled between the
green inland mountains and the beaut surf beaches and estuaries of the coast.
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| Son Arron with his first "walk the dog" beam |
It may be surprising to readers of this blog that we soon
located a quiet little river upstream from the pristine Lake Conjola where we
could launch the tinny and refresh our bream lure fishing techniques. First
expedition out and Linda and I caught enough bream for dinner and some left
over to give to our caravan neighbor at the showgrounds. We were lucky to have
our two sons drive down for Wollongong to stay a night each with us at Milton.
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| There is a heaven!! |
Took them both out in the tinny to provide fatherly guidance on the gentle art
of catching bream on small surface and diving lures.
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| We made it to the carpark! |
Whilst at the showground we took a day off fishing to do a
drive through the National Parks inland from the coast and attempt a walk up
Pidgeon House Mountain – something I had done as a young Navy Apprentice when I
was 16 yrs old. Surprisingly the 46 years that had passed since this first
climb had taken a toll and after we got half way we turned pack to the carpark
(must have been something to do with my gammy knee and Linda’s artificial hip?).
A cheeky lady we met coming down suggested that it was perhaps too many of the things on my T-shirt that caused the problem? Unfortunately it was a rainy day when we went and thus no photos – some info is
here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_House_Mountain
The south coast of NSW is a great place to visit and Milton
is a good base to see some of this - a
recommended stopover at Milton Showgrounds.
4 comments:
Aaron not arron
Who was with Aaron? You got any other photos of the boys (now big men).
We love reading the blog mate.
Shane
Pidgeon House - is that where you got lost and they had to send out 200 search and rescue people to find you?
Where r the pictures of the flathead
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