Barb found another coastal gem at Dalmeny, which is located around 7km north of Narooma. The caravan park is on a grassy hill on the southern headland with unobstructed views 5km north along the coast to Potato Point. The only downside is the caravan park is on the side of a hill. There has been zero attempt to level any of the camp sites and many slope both N/S and E/W. We read about camp area’s descriptions in Wikicamps which often overstate things, but in this case the slopes on some sites were borderline insurmountable.
Our elderly neighbour had the perfect view … until we reversed the 10ft high 30ft long Behemoth in front of them and blocked out the view and almost all natural light. They were good sports about it, but Ross found a kindred soul in the old guy that absolutely loved to chat so much so he would follow Ross and keep talking.
We were recommended to the local fish and chip shop, said to be the best on the east coast. They well have been right
Our neighbours were in thin cotton Teepee style American Indian tent and it was freezing. The couple in the Teepee tent were packing up, ferrying the contents of the tent to a camper trailer 20 mtrs away. Ross walked past and all they had in the tent was a oil heater … it would have been freaken freezing in there and the oil heater would have been next to useless
The view greeting us when we drove into the caravan park
The view from the kitchen window
… and the view from the master bedroom
A drone shot of the caravan park overlooking the coast. We are tucked into 3rd from the left in the row of vans
There is a walking path hugging the coast all the way to Narooma 7km to the south. We all got within 2km of Narooma before turning back, Ross, Barb and Max walking and Daniel on his bike. The walk was a long stretch for Max, and he was zonked for the rest of the day
360Deg rotating image of Dalmeny
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Re-seeding sites …. or just feeding the ducks ???
The rocks at the bottom of the caravan park
A whale and her calf arrived on the morning we were leaving. Barb invested so many hours trying to spot a whale, and she was rewarded 10 fold when a whale decided Barb had had made sufficient effort and introduced her calf to Barb no more than 50 metres of the rocks.
Ross was desperate to put the drone up over the whale, but since last xmas our Drone has been lapsing into emergency mode mid flight. A bit of research revealed that its likely to be a dodgy worn out battery. The battery has 4 x cells and if one of the four cells drops below the acceptable voltage the drone will go into emergency mode and immediately land regardless of where it is ie over water. The overall battery condition may still appear ok even though it could be about to go into crisis. A possible remedy is to run the LiPo4 battery right down which might reset its electronics. During a test flight everything seem to be running fine, and the cell voltage was ok.
At one point there was 3 drones buzzing about over the whale. Ross went to the beach to make the executive decision to fly out over the water and film the whale. Discretion being the better part of bravery, and Ross couldn’t quite get to that point so we left it. (A great decision, because Ross flew the drone that afternoon over the beach at Mystery Bay, and within a few minutes a single cell voltage plummeted and the drone when into crisis) The three drones are visible in the below pic if you look closely enough
The days were cool but sunny, but the average overnight temperature was between 0 and 3degs. Precisely the temperature camping in a swag is perfect for … not
The Lawler Creek entrance which opens up into Mummuga Lake
The waking path south with Narooma in the distance
Our turn around point around 2km north of Narooma
From Max’s smile, he clearly doesnt realise he now has to walk the 5km north back to Dalmeny
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