Monthly Archives: January 2010

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Sleepy Hollows – Brown Mountain

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Not a village as such, but a mountain pass, and the end of the sleepy hollows theme – for now.

Brown Mountain is where the Snowy Mountains Highway winds its way up to the high country plateau. It is also features some impressive trees (mountain ash perhaps) that you can view via a little path from the lookout car park.

Brown Mountain

It was good that I got to see them, because there won’t be many trees for the next 100km or so as I drive across the Monaro Plain to Cooma and the high country.

So we leave the South Coast behind, and now you know what’s coming next – the Snowy Mountains!

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Sleepy Hollows – Wolumla

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I didn’t mean to stop at all at Wolumla, only that I thought I’d left something back at Merimbula, 15km away in the Bega Valley (thankfully I didn’t). After checking the boot, I noticed this interesting building…

Wolumla

The sign says “Gunpowder Trading Post”. I don’t think it’s within the law to sell such things anymore, but it tells you a lot about the history of the town, don’t you think?

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Sleepy Hollows – Central Tilba – Part 2

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Central Tilba is comprised of a series of restored miners cottages. They are very colourful, and very cute! It is no doubt a tourist area, remeniscent of the Southern Highlands town of Berrima, with a bit of Far North Coast new age style thrown in.

Central Tilba

The cottages themselves are lovely. My work colleague, a former country boy, was all very blase about my fascination with cottages, but they are lovely. Even the pub is rather cute! I really wouldn’t mind having one of these cottages on the edge of town, with a little garden, overlooking the valley.

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Central Tilba Central Tilba

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Sleepy Hollows – Jamberoo Abbey

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A new theme today – sleepy hollows. Namely, peaceful/sleepy/scenic/cute places in the country side.

I’m going to start with Jamberoo Abbey cottages, my own little sleepy hollow. I try to get away there about twice a year since it’s only a 1.5 hour drive from home. It is on the side of the Illawarra Escarpment, surrounded by pastures and rainforest.

I like walking through the pastures and listening to the many birds.

Jamberoo Abbey

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South Coast Line – Pambula

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I’ve saved the best till last on South Coast Line, because it is the end of the line for this theme. Pambula is about 6km south of Merimbula, but feels like a world away, especially on this isolated stretch of beach at the Pambula River Mouth. It’s in the Ben Boyd National Park, and you can see why the place is protected. Look at that brilliantly white river sand and the unusually crimson coloured rocks (a colour which I’ve never seen before).

Though it was a bit choppy, I managed a little walk and a swim on an isolated stretch of beach. A lovely way to relax.

Pambula River Mouth

Thanks for journeying with me down the South Coast! I haven’t really covered the little inland sleepy hollows I passed through, so these will be next.