Tourist attractions in NSW
Part 1.
I love traveling. Especially in a car. And it gets best when there is no any time constraints, no appointments, and, especially, no strict timetables of a kind “2pm-3pm- Muesum, then 30 minutes – group photos at a fountain, then lunch and accommodation in the hotel”. Yes, the latter acts as even better torture than compulsory study of something epic like “War and Peace” or complete works of Shakespeare on literature classes in high school, which usually develop untreatable allergy to all classic literature in persons being tortured. I am not talking about not having a plan for the trip at all, indeed it is good to have rough schedule on paper or at least in your head, but it should be something pretty abstract like “We have 5 days, want to get to that nice place and visit this museum, that park and a nice little cafe. And, if have spare time, climb that bridge”.
This was my first vacation since we moved to Down Under. I felt very tired at work and decided to take one week off, turn the computer off and escape. Just to get that nice feeling of being tourist again.
Our plan was as simple as it gets. We wanted to spend from four to six days away from Sydney and, ideally, get to Victoria, stopping everywhere where we see anything interesting as hidden gems appear much often than we usually imagine. For example, consider this spectacular view from Camgewarra lookout (it is not that far from Berry or Nowra, I will write about these little towns in a next few posts). Note – large panorama opens in a new window.
This lookout alight a little bit aside from busy roads and someone who has just to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible have very little chances to enjoy this view in real (picture above can only reflect a little fraction of landscape magnificence that is visible from 678 meters above sea level), which definitely deserves special mentioning.
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