It really is a very nice part of the world here. Bateman’s Bay, on the Clyde River, is at the Northern end of a whole string of villages, woodland, fantastic beaches and blue water. I’ve had holidays on Greek Islands with beaches less nice that this one, and this is just one of many.

Trevor and Glenda took us to one such today, Pebbly Beach, to see the kangaroos that abound there. I have attached a pic of Glenda and Trevor with Mrs A. Oddly, given the Aussie penchant for naming places after their most obvious feature – for example the Great Sandy Desert, the Snowy Mountains – Pebbly Beach has no pebbles at all. Neither, on this occasion, did it have any kangaroos, though we did find some poo. We made a short detour to South Durras, where we did see a mother kangaroo, with a joey, and another in the pouch. The mother posed for some photos, (see pic) and then she and the joey remembered urgent business elsewhere and hopped off.