Escaped to Nowra coastal cool, but have we jumped into the fire?

Nowra, NSW

Discovered we're sharing our park with an emergency Firies base camp

View from our campsite

Massive goanna shinning up a tree

Spying on us from above

From the Mountains to the Sea and back

Central Coast sunset

Christmas with grandkids

Our daughter and son meet up for Christmas

Back to the Mountains - love the new Katoomba Cultural Centre precinct and library

A friendly blue-tongue joins us for a campsite drink

Met this drinking companion at Toowoon Beach

A Bogged Blog... stuck in the wilds of outback Australia

It had to happen

It had to happen, bogged down in the sand... immoveable! Both back wheels sunk to the chassis.

Except it didn't happen in far NSW, Queensland or the Northern Territory.

It happened in a powered site in our favourite park at Toowoon Bay, Central Coast NSW.

Here's a helpful guy from the park trying to get us out... unsuccessfully.

Finally, he called in a camper mate with a 4WD and a winch, which managed to drag us out.

You wouldn't read about it, except hopefully you are.

It's rugged out there!

On the country road, Cowra way, NSW

What's happened to Law & Order out here?

Anubis (newbie) is growing... fluffier...

and more adorable

Cowra Peace Bell

Ring any bells?

Japanese Gardens, Cowra

At Canowindra NSW, Australia's ballooning capital

The Cowra region is a bubble

We've spent a few days at Canowindra, mysteriously pronounced CaNOUNdra by the locals, with a silent 'wind'. Perhaps apt, because the place has been remarkably free of the wind, rain, hail and snow that the rest of NSW went through recently. The place is like a bubble.

This Cowra region is a micro-climate, which is why it is so perfect for wine-growing.  

It was like being in the eye the storm as the rest of NSW froze, including our old haunts in the Blue Mountains.

Next stop Cowra itself, before wending our way back Central Coast way.

The best camps in life are free - still loving Carcoar Dam