The name Bermagui is derived from the Dyirringani word, permageua, possibly meaning "canoe with paddles".
The Prop never ceases to be amazed at the arrogance (or stupidity) of English colonists who didn't seem to give a fig for the correct pronunciation of the names of places that they colonised. For example:
Yangon = Rangoon
Beijing = Peking
Mumbai = Bombay
Kolkata = Calcutta
permageua = Bermagui
We decided to take the coast road rather than the highway, and very glad we did. On a sunny and near cloudless day like today, the coastal scenery is outstanding.
In the early 1960's Mrs P spent most summer holidays with her family at Tuross Head and today, for the first time, we were able to locate one of the holiday "apartments" that her family used to rent.
Unfortunately there was no trace of the nearby old moving picture theatre at which Mrs P remembers watching the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock version of "The 39 Steps" - about 30 years after it was released!
Nostalgia nurtured, we headed for Bermagui to revisit the place where, in 2014, Mrs P shattered both of her wrists while attempting to watch some whales!
No nostalgia there!
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So, on the way home? Or taking a slow coach to China approach?
The English were at much closer to home too!!!
Lisbon/Lisboa
Seville/Sevilla
Rome/Roma
Florence/Firenze
Venice/Venezia
Milan/Milano
Genoa/Genova
Naples/Napoli
Turin/Torino
A bit of both, meeting up with some replies tomorrow and then heading towards Geelong by the 4th of June. No firm plans.
A bit of both, meeting up with some rellies tomorrow and then heading towards Geelong by the 4th of June. No firm plans.
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