The Prop's Perigrinations : 13-16 September 2025

On Friday afternoon I had contacted Eurobodalla Toyota to advise them that a warning light was showing on the dashboard of the the Juke (which Michael O'Farrell has kindly suggested should now be called "The Ellington") and that the "climate control" display was blank.

At their suggestion we then drove from Batemans Bay to Moruya so that the problems could be investigated but having arrived at about 4.00pm, there was insufficient time to resolve the problems so we reluctantly agreed to return the "Ellington" on the following Monday.

Sat 13 September 2025

Batemans Bay to Moruya

Up betimes to drive to Moruya and to eventually check in to the Hive Motel at Moruya only to find that, due to what was described as "an electricity leakage" the power supply to the hotel and nearby area would be interrupted from 9.00am until 3.00pm on the following day, Sunday.

On the way to Moruya we stopped off for morning tea at the Surf Beach Café just south of Batehaven

And Malua Bay

And Tomakin

And Broulee

And Moruya Heads

Sun 14 September 2025

Moruya to Tuross Heads and back.

Having grown up in Albury (NSW) Mrs P spent most of her childhood Christmas holidays with her family at Tuross Heads catching fish and swimming. Accordingly, we decided to re-visit Mrs P's childhood - given that there was no electricity at our motel!

So, up betimes to make our way to Tuross Heads which, according to Mrs P, is now unrecognisable from how it was in the late 1950's and 1960's.

The famous One Tree Point still exists but what was once a small village has now grown into something of a mini-metropolis - and much else has changed.

The once pristine beach at Tuross Heads is now littered with burnt gum trees which, following devastating bushfires in 2019 were washed down the Tuross River by floods in 2021 and are now regularly carried away and re-deposited on the beach.

We then made our way to a café which, in Mrs P's childhood was "Nossiters Boatshed" where boats could be hired and bait purchased. Nowadays it's all cappuccinos and cake!