Wollongong and pelicans

We are back from a little Saturday outing to Wollongong and Port Kembla. Hubby has tried to take me to this cafe/restaurant in Wollongong for ages and we finally got there. We had our 'usual' oysters and seafood platter.  While sitting in the restaurant we saw loads of pelicans. They are Australia's biggest flying bird.

We were fascinated by all these gorgeous sports car in the parking lot. Later on we spoke to someone and he said that once a month there is an outing from Sydney with a group leader and people who have rented cars to go for an outing in Ferraris or Porches or Lotuses (and pretend that they own them).

After lunch we drove to Port Kembla, and I know that some of my UK friends were taken there too (against their will, as was I, so I feel for them).

We went to a lookout and I got talking with a guy with a very, very respectable beer gut. He told us that his Dad rescued a lady who mistakenly had put her car in reverse and driven down this very steep precipice. Her car was stopped by a tree and they managed to hoistt it up.  Afterwards they found her hand bag with $400 in it and they returned it to the police. The lady never thanked them for saving her life, her car or giving her back her cash. I think she was embarrassed!

I don't know if this photo gives you and idea of how far the fall would have been. It's very, very steep!!

All in all it was a fun day out and, aside from the fact that hubby had to put a shopping bag over his head because he had forgotten his sun screen and hat, it was a great outing