The mountains were beautiful, the ski resorts interesting. Compared to the Swiss ones we know so well, there seemed to be a shortage of skiing space -- lots of trees and huge boulders in the way. We would love to see it all in the winter. The purpose-built resorts looked fun, however.
Coming back to the coast meant warmer nights and beautiful resorts. We tend to seek out the quieter ones and found a beauty at Pambula. We could have spent a few nights there had it not been for the fly in the ointment.
This took the shape of a stupid accident a few days before arriving here. Accident-prone as always, Isobel managed to crash face-first into the bank of a creek which we were crossing on one of our walks, when either her foot slipped on a rock or the rock moved. It all happened so quickly it is hard to know exactly what happened. Normal people, when they break bones, break arms or legs but this is evidently too mundane and she succeeded in breaking the floor of her eye socket! Ouch!! The long and the short of it is we had to spend the best part of a day at the hospital in Canberra after a CT scan in Bega and tomorrow will carry on to Sydney for a further appointment at a hospital there where surgery will have to be done to put a metal plate in to keep her eye where it ought to be. It seemed to make sense to do it in Sydney where at least we will be with Robert and Lesley and not in some caravan park in Canberra.
Needless to say the mood is not jubilant and some of the enthusiasm has gone out of the trip. This is of course temporary and within a short time, all should be well. Today we have toured parts of Canberra and would like to come back. Australians are usually quite rude about their capital city but we found it pleasant and interesting and would like to see more. The weather helped us to be positive as it was a beautiful day -- a rare occurence in Canberra, it seems. What a pity we went out without the camera.
More (and better, we hope) news soon from Sydney.
Coming back to the coast meant warmer nights and beautiful resorts. We tend to seek out the quieter ones and found a beauty at Pambula. We could have spent a few nights there had it not been for the fly in the ointment.
This took the shape of a stupid accident a few days before arriving here. Accident-prone as always, Isobel managed to crash face-first into the bank of a creek which we were crossing on one of our walks, when either her foot slipped on a rock or the rock moved. It all happened so quickly it is hard to know exactly what happened. Normal people, when they break bones, break arms or legs but this is evidently too mundane and she succeeded in breaking the floor of her eye socket! Ouch!! The long and the short of it is we had to spend the best part of a day at the hospital in Canberra after a CT scan in Bega and tomorrow will carry on to Sydney for a further appointment at a hospital there where surgery will have to be done to put a metal plate in to keep her eye where it ought to be. It seemed to make sense to do it in Sydney where at least we will be with Robert and Lesley and not in some caravan park in Canberra.
Needless to say the mood is not jubilant and some of the enthusiasm has gone out of the trip. This is of course temporary and within a short time, all should be well. Today we have toured parts of Canberra and would like to come back. Australians are usually quite rude about their capital city but we found it pleasant and interesting and would like to see more. The weather helped us to be positive as it was a beautiful day -- a rare occurence in Canberra, it seems. What a pity we went out without the camera.
More (and better, we hope) news soon from Sydney.
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