East coast here we come

We stopped at Richmond where the very first aussie bridge was built. Very like the little stone bridges in the UK. Over here rivers are called rivulets. We thought initially it could be another name for creek or stream but rivulets are pretty wide. Then we went to the little model village of Hobart in the 1820's and looked down the streets that were once edged by water and now by industry and shops.

 Look at the little ducks feet.

We drove through Pontypool, Glamorgan and Swansea and decided that the Welsh must have  been the first settlers here. Definitely confirmed when we drove over the Wye river (not a rivulet).  Up to a national park where we saw a sign to a water hole. What a find. Nice shaded walk to a refreshing pool (the car said it was 46 in the car park).  The wind was hot in Swansea and didn't seem to cool us down much.

I forgot to mention our stop at Orford. Beautiful golden sand. The harbour had been made with what could be large sand bags. They were fenced off with signs telling us it was prohibited to walk near them. Everyone ignored this as they were the best place to swim. There were ropes to help people clamber up, so it felt quite surreal. We disobeyed the signs too and as you can see they were more fun than just walking along the sand.

It was my birthday today. Thank you for all the birthday wishes.  Lucas and Connie both sent me videos. We had a nice dinner in St Helen's and then came back to take advantage of free wifi.