Wollongong Waffles

Today, our first full day in Wollongong, we decided to do what everyone does in December….go to the beach. The weather was nice…not incredibly hot but with a dangerous burning sun (as my neck discovered later), so with cheese and piccalilli sandwiches (standard) in bags and lathered to the eyeballs in sun lotion (minus neck), we flip-flopped all the way down to the sea front…about half a mile away.

The beach is pretty good although nothing to get majorly excited about. There is a nice lighthouse and the beaches are clean and sandy. We were surprised how quiet it was, with only a few sunbathers and surfers lolling about. Perhaps everyone is indoors putting Bermuda shorts on their Christmas reindeers or something. We really just relaxed on the beach and talked about what our ideal Christmas day would be - a common theme was food and drink and lots of it! We also planned what our Christmas day this year would look like and how we could nab the barbecue at our accommodation before any of the other guests. Chris then had a play on the swings and I tested out the electronic toilets (bizarre) before we started to make our way back.


Nice beach


Steel works on the beach!!

On our way back towards our hostel, we spotted a waffle bar called ‘Sugar Cube’ which was owned and run by a friendly man from Birmingham. We have a soft spot for waffles and ended up getting a banana split waffle each which we agreed was the best waffle we had ever tasted. Bonus points as it also contributed towards one of our five a day so completely guilt free!

Talking of five a day, we also had our biggest success in the kitchen so far later on when we cooked not one but FIVE different vegetables in our stew. No scurvy for us!