Uncle Wally calls Mollymook "God's country." And it is, especially if God's interests include fishing and golfing. It's certainly an idyllic and laid-back sleepy ocean resort town. We took the bus from Canberra to Bateman's Bay--just a spot on the map says Uncle Wally--and then Uncle Wally drove us 35 minutes to Mollymook. We passed Pebbly Beach which is famous for its kangaroos that frolic in the ocean. Uncles Vit and Wally live in a big house that's exactly 300 steps from their golfing/drinking club and the ocean. There's a 'Bogey Hole', a large rock pool that's a protected tidal pool and is a calm area for swimming. The sand is perfectly soft. Last night there was a "nor-easterly" wind and a bunch of blue jellyfish washed up on shore.
The uncles enjoy travelling around Australia in their fitted-out caravan camper to golf courses and pubs. Most stories start with "we were in search of a pub" or "as we left the pub." And tonight we'll experience the club! We're having raw oysters and whiskey (which I think is called oysters kilpatrick) for tea and then we're heading off to the club to have a few drinks and to play keno and the poky (poker) machines. In Australia, the drinking establishments are divided into pubs and clubs--clubs don't pay property tax and any profits made must be reinvested into the club. Their club is undergoing a $3-million renovation. Saturday night we're off to a BBQ at a friend of the uncles who lives right on the lake.
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so much for golf and drinking what's the fishing like?
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