Wollongong by the Sea

auntyuta Diary, Life in Australia, Old Age July 20, 2013July 20, 2013 1 Minute

At 8,20 this morning we caught the bus in Dapto, going to Wollongong and arriving there at Marine Drive by 8,45 am. Bad weather had been forecast. This is why we left early hoping that we might be lucky and still have a bit of sunshine before the weather turned bad. We were right. Beautiful morning sun received us at Wollongong’s foreshore and we took off on our walk. It was very beautiful to walk along the foreshore this early on a winter morning.

Peter saw this beautiful little car in the street and took a picture of it.

We waited at this bus stop for the free shuttle bus that was to take us into Wollongong City.

In Wollongong City we met up with our friend Sylvia for some coffee in a Spanish Cafe.

We went back to Dapto by bus, picking up a bit of fruit in Dapto Shopping Centre. Just before midday we were back home again. We were happy that we had left early for this terrific outing. As it turned out, in the afternoon the weather was indeed not as good anymore.

Tomorrow, Sunday, we’ll go out for lunch to meet the family to celebrate little Lucas being one year old.
Of course we are looking forward to this very much.

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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com View all posts by auntyuta

Published July 20, 2013July 20, 2013

11 thoughts on “Wollongong by the Sea”

rangewriter says:

July 21, 2013 at 1:25 am

Lovely images. I just love Australian names of places!

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1. auntyuta says:
  
  July 21, 2013 at 7:00 am
  
  Hi Linda, the name ‘Wollongong” is believed to mean “Seas of the South” in the local aboriginal language.
  
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chrisstov says:

July 21, 2013 at 7:10 pm

Lovely pictures. I especially like the photo showing the sea with the sun just showing on the top right of the picture.

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1. auntyuta says:
  
  July 21, 2013 at 7:14 pm
  
  Thanks, Chrisstov. 🙂
  
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chrisstov says:

July 21, 2013 at 7:18 pm

Lovely pictures. I especially like that one of the sea with the sun just showing at the top right of the picture.

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The Emu says:

July 21, 2013 at 11:07 pm

Great images Auntyuta, you always seem to get good weather for your outings, I vaguely recall Wollongong from my army days.
Cheers
Emu

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1. auntyuta says:
  
  July 22, 2013 at 8:49 am
  
  Hi Emu, you should come and visit it again and see what it looks like after so many years.
  
  Yesterday (Sunday) was much colder and windy. This morning (Monday) after a very cold night some people in our area had frost on the windscreens of their cars!
  
  Cheers, Auntyuta
  
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Robert M. Weiss says:

July 23, 2013 at 5:54 am

Oh, what beautiful views of the ocean!

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1. auntyuta says:
  
  July 23, 2013 at 5:19 pm
  
  I’m glad you like these views, Robert. Thanks for commenting.
  
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Island Traveler says:

July 25, 2013 at 12:28 pm

Love this place. An amazing view of the sea that offers lots of adventures and relaxing time. Have a blessed day my friend.

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1. auntyuta says:
  
  July 25, 2013 at 10:49 pm
  
  Thank you very much, dear IT. We love to walk along the foreshore in Wollongong. This place has quite a lot to offer. Quite expensive apartments along there. You have to be a millionaire to be able to afford one of them! 🙂
  
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