{"id":1526,"date":"2019-03-07T02:31:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T02:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tappstravels.co.uk\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:49:00","slug":"myanmar-oz-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tappstravels.co.uk\/?p=1526","title":{"rendered":"MYANMAR & OZ. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry.\u00a0 Gold vs feathers.\u00a0 In all the excitement of getting to about only a week behind, I forgot to say.\u00a0 A pound of feathers is definitely heavier than a pound of gold.\u00a0 The explanation is as follows:<\/p>\n

Traditionally, gold is weighed in the troy measurement system. One ounce of gold is not the same as the ordinary ounce (really called avoirdupois ounce).<\/p>\n

The best way to understand this is to convert them both to a uniform system.\u00a0 An avoirdupois ounce (feathers) converts to about 28 grams and the troy ounce (gold) to about 31 grams.<\/p>\n

So it would appear that gold weighs more than feathers.\u00a0 But!\u00a0 There is one more piece of the puzzle. We all know 16 ounces equal a pound. True in the avoirdupois system, but not in the troy. In the troy system there are only 12 ounces to the pound. So a pound of feathers weighs in at just over 453 grams while a pound of gold weighs about 373 grams.<\/p>\n

So a pound of feathers weighs quite a bit more than a pound of gold!\u00a0 There were only two votes.\u00a0 One correct and one less so!\u00a0 Maybe there are only two of you reading these messages!<\/p>\n

Back to our trip!<\/p>\n

On the way to Nelligen, we passed Batemans Bay which is situated near the mouth of the Clyde River.\u00a0 The coast North of here is going to be new territory for us.\u00a0 Last time we came this way we ducked inland to Canberra at this point.<\/p>\n

Nelligen was originally the main port for goods shipped inwards to this region from Sydney on the twice weekly steamer.\u00a0 It was also presumably an exporter of timber and “stuff” in return.\u00a0 There are, of course, the requisite indications of gold and feather mining in the area!\u00a0 There is now very little of the original wharf structure remaining.\u00a0 But we did find a couple of old looking posts (attached to an old looking bit of decking) where the dock would have been\u00a0 …<\/p>\n

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The name of the village is said to derive from the name of an old resident called Nell.\u00a0 Apparently she fell in the river and drowned about 100 years ago.\u00a0 As she washed up and down on the tide, the locals would say “There goes Nell agin!”.\u00a0 And the name stuck!\u00a0 I must update Wikipedia on that point.\u00a0 They say the origin of the village name is unclear!\u00a0 How un-interesting!<\/p>\n

Our cottage is another quirky one – possibly a 6 on the previously used scale.\u00a0 There’s a stuffed fish on the bathroom wall – a 48 pound Jewfish caught by the owner’s mother in her youth (almost half a century ago).\u00a0 A little bit of a distraction when on the loo!<\/p>\n

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We had lots of space with old odds and ends about in the cooking\/eating\/living area. .<\/p>\n

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And we had a brilliant jetty for late afternoon refreshments!<\/p>\n

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As is our wont, we took the back road to the coast to investigate the beaches at Durras (North and South).\u00a0 The Old Nelligen Road.\u00a0 It starts as an ordinary side road but becomes a reasonable gravel road almost immediately.\u00a0 After a while it divides and branches into a network of fairly rough tracks through the forest.\u00a0 Google Maps knew where we were even if we didn’t!\u00a0 Finally it disintegrates into a rocky pathway which no sensible resident would use except possivly on horseback!\u00a0 That probably explains the number of vehicles we met.\u00a0 Zero!\u00a0 At one point we stopped to admire the view (trees) and take a photograph …<\/p>\n

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… and guess who Glenda found running about on the front of the car.\u00a0 Our hitch-hiker.<\/p>\n

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Still with us after TEN days and HUNDREDS of kilometres!!!<\/p>\n

We are starting to see more people now as we are getting closer to Sydney although that is still a couple of hours North of here.\u00a0 The caravan park at South Durras (and that’s about all there is here) was fairly full.\u00a0 It’s right on the beach (two adjacent beaches actually!) …<\/p>\n

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… and every caravan had at least one kangaroo on guard.<\/p>\n

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Back home, on the way for more drinks on the jetty we met another local resident…<\/p>\n

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After a great couple of evenings looking for Nell again, it was time to move North.\u00a0 We saw signs inviting us to take the “100 Beach Challenge”.\u00a0 It transpires that the region of Shoalhaven has 100 beaches (actually 109, but that doesn’t make for such catchy phrase!).\u00a0 So we were really only just starting to scratch the surface of this sandy empire.\u00a0 Shoalhaven starts at the next beach – but that’s for another day<\/p>\n

I’m now only 8 nights behind!\u00a0 But before I end this – here is a little puzzle sent to me (just in time, thank you) by Mad, Mad Mary.\u00a0 It used to be just Mad Mary, but now she’s (justifiably) mad about “Brexit and Ireland” as well as just plain ordinary mad!<\/p>\n

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COUNT THE “F”s IN THE FOLLOWING TEXT:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE<\/span>SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS…..”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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So how many?<\/p>\n

Just check again before looking below.<\/p>\n

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Score\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Rating<\/strong><\/p>\n

0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Possibly dead!<\/p>\n

1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Not really concentrating on my blog!<\/p>\n

2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Underperforming<\/p>\n

3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Average<\/p>\n

4\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Good<\/p>\n

5\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Enthusiastic<\/p>\n

6\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Correct<\/p>\n

7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Imaginative<\/p>\n

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