{"id":179,"date":"2011-11-14T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T04:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.lewisdrafting.com.au\/?p=179"},"modified":"2011-11-29T22:17:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T12:17:37","slug":"kiama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Kiama"},"content":{"rendered":"

We arrived in Kiama last night and have booked for 3 nights at this stage, as our site is right on the beach and it is a beautiful caravan park.<\/p>\n

The coastal town of Kiama is said to gain it’s name from the aboriginal word Kiaram-a which when translated from the local aboriginal language means “where the sea makes a noise”, referring to the famous “Kiama Blowhole”.<\/p>\n

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Kiama Blowhole and lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There are lots of walking tracks here including up to the lighthouse, Kiama Harbour and both the Main Blowhole and Little Blowhole (this is just near our campsite) so may end up staying in Kiama longer.<\/p>\n

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One of the many boats Mal checked out coming into Kiama Harbour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Town Clock in Kiama reminds me of Ballina or St Tropez in France!!!.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A row of original miners cottages built in 1879. There are many old heritage buildings in Kiama, including many of these cottages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Crooked River Winery Kiama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We arrived in Kiama last night and have booked for 3 nights at this stage, as our site is right on the beach and it is a beautiful caravan park. The coastal town of Kiama is said to gain it’s name from the aboriginal word Kiaram-a which when translated from the local aboriginal language means … Continue reading Kiama<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kiama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}