{"id":268,"date":"2011-11-21T10:38:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T00:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.lewisdrafting.com.au\/?p=268"},"modified":"2011-12-08T15:32:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T05:32:33","slug":"moruya-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Moruya \/ Batemans Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This area is absolutely stunning. Even on a fine day photos don&#8217;t do it justice.<\/p>\n<p>The name Moruya is derived from an aboriginal word meaning &#8220;Home of the Black Swan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During gold mining days, industries like dairying, fishing and oyster farming were an important part of the town&#8217;s economy and still are today. Moruya also quarried blue granite and the town is full of the most beautiful mix of old buildings built from this granite.<\/p>\n<p>We camped at a spot at the beach called Moruya Heads, about 10 minutes from Moruya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Batemans-Bay-wharf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-269\" title=\"Batemans Bay wharf\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Batemans-Bay-wharf-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Batemans-Bay-wharf-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Batemans-Bay-wharf-532x355.jpg 532w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Batemans-Bay-wharf.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_269\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">The wharf at Batemans Bay<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Coloured-Rocks-at-Eurobodalla-National-Park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-270 \" title=\"Coloured Rocks at Eurobodalla National Park\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Coloured-Rocks-at-Eurobodalla-National-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coloured Rocks at Eurobodalla National Park...eurobodalla is aboriginal for &quot;Land of many waters&quot;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pebbly-Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271\" title=\"Pebbly Beach\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pebbly-Beach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pebbly Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Row-Boats-Tuross-Heads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-272 \" title=\"Row Boats, Tuross Heads\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Row-Boats-Tuross-Heads-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Row-Boats-Tuross-Heads-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Row-Boats-Tuross-Heads.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Row Boats, Tuross Heads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/One-of-the-many-stone-convict-built-walls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-277\" title=\"One of the many stone convict built walls\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/One-of-the-many-stone-convict-built-walls-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/One-of-the-many-stone-convict-built-walls-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/One-of-the-many-stone-convict-built-walls-532x355.jpg 532w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/One-of-the-many-stone-convict-built-walls.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many convict built stone walls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Congo-Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288 \" title=\"Congo Beach\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Congo-Beach-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Congo-Beach-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Congo-Beach.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are now stairs heading up to the headland at Congo Beach  John<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mossy-Point.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-289\" title=\"Mossy Point\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mossy-Point-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mossy-Point-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mossy-Point-532x355.jpg 532w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mossy-Point.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mossy Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This area is absolutely stunning. Even on a fine day photos don&#8217;t do it justice. The name Moruya is derived from an aboriginal word meaning &#8220;Home of the Black Swan.&#8221; During gold mining days, industries like dairying, fishing and oyster farming were an important part of the town&#8217;s economy and still are today. Moruya also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=268\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Moruya \/ Batemans Bay Area<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moruya-heads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","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=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}