Cousin Tracie had mentioned the town of Eden in an email. The Eden-based Disaster Bay Chilli Company created the world's first commercial chilli wine made entirely from fermented chillies.

Twofold Bay, on the NSW Sapphire Coast lies between Melbourne and Sydney. Boydtown owes its existence to the early Australian whaling industry, which was already flourishing in Twofold Bay in the early 1830’s. In 1843 a flamboyant entrepreneur named Benjamin Boyd decided to establish a base for his whaling and pastoral operations and Twofold Bay became the centre. Seahorse Inn is a beautiful, luxurious boutique hotel on the shore overlooking the bay to Eden, set amidst sprawling rose gardens and tight green lawns, it is breathtaking in both architecture and old world charm. We didn't stay there, but rather, we set up camp in the park.
Amelia-jane, Kevin and I spent 3 happy days in the sunshine, exploring the coastline and dining on boiled eggs and crusty damper dripping with butter and honey.
Amelia-jane played the Weber Concerto in F minor for clarinet, Kevin chewed sticks by the campfire and I wandered for hours along the beach. Things had come right!






We were slow to pack and leave the beach, where all that mattered was firewood and milk for our tea. The cousins wanted us in Wollongong.