07/07:
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We’re sitting in Eddy’s Restaurant … um not my Eddy’s restaurant but a restaurant called Eddy’s Restaurant, accessing the Internet. It’s about 1 km from Kona Beach Campground (in South Brook) and is the nearest wifi hot spot. Surprisingly, this is the first campground to not have Internet access, but may be not so surprisingly as this campground is full of Newfoundlanders on vacation and they may not want Internet. It’s a very nice campground on a large pond with a big sandy beach. The hardest part of no Internet is no weather report (we also cannot get any radio stations or TV stations).
The campground has two areas --- beach and wooded. We’re in the beach area, about 4 sites up from the water but only one trailer partially blocks my view.
Leaving Terra Nova, we continue our journey west across Newfoundland. It was a beautiful day for driving and as we arrived in South Brook in the early afternoon we went exploring near Springdale. Springdale is a long, narrow town as it is wedged between the mountains and the ocean. In days gone by, the economy for the Springdale area was based on mining and logging. Today components of it’s economy are boat building, steel fabrication and aluminum casting.
Rattling Brook Falls is near the village of Rattling Brook. The viewing platform is accessed by a boardwalk and a few stairs.
You also get a great view of the bay.
Zaph’s not too spoiled --- I carry water and a collapsed dog bowl so he can have a drink when he’s thirsty.
Even though this is not a commercial fishing area, there are still lots of docks, with dock houses and boats.
The village of Harry’s Harbour is also picturesque. To get here we drove through Nicky’s Nose Cove --- just how did this village get it’s name. Did the cove remind someone of Nicky’s Nose?
Yup, more icebergs. This one was about a ½ kilometre from us. (It's not your eyes, it's in black and white)]
On the other side of Harry’s Harbour there were more icebergs.
Jackson Cove has a small commercial fishing dock.
The campground has two areas --- beach and wooded. We’re in the beach area, about 4 sites up from the water but only one trailer partially blocks my view.
Leaving Terra Nova, we continue our journey west across Newfoundland. It was a beautiful day for driving and as we arrived in South Brook in the early afternoon we went exploring near Springdale. Springdale is a long, narrow town as it is wedged between the mountains and the ocean. In days gone by, the economy for the Springdale area was based on mining and logging. Today components of it’s economy are boat building, steel fabrication and aluminum casting.
Rattling Brook Falls is near the village of Rattling Brook. The viewing platform is accessed by a boardwalk and a few stairs.
You also get a great view of the bay.
Zaph’s not too spoiled --- I carry water and a collapsed dog bowl so he can have a drink when he’s thirsty.
Even though this is not a commercial fishing area, there are still lots of docks, with dock houses and boats.
The village of Harry’s Harbour is also picturesque. To get here we drove through Nicky’s Nose Cove --- just how did this village get it’s name. Did the cove remind someone of Nicky’s Nose?
Yup, more icebergs. This one was about a ½ kilometre from us. (It's not your eyes, it's in black and white)]
On the other side of Harry’s Harbour there were more icebergs.
Jackson Cove has a small commercial fishing dock.