more Bellambi

Went to Sydney this morning where Both Swmbo and I had business with the heart specialist. I got a clean bill of health and Maureen has to go back a few more times.
Must admit to being a bit preoccupied with the antiocs of the local youth. Late last night they busted open a storage container which is nearby the bus then checked out our car to see if there was anything of interest in it.
On Saturday morning at 1.30am the same little darlings ( I reckon ) set alight to a Water Board workmans hut and trashed the worksite
As a consequence, we haven't slept much and this afternoon, busied ourselves trying to find another campsite.
Went to the Mall in Campsie and came across a Chinese bakery where they have all their produce in boxes lined up in rows ( couldn't help wondering if the got them from a pet shop) with sliding plastic doors. You just pick out what you want, put it in  a bag and pay at the counter
They have an enormous array of things, particularly buns ....all types of buns and all sweet. Buns with a sav in them, buns with ham in them ...too many to list. Must say they all looked very inviting .
My gold standard for a good Bakery  is custard tarts, which must be well filled well above the pastry and not sagging in the centre. The custard needs to be of good colour and firm, whilst the pastry is crisp and well formed
Must say theirs looked as good as any I have seen.
They also had fruit salad tarts in the same size cases with slices of kiwifruit, strawberry, and other things stand decoratively above the pastry.
Had an enjoyable time at dinner with Alan and Dawn this evening.

Bellambi

Since early December we have been parked at the Bellambi boat ramp. What a vista!!!  Every day we look out on the ocean north of Wollongong. Every night we are lulled to sleep by the waves rolling up the beaches.
Yesterday we happened on a small hot bread shop in Corrinmal Mall called "Baker Mall" .....No it's not run by  Vietnamese, they are Cambodian.

The shop is scrupulously clean as are the staff. Their goods are finished to the highest standard and all scream "buy me"!
All this and I can't believe their prices.
Yesterday, we were at Macdonalds Fairymeadow and someone got hold of my wallet so today I spent going round and cancelling everything.
Got a call from police today.....It was handed in this afternoon, minus the ten bucks.   
Next week I will show you some photos from this area and relate some of our adventures during the last 2 months

My name is Bruce Boa and I travel with my wife Maureen  in a converted Denning bus called "Moonshine"
We are retired and have given over to permenant  grey nomad status
We previously lived at Crookwell near Goulburn in NSW
The dual purpose of this blog is to establish a journal of our travels while providing a critique of any bakery/patisserie/ cake shop/ pie shop which maybe lucky (or not) enough for us to enter.