Pacific Dawn - Day 4, Eden NSW

This is the first time that the Pacific Dawn has visited Eden. Eden is a small coastal town on the sought coast of NSW and is a tender port. There are plans for a dock to be built as the town is hoping to attract more cruise ships.

Ellie checking out the view

Tin Can Bay - Eden

Tender to Eden

It is a beautiful little harbour that we anchored at, Tin Can Bay, and the houses around it have amazing views - great for whale watching. Apparently the whales come right into the bay, we were a bit late in the season to see any but it would be an amazing sight!

My staple breakie!

After another yummy breakfast we went and got out tender tickets and then waited for our number to be called. There was a shuttle bus available once off the ship but it wasn't a free one. As we didn't know what the town of Eden was like we decided to just walk. It is quite a hike up to Eden but there is a lovely walkway with great views - so we just took our time. Many people also walked.

 

There isn't a great deal once you reach the top - pretty much a main street which they were working on. Upgrading the footpaths and road. There was a large open shop that housed a lot of lovely local artwork varying from paintings and clothes to woodwork and jewellery, well worth a browse. I also went into the op shop and bought a few books, last of the big spenders!

Whaling Museum

Eden is a lovely little town, known for whaling and has a museum at the top of the hill dedicated to it's whaling passed. I didn't go in but many other cruisers did. There were a few tour options available but I think most of them took you out of Eden, one of them went to Bega so you could check out the cheese.

The Dawn anchored in Tin Can Bay Eden

Eden Port

After wandering around for a bit we headed back to the dock to catch our tender back to the Dawnie and lunch! The tender trip is very short, probably only about 5-10 mins but you get some lovely views and a different perspective being so low on the water.

On the tender

Another gorgeous sailaway spent on the Lido - tomorrow was the BIG event. I think everyone was excited even if it was going to be an early start!