Our World: Beaches beaches beaches...

Sunday morning we all had a lazy start enjoyed one last catch up then farewelled them as they set off. James had been asked to work Monday so we had booked into a park in Moruya Heads so we packed and headed there. After doing a quick set up because we could see the rain coming we sat and had a late lunch and let the rain pass. We did some washing then pottered around camp for the evening.

Monday was a catch up day. We woke a bit earlier then needed so we could fit in a walk along the beach before James had to work. We made our very first Nespresso coffee and took them with us for the walk. James worked from 9am-5.30pm. I did 2 more loads of washing, cleaned and sorted in the van, grocery shopped and generally just did things that needed attending to. We Skyped Mum and Dad in the evening it was nice to see them and catch up after not really much contact since we left.


MMMM Nespresso on the beach.

Tuesday we had a slow start but packed and left the park about 10.30am. We were not sure where tonights camp would be but had plenty of options. We stopped and looked a Brou Lake but decided it was too shady and cold for us so we kept going, we then stopped at Mystery bay which though beautiful was very very very windy and not very flat so we kept going. We then pulled into Gillards beach which is where we camped in our previous trailer for the very first time and found almost the exact same spot and set up camp. We saw another echidna on our way in and there are heaps and heaps of roo's and wallabies around camp. We had a late lunch snack then went walking and exploring the area and beach. We cooked our first pork roast on the BBQ and enjoyed a small fire late into the evening. I said to James I don't think it gets much better sitting around the fire listening to the waves of the beach crash in the back ground, the only thing to make it better would be to have all the people we love sitting here with us.

Looking across Brou Lake

Looking out the window from inside Qu Pea

Camp

Wednesday was a day planned to do not very much. We woke early as the sun is up early when you are camped virtually on the beach. Then James decided to have a little more of a sleep so he laid back in bed and crashed out till mid morning. I had a lazy start just enjoying the quiet and then started to catch up on this blog. It is now nearly 12.30 and we are still in bed James is reading a magazine and I have been here typing for nearly 2hrs. The camper is cool with all the windows and curtains open. We are going to look at a few things on the trailer as the fridge while running on gas is giving us grief and just make sure all the nuts and bolts are tight and have a day of chilling. I was even considering a swim but the clouds have come over a bit so maybe tomorrow. We tinkered on the car and trailer and luckily for us nothing much to report. Then we went and ate lunch at the beach then walked to the furthest end, on our way back we spotted Dolphins and Whales all just out enjoying themselves. We went and collected fire wood for the nights fire and we saw another Echidna just walking across the path and that was about all we did for the day, very enjoyable.

Thursday we decide to move south and see where we made it to. Oh were we in for a big day we had not expected. We pushed on across the boarder and then the weather changed. Gale force winds and rain by the bucket loads. We were getting smashed. We decided to have a look at the national park spot near Mallacoota and after arriving and setting up we ate then packed up again and bailed out of there. It was too windy and dangerous with so many trees around. On our way out we had to drive over 3 fallen trees that were not there on the way in. It was getting late so we pulled into a free grassy camping area off the highway for the night. We froze till 7.30pm when we just gave up and hopped into bed with long pjs and sock on with all the covers pulled right up.

Friday we woke and the weather was better but not great. We were back on the road looking for our next few nights spot. We took the tourist route as much as we could just staying off the highway so we could enjoy it more. Just before we were about to pull off the highway I looked in the mirror and noticed a stick/small log hanging out of the front of the penguin. We pulled over and ahhhhh crap it was only about 30cm long but 5cm thick and had punctured a hole in the front wall. On with some duct tape and we were off again. We pulled through many spots but nothing much felt right till we pulled into Corringle Slips. We had a nice spot not under any trees right beside the river and close enough to the bathrooms and it wasn't too expensive unlike the park we had just been to and decided that $34 a night was too expensive for a national park. We set up camp and about 5pm the wind just stopped. We knew there was a storm front crossing Melbourne at some point but it was very very eerie. We tied everything down and put everything away and just hoped for the best. Luckily for us we only had strong winds from 1-2am and then 5min of rain.

Ahhhh CRAP!!!

Stunning sunset.

Saturday the wind blew and blew and blew and it was COLD, it also rained on and off most the day. We decided to be tourists in Orbost so we drove to town and pottered up and down the main street for a few hours enjoying the atmosphere. Back at camp we played Yahtzee and went for a walk to the beach. Well we got a huge shock when we got there it was so so so super windy. We had expected it to be windy but not like this. The kind of wind where it is hard to stay standing!!! We spent the night inside and enjoyed a movie.

After yesterday we had to get out. We decided to stay camping at this location for another night and just go out driving and see what we see. We pick a nice drive out to Buchan. It took us over an hour to get out there on the very very windy roads. We went and saw the snowy river and James got to drive his remote control boat. I paddled my feet but it was so super cold it hurt. We then kept going and decided to see the local caves. We bought tickets for a tour which stated virtually straight away. We did the 45min tour and thoroughly enjoyed it. We made our way back to camp via Nowa Nowa where we stopped for a quick pie at the cafe for lunch.