Having a week at a CP - filled the tanks, and catching up on repairs. Have booked the van in to get the Rubber seal around the slide-out fixed first week of Feb. so making progress. Have decided not to do the awning over it as well - another $600 and they look quite flimsy. I am told we are supposed to use a silicons spray on the rubber seal to keep it supple!
Am enjoying long(ish) showers, and lush green grass. The permanent vans here are very tidy, and have pretty gardens. The beach here is not for swimming - the river mouth and boat launching area. So many people out fishing every day!
Drove to Wye River yesterday for lunch with family. Glad I did it as I wont take the van down that road. It is not the road so much - Gillies Highway is worse, but it is the other drivers and the buses that I would be worried about. Amazing how scared people are of the edge of the road - hug the middle line on corners on the very narrow places!
The sea was stunning although I suspect it may not be good for swimming in many places. Such busy little towns everywhere tucked into the hills.
Stopped at the lighthouse at Aireys Beach. Just had to ask a couple of Dutch girls why they were using a pointed stick and some kitchen spoons to dig a hole just over the safety fence on the point. They want to bury a box there for their children to uncover in the future and wanted to put it at a place that was easy to find!!!! Looked a bit confused when I suggested that it may get washed away from the rain pouring down the path and over the edge. Will take a long time to get a hole big enough - digging in to very hard ground!
Wye River is tiny but hundreds of people there. A swimming/surfing beach with life guards. Lovely cafe, and a very busy shop with fancy fresh bread. Caravan park on the beach was full. A Big 4 park there as well, and houses tucked up on steep hills among the bush.
Turned inland at Lorne on the way home and drove to Winchelsea through beautiful tall straight gums that smelled wonderful. Long climb up from the beach through bush and then out on to rolling farm land.
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