Day 28

28 February 2013

Last night we had torrential rain. The camper is soaked and we are ready to get out of here! We waited till 8am in the hope that the rain would subside however we were not that lucky! Putting on our just dried raincoats, we headed outside to start packing up and get soaked again!

Packed up and back on the road heading towards Mallacoota, just over the Victorian border. The trip was about 4 hours and it did not stop raining the whole time we were travelling! There was not one break in the rain it was so constant.

Made it to Mallacoota and it was surprise surprise, wet and rainy too! We yet again donned our raincoats and set up in the rain! We decided to do a full setup with full annexe so if it did rain the whole time we were here at least we could sit in the annexe rather than being contained to the camper.

Set up and what happens....rain stops! Typical! Had some lunch, did some washing (the new age way), checked out the water and did a bit of shopping at the local shops. Mallacoota is right on the water and is known for its fishing...and that is very noticeable when every caravan here also has a boat attached to it somewhere! So tomorrow we are hoping for a fine day and good fishing! Will let you know if we get either!

Apologies for late blogs, we ran out of power in this shit weather so we are now on a powered site at Mallacoota which is a luxury! Another luxury that we have missed is a hot powerful running shower! (The Coleman 30 sec showers we have been having just aren't cutting it!) I jumped in the shower here, pretty much after we had set up, and it took all my strength to get out! (I really only did, for fear of the lady outside of the shower timing me and yelling at me for using too much water) haha. It was pure heaven and I am already looking forward to the next one! Oh the little things that seem so big right now!

Raining again tonight! Over being wet!!

Carly & Joel

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Day 19

19 February 2013

 

Well I think we jinxed ourselves bragging about how we had done it again and found the perfect spot! It was in a good location but turns out at night all the ferals come out and drink (on a Monday night) and cause a ruckus in the park! They kept us up all night and we were concerned that they might come and cause trouble as they were talking shit outside our van. We decided last night that we would pack up and go in the morning even though we were planning on staying 3 nights, there was lots of other parks around if need be.

Packed up early and went and gave the keys back to the owners, they were very good about the whole thing and said they had considered kicking these people out before and would definitely be doing it now, apparently they were hassling some backpackers that were staying there also. They gave us our money back on the nights we had already paid for too which they didn't have to do but appreciated.

We then decided to just drive down the coast and see what we ran into. I had read about a place on WikiCamps (which is what we have been using to source a lot of our accommodation) that was cheap and just bush camping but there was some good reviews on it so went and had a look at this. It is in Moruya which is only just below Bateman's Bay and this place was packed, grey nomads everywhere. Found a spare spot though with water views so pulled up and have decided we will at least stay here 3 nights, maybe longer.... The people are very friendly and forthcoming with advice and experience so we are more at home here. We also get to use all the equipment we have bought for bush camping, but as we have been glamping for a lot of this trip so far we haven't used it yet.

Set up the shower tent for first time, set up the Coleman hot water on demand for a hot shower and any other reason we would need hot water, solar panel is coming in handy for charging iPads, phones and running pretty much anything we want during the daylight hours. The panel actually creates more power than we can use most days so we bought an Anderson plug extension lead so we can pump power into the second battery in the car also. So not missing out on anything and can have a nice campfire as well!

Went for a bit of a fish, apparently people have been catching salmon off the rock wall here and flathead in the river. But we didn't have any luck didn't go at the right time in the tide, however Geoff a few camps down from us wants to show us all his secret spots and what gear he uses and pretty much anything, he is very helpful!

It's funny because I keep mentioning the Castle movie in this blog (and i do love this movie) but this place also reminds me of the castle because it is right next door to an airport BUT the serenity is just so good that it doesn't matter, no one cares that there are planes making noise.... Like Darryl said a man's home is his castle and this is our castle at the moment!

Carly & Joel

 

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