So we have started our travels. We’ve left Levi Park at 8:30 Sunday, 16 July, with the milage of 127764

We have Mum in the back

Our new companion Kooma is strapped in and ready for the adventures

We are heading to Murray Bridge for morning tea with Tania and Kym. The weather today is beautiful sitting on about 9° all good to go 😃

Had a nice morning tea with Tania &Kym at Murray Bridge left here about 10 to 11, on our way to Keith.

Arrived at Kieth at 1:15pm filled up with Diesel at $1.83.

Headed out to Gill and Darryl for the night

We had a great night by the bonfire with lamb cooked on hot coals and spud’s cooked in the fire

Lots of fun and laughs had by all

Left Gill and Darryl‘s at 9:30 temperature 7 Degrees, hoping to make it to Hay

Stopped in Ouyen for a quick lunch

Got Diesel at $1.79 a litre

Arrived into Hay at 5 o’clock have filled up with diesel on our way to big 4 caravan park

Finally got our first coffee at Goolgowi 2 for$10

Going through Hillston and heading out, only to be greeted by a sign saying 260k to next fuel so did a uturn and went back into town to fuel up Diel cost 1.89litre

Had a great run into Cobar had some lunch and refueled $1.94 litre

No units free for Mum tonight so have had to put her in a motel 🏨

Got into Bourke at 4oclock went straight to the caravan park and got one of the last caravan Parks.

Mums hotel has a restaurant attached so have decided to eat there tonight, then home to tuckin for our day tomorrow.

Stop for lunch at Cunnamulla at 12 noon. Time to fuel up, Feul is popular in this town went to an iOR (truckie diesal spot) at $2:00 a litre.

As we left Cunnamulla we passed a sign for Matilda

Arrived into charletsville at 3oclock filled up with Diesel at $1.95Litre

Made our way to Bailey Bar Carvan Park

Family owned with the star attraction Darren.

This morning we had a slower morning, Kev’s cooked us a lovely bacon egg McMuffin, the weather is pleasant it’s a 19°. We left at 10 o’clock. We had a little bit of a challenge getting out of the caravan park but we’re on our way now off to Roma to be with the family

Stopped for a quick stop in Morvan to get water and iced coffee, checked the shelves and found a jar SG Gherkin Rounds

Stopped for lunch at Muckadilla great little pub Muckadilla pud so clean. Had a fun photo opportunity

Made it into Roma at 3 o’clock. Did a full setup and was set up by 4:30. Mum has a unit right alongside of us so it’s very convenient. \240Now it’s \240time to get in contact with family and see what they are doing tonight

Then we went around to the flying Doctors hanger where Trevor works, he is now a pilot for the flying Doctor. We had the opportunity to look over the aircraft and see where he works.

We then went back to Trevor and Ashes collected everybody. Went out to a gin distillery Roma where we shared some grazing platters so our arochini balls Necia and I had a flight at Gin which was nice.

We then went for a ride around Roma went out to the famous cattle yards,

This the area where the Bulls are actioned off

This is the holding and action yards

Off to the look out over Roma and to the neverfill lake.

A Bottle Tree

Brenton and Necia came out to the caravan park for the rest of the afternoon, Mum is having a rest.

While having some quiet time before we go for dinner with the family these little guys came so close to say hello

We will have a family tea tonight at the Club hotel

We then went for coffee at the local bakery had a early lunch. Kev and Brenton are working on putting a tire rack on top of the car and we will head over this afternoon and have pizza tea together. Ashes had to go back to Charletsville this afternoon as she has \240got a flight tomorrow morning out of there, so she’ll be away for the next five days flying.

On the way into the gorge cattle on the side of the road watching the humans invade their territory

Arrived at Canarvan gorge big 4 caravan park about 2:30 on an \240unpowered site. The park by the end of the day will be full. Still drizzly with rain and cool but I really pretty spot nature at our fingertips kookaburras at the back of the caravan and kangaroos at the front Platapus areas right around so looking forward to the next few days.

took insights at the Moss Garden ,

then walked further up to the amphitheatre,

hen onto the art gallery which had aboriginal art

. We did six creek crossings

and came home and feel a little bit sore.

Today is a rest day, felt a bit wrecked after our walk yesterday, thought it was a good time to open a book😉

It’s come to about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and we decided we do a short 20 minute walk into the Rock Pool it is a very tranquil and calming place. Glad we did the walk.

We’ve come back, had some showers and now settling in for happy hour

And a barbecue tonight.

Warrumbah gorge was much better than Mickeys

The road between Robertson and Springsure \240has been a little bit of a challenge parts are easy to drive and then some parts it’s been very bumpy, temperature is finally up to 21 at the moment which is nice.

The country side out here is beautiful with lots of trees, quiet green and stunning hills and ranges

Just out of town, there’s a free camp which overlooks the virgin rock note to sells nice place to stop next time

Photo hasn’t done it justice it’s spectacular as you get closer

Fairbairn, dam just out of Emerald. The dam was built purely for irrigation.

Got ourselves into a RV caravan park which is packed only cost eight dollars ahead for the night so $16, no power, will just do the one night here

Had a lovely happy hour with the Goldy Oldies

Then cooked a piece of Steak and got some of the best chips from the fish and chip shop on the caravan site

The town has 4 pubs in the Main Street

Such an old town with so much history

This town is where the Australian Labour Party had its beginning, attached to the great shearer’s strike in 1891

Made it to Longreach by 3 o’clock filled up with petrol at $1.98 set up, showered and happy hours by 10 to 5

Met a lovely couple from Brisbane Darren and June, ended up hitting it off well they are heading to Adelaide in February so hopefully we will be able to catch up with them again

Came back and had a bit of lunch and then decided to go for a drive around town. Checked out some of the free camping spots. Absolutely packed with campers. Not sure if that’s red really want to stay nomad. It is dusty and dirty then came back into town had a look at some of the stark buildings, which we hope to have a walk around tomorrow Came back and called the family and then sat down to a nice roast dinner

We then went out to the dinosaur museum. It was fantastic. We spent five hours wandering around visiting the labratory, and and it was well worth it.

Spent the evening with Sue and Paul at the outdoor dining at the Hotel

Kooma new friend Star

Travelling between the towns it is 31degrees

We arrived at Cloncurry about 3 o’clock, \240grabbed a few groceries and headed out of town about 40k’s-ish to a free campsite

Corella Dam free camp

Made it to corella Dam 4:30pm, \240it is a picture of a spot, we were only going to stay for one night but I think it will be 2 had a fun evening by a bonfire with Geoff Julie, Leo Glenus, Charlie, Bunka

Unfortunately we have discovered that the gas hot water is not working will need to go into Mt Isa today to see if it can be fixed.

Mary Kathleen mining site town that has been discomissied.

It had

Had a wonderful night by the bonfire tonight Chang with you and old Glenys and Leo Julie and Gregory and then there was some new ones that came along

Julie & \240Brian, Julie is the one cuddling Kooma

Maria, Maria‘s husband, we’re not sure of his name

The rest are from the night before

Left camp at 11:20 felt like leaving Family behind as everyone was standing there waving us goodbye it’s 22° and we’re heading to Mount Isa

Got into Mount Isa at about 12:30 set up, went for a nice walk into town. I had my nails done and we walked back. Had a well deserved shower , now sitting having a quiet night it’ll be happy hour

Medicine cabinet as it was left

Operating Table

Women ward

Nursery

Labour room

Matrernity wing

Did a quick shop then headed to the information centre to start the mine tour at 1pm

Roast night

Stopped at Burke & Wills Roadhouse about 2:15 had a bit of lunch. Decided it was probably little early to stop so we thought we would try and find a free camp tonight. Very windy out here.

Unfortunately we got hit with a stone so I’ve got a crack in the windscreen

And \240we lost our clothesline. Never mind joys of travelling

Stopped in a free camp about 105 km out of Normanton it’s a little bit breezy but it’s still 31° light tea and then short drive tomorrow to Karumba via Normanton

Managed to have our first bonfire by ourselves tonight

On our way to Kurumba

Fuelled up at Normanton, then headed onto Karumba which is the golf of Carpenteria

Thank goodness we went past the caravan park to that we had booked into, it was a bit average, no shade anywhere, near the water but wasn’t great. Decided to investigate another caravan park closer to the point golf if carpentior. \240Caravan Park which gave us better access to the ocean and a beautiful sunset.

Called into the Barramundi Museum

Back for a shower then we walk down to the sunset point Tavern

Set our path for Highway one went through, Croydon Gilbert River, Gilbert River, Georgetown and stopped at Mount surprise. Bigger day than what we anticipated, but we got here, safe and sound.

We did try to do the Talias hot Springs, but the road was so bad with corrugation. We did 2 km turn around and come back out again.

Did not expect Highway 1 to look quite like this

Mount surprise caravan park was $18 for a non-powered site. Lovely spot friendly people bought some chips from the shop to go with a quiche for tea.

Have gone for a little walk around the town which consists of the main street down to the railway station that is still operating.

Got underway about 1030. Temperature is 21° and we’re going to find our way through a dirt road after talking to a couple last night.

Kicking up the bull dust

How the road changes in a couple of Km

We came across a beautiful creek crossing water sounds just amazing

We continued on until we got to our Almaden, we thought we would stay there and see the Savannahlander train come through, when we reach the town the train was already there so we grab some photos and decided to keep going.

We headed towards Petford, we found a free camp on the Petford river front which is just a picture. We will enjoy the evening with a piece of steak and a glass of red wine by the camp fire.

Slept in until about 9oclock and then had a bacon and egg muffin breakfast. We will go for a walk this morning then hook up. We have a couple of days to do as we please, there is always something interesting to see

Left at 11 o’clock 22° and hot after our walk

We arrived in to Mareeba \240around 12:30 filled up with fuel, went and had a coffee at the Coles complex and decided where we would go. There has been had a bit of rain out here so the national parks didn’t advise us parking in there, so we’ve gone to a

caravan \240park called Malanda Falls.

It’s a pretty spot surrounded by trees and a waterfall 200 m away from us. They have had a lot of rain up here so everything is a bit mushy. In fact, the powered sites are not even being used because that’s all mud, will be here for a couple nights.

Little animal park at the back of us

Our freezer has also decided not to work properly, I guess it didn’t like all the dust it took in yesterday. We had to transfer all the meat to the caravan freezer to make sure that everything gets saved. Will be a slow day today, we will see what we can find in

Went to the information bureau in the morning she gave us a couple of ideas. We went to the Cheese and chocolate farm and saw them making a macadamia cheese and some beautiful chocolate‘s.

From then went on to Herberton museum. o the cheese and chocolate factory and bought some cheese \240was fantastic 6 acres of history that had been preserved and looked after including buildings, machinery, everything from so machines to irons to woodyard. We had a bush lunch which was cooked outdoors which was delicious. \240

We finished off the museum It was still raining so came back, so we decided to go for a drink at Australia’s biggest wooden Pub

We spent the a couple of hours there as we had not had a lot of sun on the van and our solar was struggling.

We the went to the movies and saw Oppenheimer

Lazy afternoon with a BBQ for tea

We woke up in our beautiful location at Tasman Caravan Park as we are \240here for six nights.

We are taking opportunity to get some jobs done, so some washing, clean the van Kev‘s gone to get some new washing line and will just have a quiet afternoon reading books.

Still haven’t quite got to reading books yet, but it was 30° here today. Had a good day, everything is all cleaned up. Had chicken hamburgers for tea made by chief Kev. Had a chat to the family, and that’s about it.

Decided that this is where we would like to come back to, so went and saw the caravan park walked around, picked a spot and decided that this is we will come after we’ve been at up to Cape Town

Couldn’t help myself, had some of Rob’s rhubarb so wiped up a cake and made jam with what was left.

Watched the Matilda’s sad they lost but what a superb effort.

Along the way we encountered some burn off or bush fires not sure which

Big hills of black rocks that were formed over hundreds of years

Over years these rocks have been a mystery of disappearances, even aircraft flying over the top have registered disturbs with their instruments.

Made it to Cooktown about 3:30 nice camp spot

Went back to the caravan park and did a couple of jobs Kev put on the stone guard on the car and I finished off the washing.

Then we came down to the foreshore, on the grass with a wine and dinner of fish and chips and watch the sunset.

But still a lovely day

After breakfast, we headed to the Cooktown Museum, which in 1889, was founded as the Saint Marys Convent school and boarding house ran by the sisters of Mercy. \240It closed in 1941 due to the threat of world war 2 attacking our shores.

The convent went to ruins, thanks to the National trust in 1969 they raised enough money to restore the building and in 1970 Queen Elizabeth time and opened it

So the electrician came out after waiting until 11 o’clock and discovered that we just needed to turn a power switch on in the other cupboard 🤦‍♀️$50 later, he was gone.

Decided to do a test run on a road we were told about as a bit of a shortcut to bypass Laura, not a bad road but the corigation in some parts was a bit rough so decided not to take it tomorrow.

On the way back on would you believe a truck went past picked up a stone and cracked the new windscreen!

So we quickly googled Windscreen people in town and manage to get someone to fix it at 8:30 tomorrow morning before we head out

Decided to go back to the caravan and do a few pack up jobs. Kev was taking the pegs out that we had holding down the awning, only to discover that he had put one of the pegs through a pipe so when he took the peg out it gushed everywhere over the van over phones over postcards, in shoes on chairs, everything 🌊

Management and maintenance manage to have it fixed in no time

Then sat down to a nice roast chicken dinner.

Letting the tyres down before we hit the dirt roads

The road was a bit of a challenge. It had really good spots where you could sit on 60 to 80 km and then it was treacherous parts and you could only do 20 km.

We got little bit anxious when we came across the wild fire, we had read in the morning that there was a road warning for what they called a wild burn, but had been assured by locals that it was fine. As we got closer, it was very close to the road, we were backing up to get out when a truck and another camper went through before so we decided to take the chance and follow through. It was pretty close to the road and we were little bit nervous but we got through and so she got out the other side. It was clear as

We had some great river crossings

Musgrave, Roadhouse and caravan park with the airstrip, including cows

Happy hour by 5:30 sausage sizzle on the barbecue tonight, beautiful here, 30°

Lunch at Archer Roadhouse

Left our mark on the fence post

Been a bit of a challenging this afternoon, we \240have gone over some pretty heavy corrugated roads made it into Bramwell station about 3:30

have come up for happy hour at the bar. 630. There’s a talk because we didn’t Bookings SA no room for tea so will go back and have a steak on the Barbecue

Fueled up at Bramwells, just started to sprinkle with rain. Wipers are on

Lunch spot about 40 km out of Bamaca

Arrived at Injinoo around 4 o’clock set up on a powered site at the front, overlooking the ocean staying for four nights, beautiful

Went for a ride around Bamaca this morning, went down along the wharf.

Checked out the other caravan parks and feel that we have got the best one here, so we’ll probably stay an extra couple of days.

Came back to the park and did a few repairs to the caravan. Some of the doorhandles had \240wiggled loose, gas top stove wasn’t working properly and the bathroom sliding door had come off its hinges, other than that all was pretty good. I did lose a pot of cinnamon which ended up right through my top shelf of the cupboards so needed to clean that up. Spent the rest the afternoon by the beach just reading and chilling out

Happy hour on the beach

Went for a walk along the beach with our trusty guard dog. He belongs to the caravan park, no one’s sure what her name is, but put a bowl of water out and she will protect you.

Went into town and got a few supplies. Came home and decided to go down to Pursand beach where we had lunch, sat on the beach.

Watched the helicopters come in an out lovely afternoon. Came back to Alau beach had a shower and went back into Bamaga for the evening at \240the rodeo.

We booked on a bus trip, but it didn’t leave until 11:15 so went for a walk in the main street. Found a nice spot on the beach front for a coffee.

Got back to Bamaga at 3:45, got back to the site sat down by the beach. Kelly our neighbour came and joined us, it turned out that she was on the same fishing trawler as Nathan and Cooper from work.

Stay tuned for tomorrow night

Kev had a board meeting this afternoon so I spent the afternoon by the beach.

Now it’s time to set a bonfire

We had a wonderful night by the beach ate a tea by the fire, and sat to about 11 o’clock until the tide was coming into meet us

The falls were amazing.

Eliot falls were a challenge to get into however Kev took the plunge and jumped in. The water was warm and clear

Standing at the top of the falls

Twin falls Kev managed to get amungst the falls

To get to the Eliot Falls you needed to go over some of the Old Teli track road some of it was a little challenging

We spent the whole afternoon enjoying the Falls

Sunset at our campsite

Probably an early night after last night.

Kev wandered over and bought a coffee and then we had a bacon and egg muffin for breakfast.

On the road by 9:30 25°

You wouldn’t believe it have done another windscreen

Got to Laura at 11:30 time to pump the tyres back up

Everything looking, a bit red and dusty

Made it into Marabee about 3:30. Decided to give the Van a bath before we settled into a RV camp at Marabee and cleaning day tomorrow.

Made it to our caravan site at Mareeba at 6:15. Little bit further out than we anticipated 17 km out of town turned out to be a lovely little farm stay. Quickly made a fire and felt right at home.

Today was spent cleaning red dirt out of everything. Kev went back to the Robo and cleaned the car. I got stuck into the caravan and cleaned that, it \240was amazing where the red dirt had got in. \240Family rang about 11:30 and we had a FaceTime call with them which was lovely. \240By about 6 o’clock, Kev set another fire, and we had a little happy hour.

Porkchops, mash potato and coleslaw for tea. Off to bed early as we are both bugged.

Father’s Day tea with Kooma

Meatballs and pasta for tea

Alas it’s happy hour time after spending the day on the beach.

had a nature walk with a ranger and learnt a bit about the rain forest.

Back on the sky rail and headed up to Baron Falls

Even at this time of year they were spectacular. The last stop was at Karunda , got there about 12:30, had packed a picnic lunch, there were a lot of markets in the area.

Went

I stayed in Palm Cove did a bit of washing and I went for a walk down the street

Turned out that the hoses in the car needed replacing as they didn’t discovert this until the end of the day, Kev ended up driving one of the new Nissen‘s back to Palm Cove for the weekend and we’ll pick the car up on Monday

Tonight we walk down the street and had dinner at RattlenHum \240it was a lovely evening

Everything was going so well until we had 3 green ants nest land on our site due to the wind. Ended up having to get the park groundsman to give us a hand as they were everywhere and they bit. Two hours later we were pretty much back to normal and went and spent some time on the beach

Then on the beach they had the little nippers lifeguard competition

Grabbed a coffee and sat on the beach and watched the events

Managed to walk down to the wharf a good hour each way,we did come across this little creature just outside the caravan park, Kev went back to report it but nobody was concerned, only a python

Did stop halfway for refreshments before our walk home 😆

BBQ for tea

What a wonderful day, the trip across to the pontoon was fairly choppy, and the crew seem to know just what to do, as there were a lot of white bags on. As soon as we arrived everyone was much happier. It wasn’t too bad on the platoon as they had protection screens up an was also protected by the island.

The water was a still a little bit choppy, but it was time to get suited Kev went ahead to try things out. I needed to syc myself into it a bit more. I finally put a wetsuit on and went and got what I required. Kev was already floating about, with the help from the wonderful staff and Kev being very encouraging, I managed to get into the water and \240put my face underwater. \240There was a pipe that you could hang onto for security, \240but I did manage to go with Kev and hold his hand, and I saw the roof which was wonderful. All the different coloured fish and a coral was beautiful.

After about an hour we went and had a magnificent lunch more than what you could eat, then we did the semi sub

And the glass bottom boat which was more of the indigenous properties of the coral and how they would use it. and the ancestor

The ride home was pretty good. We had a prevailing wind, so it was much easier coming home.

We \240went for a walk around the Cairns at the markets, which were a little average, so we found Rattlenhum in Cairns, had a drink and a bit of a nibble, that was all we needed after a big lunch, so went home to a quiet night

It probably took us longer to get down to Tully than we thought. We got to Tully by 12 o’clock, went around to the refinery and parked in the car park and had a bite to eat.

The tour was excellent, taking you through the arrivals of the sugar cane by train how it is unloaded

Placed on a conveyor belt sorted for any rubbish in the load (you would be amazed at what they find).

Every part of the sugar cane is used. They make a fine brown sugar here and every crystal is shipped overseas for packaging

Beautiful day here today no wind and the sun is shining. Will explore the town today.

Went for a drive into town, we were quite surprised how beautifully manicure the city was and clean, lots of trees and planted color. We went to the local museum.

Unfortunately they were all closed

We managed to find a very recent museum. There was a great display on the Pandora shipwreck. They have retrieved lots of artefacts from the bottom of the ocean.

It took you through the history of the rainforest and what was found in the rainforest. Came back and had a big chat to Sarah Homes about Port Rickaby. Went to do a bit of a grocery shopping ready to hit the road tomorrow. Unfortunately today we said goodbye to a dear family friend, Uncle Don Cameron.

Also

Unfortunately last night Phil texted and they will not be able to do our catch up,in October feeling disappointed.

Went down and watched the sunset on the beach with a glass of champagne.

Hamburger for tea and a game of Rummikin

Went for a walk to the local market that are run each Sunday

Spend the afternoon catching up with communication with family and friends

In the afternoon we went for a walk to Dingo Beach. Came back via the shore line, involved a bit of rock climbing but we made it.

Popped down to Gloucester Resort for the sunset

The end of another great day in paradise

and I mean a little!

and it’s time for happy hour

Right on the lake front, this is us for a couple of nights

Enjoyed the afternoon looking at our surroundings

Happy hour was chilled

Sunset was surreal

Went for a walk along the \240beach

went for Brunch

Decided that the weather was still windy so checked out Schute Harbour

Chilled afternoon then another great sunset

Got into Mackay by lunchtime still blowing a gail, decided to grab a coffee and a bite to eat. Ended up bypassing Mackay for lunch and went down to a town called Sarina. Still blowing, but not as much. Went on a bit further, came across a little town called Clairview. Had a caravan park right on the beach so we’ve decided to stop here the night stopped about 3:15.

Got to Gladstone at 12oclock we decided to stay at the Showgrounds

This is a large industrial town, we took in some lookouts, which gave us a great look at the complete town.

Fantastic busy port We went back to the caravan, got ourselves a bit of a happy hour and went down to the wharf and sat on the parklands and watch the boats and sunset.

In the evening we went down to the wharf for dinner and took in the activities

Bit of a walk to the beach

Made our way to the big 4 Caravan Park Burgara. Had a bit of a challenge with the set up as our site was on sand.

Caught up with Grant and went to a pub for tea

We then went on the Bundaberg tour which was really interesting because we both don’t drink rum

Pop down to Elliott beach for some lunch

then back to the caravan park. Grant is joining us for tea tonight

Went for a drive in the afternoon to see how the bay had changed after 30 years.

The owners of the farm are running a substainable farm so plenty of fresh eggs and produce at give away prices.

It is quiet cool here tonight so it’s going to be an inside night.

Wind died down and managed to sit outside for a while

Boarded the Tasman Venture Whale watching cruise at 8:15am

Let’s go and find some whales

What an amazing day, managed to get up very close to the whales, they call it hijackering, the engines of the boat were turned off and the whales came to us. Simply magical.

What an ending to a great day

On the move again today, left at 10oclock 27degrees, we know it is going to be busy as it’s the end of school holidays and a long weekend.

Arrived at 2pm,found a great spot at Coochin National Park, managed to get the last caravan spot $14 a night.went for a little walk lit a bonfire and had a sausage sizzle for tea

Cochin Creek

Left a site at 9:30 23degrees

We had a good trip down however we did choose to avoid the toll roads so came across so roads work, we had plenty of time so it was fine.

Go to our site about 1pm

Kev washed the car and I got my nails done.

Beautiful evening

Decided in the afternoon to go to the pictures at Robina Town Centre and saw The Creator.

Enjoyed a beautiful Italian meal afterwards

We caught up with Aunty Gwenda, Aunty Janis and Uncle Don at the Tallebudgera Surf lifesaving Club in the evening

Everything is all packed up ready for a 7am departure in the morning

Annex picked up and demonstration done. Heading down to Byron Bay left Queensland at 11o’clock heading south

Byron Beach

Stopped for a quick lunch at Port Macquarie

Arrived at the Halifax Caravan Park in Nelson Bay at 5 o’clock. Set up by six and went for a walk.

Beaches on one side of the park

And beaches on the other

Very happy

Took about 2and a half hours to put up the annex, took our time and colour coded the legs. Feeling very happy with our purchase. Caught up with the family via messenger

Happy hour at the end of the day 😃

The afternoon was spent on the beach, with yet another beautiful sunset by the beach

This little girl fell in love with Kooma

Spent the afternoon by the beach

The day has been quite hot, went up to the sea rescue headquarters but it closed as we got there. Beautiful view from the top, will try again tomorrow.

We have had a very lazy day

When we go down to the beach there was a school of fish bubbling in the water very close to the shore

Spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon on the beach.

Showered and went for a walk into town intime for a Happy Hour

Caught the fairy at 11.30, decided to take the old-fashioned tea Gardens Nelson fairy

Managed to spot some dolphins on the way over

Had a lovely lunch by the water and caught the ferry back

Wandered back to the caravan and had some breakfast, then went for walk along the beach to Shoal Bay

Anticipating a bit of a storm this afternoon, so will stick close to the van

Went for a drive early afternoon to Soldiers Bay

By about 5 o’clock the wind really picked up and it became cold

Put a lovely chat in the Ed and Terri

Woke up to wind, rain and cold

Spent the day quietly slow, Kev hooked into work for a while

I went down the street for a walk

We had coffee at Salamander Bay in the afternoon

The national park was putting in new walkways and required a helicopter to drop in the path so a large section was closed on the beach.

Went up to the Marine Rescue operation and Kev introduced himself, they were a very welcoming team.

Afternoon tea was also on the cards