At the previous camp site I had a little chat with a couple standing next to us about their setup and one thing led to another. They recommended Pink Beach, close to Kingston S.E. You can do beach driving there and it is allowed to camp there. Both things where on my ‘nice to have list’ for Australia and one of the reason I bought the compressor so I could pump up my tires in case I would need to let down the pressure for driving in soft sand.
Pink beach, was about 3,5 hours from our current camp site and about 1/3rd or the route to Melbourne, so pretty perfect. Soon after we had left we got to a river crossing near Wellington, which had a cable ferry. We had to wait for one round for it to have place and then we continued to a landscape of vineyards, cornfield, coast line, bushes and forests.
We had a lunch break in the Coorong NP, which also had several nice camping spots. On entering Kingston, we saw a huge lobster next to the road as an advertisement, similar to the big banana we saw up north.
A few km south of Kingston the exit to the beach was and a few minutes later we where at the beginning of the beach. I was told the sand was pretty sturdy, so I likely would not need to air down, but to make sure I did shift into low gear. With moderate speed I plowed through the softer sand higher on the beach and then got to the firm sand or the ‘beach road’.
It was a fun ride and we passed several setups. Before a corner we saw a nice spot away from the crowd to park the car and set up camp. There where 2 flood lines and we parked another 10 meters higher, so we should not get surprised by high water. The temperature was pretty low compared to the previous days (around 22 degrees on arrival) so we did not go swimming, just checked out the sea.
We enjoyed dinner with a glass of wine and turned in a bit after the sun set.
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