In the morning the wind was down a lot, vaguely I had heard some cars drive by. After we got up and had our morning coffee and tea we went to the beach to have it. There where two big 4WD cars that carried some fishing gear and two guys where sitting their and do some fishing. “Apart from a few sharks nothing really bites today” one of them joked.
We walked a bit down the beach and had a nice morning swim. We had a brunch and then headed for the next spot, which was called Ship wreak beach. It contained some unpaved roads again, so after 20 kilometers we had taken 9 hours of our trip according to the GPS.
In Sale we did some groceries for the last few days and the bit later we had the last fuel stop. Apart from that is was a nice variety of landscapes. From coastal roads to mountain roads and smaller highways.
This was a pretty big leg, so we would likely arrive just before sunset. When we got to the turn it was just 30 kilometers of unpaved road. The description of the camp site said is was 20 minutes from a place just north, so I guessed this would take about 30 minutes.
The first 20 kilometers went smooth, a bit windy but very decent unpaved road. Then 10 kilometer before the end there was a turn and a sign 4WD only. About 50 meters in, it was clear that was not an understatement. The unpaved road turned into a track and that track had been worn out by rain. It was no blue mountain style but a good 6/10 we experienced several times when the steep road had big holes in it.
Due to this change of road quality our arrival time also was getting a bit later, which mend, it was getting dark. Soon after I flicked on the high beams, I also added the extra lights, when you have them, you might was well use them. An hour after we turned onto the dirt road we arrived at the camp site, to find out it was a state park site that needed to be booked. This crucial information was missing from the information in iOverlander, something I updated the day after. As it was dark and there was a parking place we would fit, we put up the tent there and had a simple meal of bread, french cheeses and wine.
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