When we woke up most of the spots where empty again or at least mainly packed. It seems most Aussies are early birds when it comes to camping. We like the mornings as in general they are still pretty cool and when it gets hot, we get in the car and put the airco on.
We decided to check out the beach. On our way there a couple from the other car came up. It was hands down the best beach I have been on. A shallow creek flowed over the beach to the sea, both sides had rocks and there was nobody.
We dropped our towels and some cloths and first walked to one end, then to the other end and then we took a swim. I had just gotten out of the water when Mo lost her self colouring glasses due to a big wave. I ran in and waited for the bubbles to disappear and after the second wave, I saw the glasses on the bottom and grabbed them before the next wave hit. We got lucky.
We did a bit of sun bathing and enjoyed having a private beach. Then we decided it was time to get out of the sun and leave this little piece of paradise. We had lunch and then left. We planned another longer trip, but ending again on a small camp site near a beach.
Soon we crossed the border from Victoria to New South Wales, it was a very hilly road, reminding a bit of the South of Germany or Czech republic. During one of our breaks I double checked if the camp site we where aiming for was in a National Park. It was, so I tried to find it on the website, but after several tries this camp ground was not found, so we should be good.
Unfortunately not, when we got there, we found a sign places needed to be booked. We drove a little circle to see if there was space and stopped at a old Land Rover with a rooftop tent to ask advice. I showed the website and how I tried to find this site in different way. The guy was very helpful and agreed is was weird, when we tried through a search engine it was found on the website of the NP. Strange! Anyway, as there was no place we had to find an alternative, luckily the guy knew a campsite 6 km back which was only accessible with a 4WD had spaces and since it was Saturday night “we did not have to worry about rangers checking” as for some reason we could not book a spot for that night. It was especially strange as when we arrived there, there was one car spot occupied out of more then 10, so we picked one and put up the tent. This deep down a hill the 1 or 2 bars of connection we had before had gone, so it would be a quiet night. We did check the weather forecast at the other campsite, so we knew we could expect some rain during the night.
When we where getting ready for bed I saw a furry creature walking around the car, it was a Possum, who seemed interested in the place we had cooked diner. We had moved most things in the car already, but this was a good reminder to move the last stuff as well.
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