Monthly Archives: September 2010

Usual slow start to the day and eventually left the Prom at ~ 11.30am, after a helpful visit to the Park Info Centre for some tips on camping along the Great Ocean Rd. Decided to skip the penguins at Phillip … Continue reading →

Freezing night but cozy inside Colin (yes we’ve named the caravan Colin – blame Chris for this one, not me). Woke up to a glorious sunny day, birds chortling and singing (some melodically, some not so much). After a leisurely … Continue reading →

Sort of forgot to mention the minor disaster discovered when we stopped at the van park yesterday. Unfortunately, despite peering quite hard at the fridge when setting out the morning before to ensure all the settings were correct for travel, … Continue reading →

Another gorgeous day! But decided to move on anyway as can’t stay in one spot for 3 months. Pretty much burned through to Lakes Entrance today with a plan to move on to Wilson’s Promontory tomorrow (if camping available – … Continue reading →

Woke up to blue sky and sunshine – yeay! Still really windy but given the good weather (for a change), staying on and enjoying it seemed like a plan. Actually got the bikes out for the first time this trip … Continue reading →

In the face of such adverse conditions decided to go for a walk anyway, as otherwise we’ll spend all our time hunkered down in the van. Fortunately, although the sky remained grey, the rain stopped and the walk out to … Continue reading →

Having driven straight in (or at least straight in around a corner) to the space in Mollymook van park, driving out proved less amenable and required a great deal of to’ing and fro’ing. Eventually made it out and set off … Continue reading →

Day 2 …..and awoke to the soothing sound of raindrops on the roof. Generally grey, dreary, cold and damp day but happily packed everything up, and set off south by 10.30. Had received the reassuring news from our housesitters that … Continue reading →

Day 1 (finally) After frantic running around preparing for the big trip (despite weeks of prep we still weren’t nearly ready) finally took off into the wild blue yonder at 4.30pm on the first day of spring (1/9). OK, you … Continue reading →