Day 44 14/10 (Thurs) – Cape le Grand to Lake King

Decided NOT to stay another night and laze, etc after the wind howled gustily all night (even drowned out the sound of breaking waves in the bay), the rain fell and the temperature dropped… Colin fortunately still intact and in same spot by morning. Shame, but packed up and set off for Esperance to investigate shopping for nephew’s birthday present (only 2 weeks late but nothing else on offer on the way so far), postage of postcards, exchange of books, fish and chip shop recommended by a neighbouring camper and the Great Ocean drive around the bays of Esperance (and it was a great drive). Fish and chips good too but rather full after that.
Finally left Esperance ~ 2-2.30. Made it to a little place called King Lake for the night. Pushed on past Ravensthorpe and has turned out to be a good move. The caravan park is small and hardly anyone here, the facilities are great (clean, lots of hot water, no one else around) and when we registered and paid for the night at the local pub up the road, it also turned out to be a great find. Huge rammed earth building, friendly, big log fire (still bit cold out), free drink with registration (plus we’d arrived in time for happy hour) and bonus highly affectionate cat! Cat turned out to be a stray hanging around for last couple of weeks and apparently getting very friendly with all and sundry. Would like to stay but we have to move north to meet Ally and Jeff by early November so guess not…. No dinner tonight – fish and chips proving to be elegantly sufficient…. Am also not allowed to kidnap cat!