Left home after a stormy night.at 7:30am......headed north...and over to Yorke Penn..head wind all the way....watching fuel gauge dropping fast.......first port of call was Arthurton...camp behind a Church.....but so windy we continued on and arrived at Maitland Showgrounds......parked by a shed......power/toilets/showers...$15 night
Still here....still windy but not raining.......got chatting to several vanners..nice lot...the caretaker turns up early evening to take your money....and yes he gives out receipts (very nice too)
Still here......stormy day predicted so we stayed put.....it rained most of the day...this morning we played dominos....this afternoon we had a get together happy hour with 3 other couples in a shelter...bloody cold and windy day
We left Maitland this morning...dropping into Ardrossan...get few things from Foodland then headed down to Pine Point to Black Point.....set up only to have Rosie chuck the pajero keys on to back seat floor...where we keep them so I can lock it when I put the camp chairs in at night......well this time.they slipped close to door and got jammed when closing door...locking the pajero at same time.......wheres the mobile phones..yep on dash board.....my wallet with RAA card..there too.....finally got a Council worker and borrowed his phone..RAA came got it unlocked ...all good...we are here 5 nights pay only for 4 at $20 night powered
Woke to a great morning.....sky was clear...no wind..........but by 9am the wind picked up and blew all day...but sky was blue........Rosie did a load of washing at the laundry $4 load.......hung it out and was dry real fast...not much happened today.
we are on our own today.....neighbors left this morning......lovely day...blue sky..slight wind..lot of boaties came and went today.....not much else happened........Rosie went for her dayly walk
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Woke to totally fogged in morning....by lunch time it cleared..but the wind picked up and storm started.....wind and rain full on....old couple turned up around 4pm in one those utes with motorhome back on it.parked reverse to the ocean .
Rang Burnie...he is hoping to get to Point Turton wednesday..We may spend Monday night at Port Julia...possibly wednesday night at Warooka ...we shall see....all depends on what its like for Burnie at Point Turton when he gets there
It blew all night...worst around 4am.......grey overcast day all day.no rain as such...tried but nothing...4pm blue sky so we sat outside for 1 hour and headed inside as wind picked up again....Rosie went for a walk.thinking she would return via the beach...WRONG...the sea was 3mtrs high and crashing into the sand hill below us....not to good....Tomorrow we are off to Port Julia....no power that might be a challenge after 8 days with it
Woke to a stormy morning....100kph winds hitting the van hard....there's no way I would tow the van in this wind....but others did...2 lots that turned up last night left about 11am...RAIN and more RAIN this afternoon....that I can handle...but the wind..NO WAY........so stayed here today....see how it goes tomorrow if we move on...just looked at the high tide....the shelter is almost totally under water tonight
We left Black Point this morning...windy trip.....but stopped in to Port Julia...had a look at the camp area and decided to travel on...keeping the place for future place to camp....
Stopped at Yorketown to get food and fuel.....no frozen food as freezers have died at Foodland...plus no diesel either so on we went..Got fuel from garage at Warooka ...and am staying at the campground on edge of oval...has toilet...donation of $5 night ...Burnie leaving home tomorrow......the storm hit him badly...carport roof lifted and loss power ..circuit kept tripping
Good day today...I even put portable solar panel out to charge the extra battery running the waeco fridge
Still here.....been overcast and light showers....not a good day for solar charging
Burnie turned up on his way to Point Turton
We packed up early ...Rosie got few things from Foodworks....then we headed down to Point Turton ourselves....long trip of all of 9klms.....stopped in to the general store bakery and got couple home made pies for lunch
Got a park behind Burnie...set up and relaxed...Rosie did a load of washing....was overcast and windy
Woke to a brilliant morning..spent day chatting with each other..tonight we went to the Tavern above the CP for dinner
Not much happening today....had a look through a neighbours Goldstream 17ft single axle van.....not bad but very heavy towball weight 265kg
We are moving on tomorrow
We packed up and were on the road by 9am.....went through Warooka.Yorketown. had a look at Stansbury and Pt Vincent....and are now at Port Julia campground $7 night....no power......we paid the caretaker $40 for a week but might not stay that long...those that are here all have dogs and generators going all day
Day started out stormy and wet.......then by late morning....we got blue sky and very strong winds all day....but we managed to solar charge 3 mobiles and 2 laptops by 2:30pm.......used the smokeyjoe with a bedourie to cook dinner tonight with heatbeads ...2 meat loafs was delis
Still here......not a bad day....some wind and cloud.....Rosie cooked 2 steak & mushroom pies tonight....heat beads didn't work that well tonight....maybe cause there was no wind at all to keep them going...after 30mins they were out...the pastry didn't cook or brown
Still here.........boring day......helped Paul the Caretaker fix the locks on the dunny doors.....put the smokeyjoe away and got the new 2 burner gas cooker out and used it today
Still here.....most excitement was the green grocer doing his rounds.....we got food from him when we were at Black Point a week ago....day was mostly cloudy......and couple sprinkles of rain tonight
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Still here....this is last day of this trip...was cloudy all day...managed to charge what was needed...home tomorrow.....
Left YP this morning 7:30am......lot of traffic heading into YP.....but glad we came home today....weather turned nasty...Sunday
