Archive for October 3rd, 2007

I woke up early this morning to find there had been a very heavy dew and it was foggy. It was very still so I sat outside with my book and a coffee and listened to the waves breaking on the beach.

We had our first Maccas today for breakfast and then we went and sat on the banks of the Clyde River and watched the world go by. We drove up the coast as far as Ulladulla, by this time the wind had again come up and by the time we reached there, it was gale force. We had fish and chips at the docks from the Coastal Patrol Kiosk and were getting sunburnt whilst being blown about by the wind.

When we arrived back in Batemans Bay, we discovered that the wind had blown most of the tents in the park down, bending and breaking poles. Some Good Samaritan had tied down our front window awning as the wind had torn the rivets from the body of the caravan. Our table and chairs had been blown over. Ben made some repairs to the awning and watched all the campers pack up and head either for the cabins or for home.

Booked into this park until Monday 8^th as we have a good site, internet access and it is near the markets we have planned for the weekend. Keeping our fingers crossed that this wind has subsided by then because our gazebo would not have stood up to today’s winds.

I will add some more pictures to the blog from around Batemans Bay soon. So watch this space!

We slowly packed up this morning and watched the caravan park empty as people headed home.

Booking a stall at the Moruya market proved impossible, so it was back to the drawing board.

I phoned around a few markets and booked into Milton on Saturday and Batemans Bay on Sunday and we set off to find a park somewhere along the way to Batemans Bay. We stopped for morning tea at Quaama. A diversion off the highway took us to Tilba which looked a delightful little town but parking was impossible with the caravan in tow so we had no option but to drive through and get back on the highway.

We arrived in Moruya in time for lunch and had quiche and salad in the “Kiss The Cook” café. Some shopping at Woolworths was next and then back in the car as we decided to head for Batemans Bay.

The weather started to deteriorate, the wind was not as bad as the previous few days but now it clouded over and looked like we might expect some rain.

The Beach Resort, a Big 4 park, at Batehaven was our choice for tonight. Right on the water’s edge and also free wireless internet . Being the school holidays means there are quite a few children around but none too noisy yet and the park itself is lovely. I have finally been able to upload this blog and check emails etc. It’s very slow connection but a connection none the less.

We went for a short walk down to the beach but it was just too cold so we headed back to the van for tea. Spent the rest of the evening on the computer and went to bed around 11.30pm.