Good morning everyone from Cann River camp. We’ve had a quiet restful night, before we head out today.
Nobody in the creek this morning, however I enjoyed lying in the shallows yesterday It’s a good spot to stay and we have stayed here before. The bushland around the creek is very green after all the rain, so far this year.
Tuesday we headed further south to Eastwood, where we caught up with. some of Chris’s cousins. Carly made us very welcome. I’m still amazed at Dog Dog, the family’s dog.
A busy household, James her husband is a fisherman, and they have 4 children. At the moment Jack, her brother, and his family are staying there as well. So it was a nice time for the cousins to catch up.
On the road again, after a late start we drove through Sale, then decided on a grassy free camp, not far out of Melbourne, willow park at Rosedale, to stop for the night. The weather is being kind to us. Warm and sunny and very little wind.
Another day and another Cousin of Chris’s. We met up with Tim at a Cafe on the outskirts of Melbourne. They had a great chat over a couple of hours, and a couple of coffee’s.
After that we tackled the afternoon traffic straight through the centre of Melbourne to stay at Tree Tops, a scout camp. We will have 3 nights here. It’s relaxing here, not many other campers, and again we have stayed here before.
Yesterday was a day for shopping, and meeting up with Agnele a friend, in Sunbury, a suburb of Melbourne.
Back into the city today, Tullamarine has a brilliant wave park, right near the Airport
It’s a great set-up, not a lot of shade yet as the trees are only young, so on a 35deg day it was a bit punishing sitting on the edge, and not able to go in and cool off.
The city folk use it for learning to surf as well as training. I believe there is only 2 in Australia . Also a spa and other facilities around the complex.
It was a special time for us to be there and watch Rosie compete in a rather different surfing comp. I love taking photos and should of remembered to take my better camera in. So a few shots from my phone had to do.
Lovely to catch up, and smiles all around at the end of the day.
On the way back to camp we stopped at some of the painted water tanks on the edge of the road..
This morning we left the Tree Tops camp, and called into Gisborne markets, best markets we have been to, so many stalls, something for everyone, and no, we didn’t need anything but we were two of the hundreds out on hot Melbourne morning enjoying what was on offer.
Next stop was a nice park overlooking the water and reservoir, where we had lunch.
Heading further south towards Geelong, we are camped on the Leigh River, near Inverleigh, trying to keep cool. We will stay here for two nights, then find somewhere else, it’s not long till we board the Spirit of Tasmania, so will hang around close to Geelong. The seas were huge the last few days, so we were told, so I hope they calm before we go across to Tassy.
Meanwhile I’ll just try not to think about the crossing, and relax by taking photos of these little cuties, darting around our camp. Ahh the serenity 😌. Night all.
