This last week has been one of several kilometres. Firstly we left Waratah bay to be back in Moama for a meeting, a visit to the storage facility and catch up with family and friends. We had another overnight stay at lockington at the travellers rest before reaching Moama. This weekend is the annual Sourthern 80 ski boat race so we were really anxious about leaving before the streets once again became grid locked as they do on that weekend.Straight through Bendigo stopping for fuel for the vehicle and ourselves before making the trip through Castlemaine, Daylesford and Ballan to Geelong. Once through Geelong to Portarlington and Bellarine Bayside caravan park. Strange coming to Portarlington and our good friends, Terry and Marg. not being there. We do manage to catch up with them later.
Bellarine bayside controls about 24klms of beach front in the parks they look after. Stretches from portarlington to St.Leonards and parks vary in size, with the largest at their headquarters at PA.Friendly staff, helped us when we needed to re-locate because of a fence and a parked vehicle near our original site but this was no problem to them.Vans our size are in the minority here and we see groups of several members of the one family occupying about 3-4 sites for their annual seaside holidays. Several options are available for long term (seasonal) site rentals.Some nice photos around the park and the town and a meal at the local Tandoori with friends was great. They invite us back the next day for lunch and the usual mussel feast is difficult to refuse and we look forward to that. Terry loves his cooking and does a great chilli mussels dish.
After two nights we move on to indented Head to stay in another of Bellarine bayside parks. A smaller park but quite friendly. We speak to people who have been coming to that spot for up to 50 years and we learn that there are three generations of the one family there as well. These parks are different from what we are used to. There are more long term camps here than transient campers. We very much categorise ourselves as being in the other group of travellers. Several people take a lot of notice as we negotiate the park for our site and see the big rig coming in. Today, we move again to St.leonards on the beach. Another Bellarine park and a little different again. Not a lot of cars at the camps as we come in and only a few people walking around. Thats ok, it is a working day after all and will see a change at the weekend. Southerly breeze is still around so, after taking some photos of the camp after original set up, we go off to Queenscliff for lunch and a wander around the shops. After lunch and a quick drive down to Barwon Heads for a look at Diver Dans cafe, now At The Heads cafe. Call back through Ocean Grove for a stroll up the shopping strip, a lovely thick shake at a cafe there and on home once again. tonight its a BBQ with Ivan, Margaret and family and tomorrow we are North bound once again. May be overnight at Inglewood, me thinks....
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