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Temp: Distance: Start time: We left at 8:05am well before our agreed departure time of 8:15am. We were headed for the Queenscliff Ferry Terminal and we arrived well within time to board the ferry. We had booked online for the 9am ferry as it was the last of the cheap fares for the day, and by booking online we saved another $3!!! We parked in a designated lane and wandered through the RoRo Cafe again, chatted with Kev and Jo who had driven out to say goodbye, and took lots of photos. The ferry soon arrived, unloaded its cars and passengers and then reloaded with us and the other vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. We left about 9:01am which is pretty spot on!. We had an early mornos on board the ferry and then watched the scenery. We were lucky enough to see some dolphins frolicking near the ferry, unfortunately none of the photos captured any of them. About 40 minutes later we arrived at Sorrento and were unloaded. Our first mission was to find a bike shop for Greg to buy a new cable for his rear gears as he had broken it yesterday on our return from Geelong. We found a shop in Rosebud and found a park on the side of the main road, Greg ran across the road, paid $3.60, ran back and we were on our way again. G&Y had gone ahead of us. Nest stop, just to kill a bit of time was at an antiques and collective centre/shop at Tooradin. Nothing to see, move right along. We stopped again at the Caldermeade dairy Farm and Cafe just because we thought it would be a good idea. As we pulled up we met a man with a brand new Jayco Silverline caravan and had a chat with him. G&Y drove by on the highway as we were chatting. Unfortunately, the dairy was not milking when we visited but we did get to see the magnificent facilities they have for milking the girls. Greg had sent G&Y a text telling them we had seen them and by the time we were leaving, we got a reply sating they were lunching in Lang Lang, followed quickly by a back up saying they were moving onto Leongatha as there was no parking in Lang Lang. We had always intended to stop at Leongatha for lunch so agreed wholeheartedly. We chose the Leongatha recreation reserve as our lunch location and unfortunately stopped a little too soon. It was still not a bad location for lunch, but a couple of hundred metres or so round the corner would have allegedly been a whole lot better. Oh well. Back on the road, we went via Foster to get to Yanakie Caravan Park whilst Fischer's went by Fish Creek and they arrived a few minutes before us. We checked in to the park and were given site #3. A snooze followed the setup procedure and we then went for a walk around the park. There are some lovely sites within the park, but some don't have water. There is no dump point either, so Wendy is going to have to use the toilet sparingly! We had pre-dinner drinks while Greg repaired his his bike. Whilst Wendy prepared the dinner, the rest went for a walk. Greg then had a shower whilst Wendy started cooking dinner (pork and salmon). The meal was eaten inside as the flies are VERY friendly in this part of Australia. Dishes, teeth, shower and bed.
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