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Happiness Is The Road
After breakfast we hit the road. We were heading towards the Ninety Mile Beach, around 140 kilometres of non stop sand and surf. On the way we stopped off for a mooch around Port Albert but there wasn't a lot here so we just used the facilities and carried on. We drove towards a place called Seaspray which is on the Ninety Mile Beach. The roads on the way were incredibly quiet, the quietest roads since leaving South Australia. They were lovely long straight roads, perfect for cruising. On the way we saw the road sign warning of koalas in the vicinity and we thought we saw one up a tree. We stopped and upon closer inspection we found nothing! We headed down the coast from Seaspray. There were 20 free camping areas dotted along the coast nestled behind the dunes. We decided to check out camp areas 7 (sheven!) and 13. These are lucky numbers. We were disappointed but not completely amazed to find that camp number 13 didn't exist. There was a 12 and a 14 but no 13! This is just so stupid. I find it silly that people think that a number is unlucky. It's just a number like any other. I think that 13 is a lucky number and would stay an live anywhere numbered 13. It really is mental these days that when new houses and flats are built the number 13 is omitted. Anyhow we had a look at number 7 and a few others but we didn't really like them. We just weren't getting a good vibe from them and also the ground was very sandy and we didn't want to get the camper stuck. We stopped and had some lunch and had a walk along the beach. It was simply stunning. There was deserted beach as far as the eye could see in each direction. This was the biggest expanse of beach I had seen since being in WA. After we'd messed about on the beach we had a rethink about where to spend the night. Lonely Planet gave a place called Loch Sport a good write up. They said that kangaroos grazed on the lawns of the towns houses. This sold the place to us as we hadn't seen kangaroos for a long time. It didn't take too long to get there and before we knew it we were rocking up at Loch Sport Holiday Park. It was very quiet here and the sort of camp site that we like. It was a little bit tatty but very quirky with lots of ram shackle cabins and caravans. It was in a bush setting and with lots of poo on the ground obviously a good place to see wildlife. The guy who owned the site was very friendly and said that the best place to see the kangaroos was on the sites playground and that sometimes they hung out there during the day. We had a mooch over to the playground but the roos weren't there yet. We had a spin on the roundabout for a laugh and then went back to the camper and had tea. Later on before dark we went back over to the playground and we were very happy to find that the kangaroos were now there. They saw us coming and all stood up on their back legs staring over. A few of them ran off. They were very wary of us. They were the opposite of the kangaroos at Halls Gap who were not afraid at all. It's good in a way that the kangaroos are wary of people. We didn't want to frighten the roos so we watched them at a distance for ages. It was incredible to see the kangas again, they are such beautiful and incredible animals. When we arrived here today there was a leaflet in reception about mosquitos in the area and what was being done to try and control their numbers. The mozzies have been eating us nearly every night recently and tonight was bad. We had to splat loads of the little *******s before we went to sleep. We just hoped that we'd got them all!
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