Lots of bird calls woke us today although when we checked the time it was 7:15 and time to rise. Had an issue for the second day in a row which insufficient battery charge. Had to start the car to run the pump long enough for a shower! As we were planning a couple more free camps decided to get some more water. One of the other campers told us that there was a fresh water tap near the dump point at a nearby park( Wilks Park). (not the tap used for cleaning the to...

Another early start as we wanted to get out on the road before the peak hour. Unfortunately, the night before, we didn’t get back to the park until after 10:00 pm and there is a 10:00pm curfew and you can’t get your car in after this time. We felt like we were naughty teenagers sneaking back after a night on the town! Anyhow, we managed to reunite car and caravan and hit the road my 8:00am. So much for beating the peak hour! Got onto the Hume Hwy and drove t...

Woke to a grey and cool morning in Melbourne where we had planned to spend the day with Claire and Ashish. Collected Claire from Camberwell and headed for Geelong where we had morning tea with Ashish and his mum. The weather was now fine and sunny! Decided to visit Little Creatures Brewery and had a tasting (although I was already fairly familiar with their products!) Next, visited Flying Brick Cider Co. for a similar tasting. Cider with Ginger and Chilli was cer...

Arose at some ridiculously early hour in order to beat the morning traffic. We had decided to go to Philip Island today, a place I hadn't visited since I was about 14. Took a couple of hours to get to San Remo then accross the bridge to the island. We went to various lookouts and beaches on the southern side of the island incl. Cape Woolamai, Smiths Beach and Pyramid Rock before driving to The Nobbies, a series of rocky outcrops and islands on the western tip of ...

A lazy start to the day today as we didn’t have to be anywhere until midday. I decided to open the inkjet printer box that I’d purchased in Hobart only to discover that the icon on the box that showed a mobile phone with an arrow to the printer (which I foolishly assumed meant that I could print direct to the printer) should have also showed a router in between! So now I have purchased a cable so that I can print from my laptop in order to get a hardcopy of t...