We awoke to a dawn chorus of Cockatoos screeching and kids running around the camp site. How inconsiderate, it was still 9.30am. I am not sure what has got into us both, especially Ju, she normally kicks me out of bed. After seeing the snake sign the other day I was cautiously looking in every crack and cranny before stepping anywhere. Ju has found this amusing until I pointed out another sign I had seen on the inside of the toilet door which read... 'Venomous snakes spotted in the camp's rocky outcrop, please keep your children away from these areas'. Ju advised me to stay away from the rocks, however I was one step ahead of her this time.

The driving was tedious today. I wasn't in the mood and there wasn't a great deal to see on this section of the trip. I had driven just over a 1000km so far which has been steady in comparison to New Zealand where we drove over 3500km of which I had driven around 3000km. What made today's driving particularly difficult was the high winds. Although our Toyota HiAce was a compact efficient little camping machine, it's shape didn't lend itself too well to gusts of wind. I was getting annoyed at being buffeted from one side of the road to the other. 80Km seemed to be a compromising speed between me and the van.

The scenery all day from Halls Gap to Robe was pretty much the same. The roads seemed accentuated against the yellow parched grass either side of the road. All around us there was the now all to familiar gum trees that stood out against the dark cloudy sky. Driving these roads I almost felt like an extra in the first Mad Max movie. I am not sure what part I would have been playing up against Mel Gibson in his supercharged v8 driving my Toyota HiAce luxury camper? At camp in the evening we were pleased to be able to get a Vodafone signal, a sure sign we were nearing civilisation again. I spent most of the evening catching up with blog related admin - uploading photos and blog entries. As usual Ju cooked a smashing tea.

We decided to go for a short walk up to the beach. I had read earlier in the evening on BBC news that there was to be an amazing eclipse of the moon tonight in the southern hemisphere. It was just our luck the the sky was cloudy. I have always wanted to see a lunar eclipse but have always been robbed of the opportunity. Hopefully when we wake in the night for our campers wee break we may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of it... all will be revealed in tomorrows blog!