Portarlington

Saturday, 25 September

We now have to wait for another week!

The sun was nearly shining when we left Warrnambool, but quickly disappeared before a bit of rain appeared. The road from Mt Gambier to Geelong would have to be the worst we have travelled on – the road surface was dreadful, very bumpy, patched and broken bitumen.

We stopped for morning tea at Pirron Yallock, spending some time with my Uncle Tom and Aunty Nita. We haven’t seen them for many years and it was good to catch up again.

We arrived at Portarlington Holiday Park shortly after 1.30 pm, checked in and then discovered our site had a large fire hydrant in the middle of it! Back to reception for another site, then a rush to get set up in time for the first bounce. This is the largest caravan park we have ever been in – it is absolutely enormous and situated right on the shores of Port Phillip Bay. We look out our front window and can see Melbourne in the distance across the water.

The sun actually shone for two whole hours this afternoon before the rain started again!