Frankston

Wednesday, 26th September, 2012

Last night, dinner with Norm, Milton and Margaret was very enjoyable, with lots of talk accompanying the meal.

This morning we were a little slower packing up, not wishing to join the Geelong rush hour traffic when we drove through the centre of the city. We had a fairly uneventful trip north to Melbourne, but the very strong cross wind made hard work of the driving. Fortunately, by the time we arrived at the West Gate Bridge and with the bend in the road, we had a tail wind. However, Citylink did seem to be having some communication issues – 2 kms before the Burnley Tunnel, the signage announced the right hand lane was closed in the tunnel, so everyone in that lane merged to the left, slowing traffic considerably. One km before the tunnel, signage informed us the LEFT lane was closed, so again there was a mass traffic movement. When we actually drove into the tunnel, ALL lanes were open! We had decided to pay the toll for Eastlink as well as Citylink, but were rather amazed that the expensive Eastlink toll only allowed us one trip, one way! It did make driving to Frankston much easier, though.

We are staying at the Big4 Frankston Holiday Park, which is a nice park on the outskirts of Frankston. We were allocated a site, walked down to check it out and discovered a car parked on our slab. Back to reception (who knew who it belonged to) and then had to wait for the young lady in the caravan next door to get out of bed (11.15 am) and move it to where it should have been parked in the first place. We did a wonderful job of reversing onto site, only to discover that the draw bar was only about three inches above the grass, owing to the bank. Back to reception, after checking other available sites, then having to move sites. (Bad luck about the sleepyhead!) Again, reversed perfectly onto site.

This afternoon, we visited Jayco to purchase a few replacement light shades and a new outside LED light, then it was on to Carac for some LED light globes, which don’t fit! At $25 each, they will be returned for a refund.

The weather has turned rather rough and the awning has been retracted, just in case.