Didn’t sleep well again; packed up, disconnected, dumped the toilet, went to leave but the code didn’t work for the boom gate. Went to reception, apparently check out time was 10, and it was now 11. Oops. But luckily they let us out.
Got back on the main road, Princes Highway, which you’d think was a major road but it was single cariageway with passing places. Quite difficult to drive.
Followed the road along the coast, crossing over some narrow and rickety bridges now and then, then arrived at Bateman’s Bay where we stopped for lunch – Fish and Chips. Song also did some shopping and bought a support for my back – the van seats aren’t great.
Song wanted to see the Horse Head rock which is a rock in the shape of a Horse Head, obviously. So we turned off the main road and headed (ha!) towards it, but drove past a sign for Camel Rock. Checked Google and the Horse Head rock was nearby, so we parked up and walked along the beach, saw Camel Rock, then followed a path and saw Horse Head rock.
Back to the van, we decided to stay at a park nearby in Bermagui so that I wouldn’t have to drive in the dark again. Unfortunately I booked for the following night by mistake, the web page defaulted to it for some reason. I called them but the office was closed, so I left a message and we thought we’d drive there and swap the nights – it was only 15 minutes away.
Got there, left another message and sent an email, told them we were sat outside so could they please call us and let us know the code and the site number. There was also an emergency number, so called that.
And called it again. And again. After waiting about an hour decided we couldn’t wait any longer so called a place about an hour away, the guy said he would be there to check us in.
So I ended up driving in the twilight and the dark along the worst possible road – twisty and through a forest. We saw some kangaroos in a field, as well as a couple in the bushes at the side of the road – if they had decided to jump across the road I wouldn’t have been able to avoid them. Very scary.
Eventually arrived and the guy checked us in, when he saw our address mentioned he used to live nearby and frequented the local pub. Small world.
Set up and went to sleep.
