day four - Mt Gambier to Port Campbell

Raining. I guess when a place is green and lush you have to expect it is because it rains a lot. Simple. We left the pit of hell Jayco cabin early. Never again can I stay in a place with artifical wood walls, floors and ceilings. Anyway, we got on the road and headed towards the coast again. The weather was pretty rubbish and reminded us of the Western Isles of Scotland. Here are some pictures that might give you some idea of what it was like. Still gorgeous to look at even through the rain.

It doesn't look that wet in these photos because the weather was moving very fast and we managed to get these shots between torrid shows. It was amazingly windy. This photo shows the most amazingly steep boat ramp ever. You have to have a 4WD and real guts to launch here.

Our journey for the day went down the Princes Highway and our first stop was Port Fairy. We decided to bypass Portland due to the rain. Port Fairy was gorgeous even in the rain. I did some speed shopping at a gorgeous little shoe shop called 'If the shoe fits' and bought two pairs of shoes. I can see this is a lovely town with two distinct types of residents.

On the way there we came across the Codrington Wind Farm. It was really windy so the farm was going for gold.

We were fascinated by this and were excited about getting a closer look but the 'tours' place was closed. Here is the website which is worth looking at. Codrington Wind Farm

Next stop was Warrnambool for lunch. Big yawn. We bought some things for Nic to do in the back of the car as the rain meant we were stuck there. Thus began our relationship with the Hi5 double CD. It worked though so thanks Hi5! On the way out of town we bumped in to Allentown Cheeseworld and what a hoot that was. Total disappointment. The sadest cheese place ever!! Anyway on we went in the wind and rain until Peterborough where we found a playground for Nic and had a play. We stopped and started all along the coast looking at views...it was heaps of fun and kind of wild. We decided to head to Port Campbell for the night and found another super little place. It was wild and fun there too. We got the best ever accomodation of the trip. It was cheap and lovely... cheaper than the cabin at the motor camp. Great score thanks to the women at the Info Centre. Top experience. Eastern Reef Cottages

Here is a pic I found on someone elses website of the beach.

Overall it was super day with lots of great scenery and exciting weather topped off with a fantastic rainstorm when we were in the supermarket and a perfect nights sleep.