Day 305 –
Monday
30 October –
Batemans Bay – Durras
When we wok to go to the loo at 7.15am, we realised how
beautiful the morning was and instead of returning to bed we figured we
shouldn’t waste the day, so we got out for a morning walk.
We followed the road down to Caseys Beach and then ventured
out onto the sand to enjoy having the sand between the toes and a bit of a
paddle in the water. It was just divine and not another soul around.
The temperature hadn’t really dropped off over night and
with the sun beaming bright, it was really starting to warm up outside. By the
time we made it back to the van, we were in need of a shower.
As the maid hadn’t been in to sort out the bed while we were
out, I set about making that before putting breakfast together. Paul went for
his shower and I ate while loading up yesterday’s blog. Once done, I went for
my shower and by 9.20am we were ready to make out way to the Catalina Country
Club so Paul could play real golf.
Thankfully the course wasn’t overly busy and we were able to
pay the $28 fee and get straight out on hole 1. The walk in the sunshine was
just what was needed to start off our day.
Paul played ok, with only a couple of frustrating moments.
At one stage, we thought we had lost a club cover, so I went back looking for
it, but couldn’t see it. I continued searching as we came across holes parallel
to holes one and two. It wasn’t until the 9th hole that Paul
realised it was in the bottom of the bag!
We completed the round by 11am, just as the breeze began to
pick up. We packed up the clubs and drove the car into town, stopping in at
Woollies for needed groceries and three dozen oysters for $30, that was dinner
sorted.
We returned to the car only to be surprised by how quickly
the sky had turned grey with thick cloud. As we followed the Clyde River back
towards home there was a slight sea mist obscuring the view.
We sat around in the van, Paul reading while I continued to
work on the blog. At 1pm we had lunch and then figured we should head out
exploring a little more. New neighbours pulled in just as we were preparing to
head. They were also from WA with the wife, Sharon a teacher.
We left them to set up and made our way north to the town
site of South Durrasas. This is a small, coastal, holiday village that seemed to
be predominantly caravan parks.
We found a place to park near Durras beach and then followed
the first path down to the beach. The rocks had us fascinated with their
curves, colours and the lines created by the different rock types.
We made our way around to the second walkway and down onto
the flat rocks where we could watch the waves crash in. The rock surfaces again
had us clambering over them to view the different patterns and rock pools.
We returned to the car and continued our drive north, this
time stopping in at Pebbly Beach. The drive in is through a national park,
where tall spotted gums line the narrow road blocking the sun.
The road eventually terminated at a national park campground,
where we parked the car in the day visitors’ spot and got out for a brief look around.
When we were finished, we jumped back in the car and
finished our drive at North Durras. We again parked to have a quick look over
the beach before driving the quiet beach frontage street. I noticed a mob of
kangaroos taking up residence on someone’s lawn and we slowed the car to check
them out before continuing our drive back to the van.
The weather had turned quite cold and blustery and I was
glad to hang out inside working on the photos and blog for the day while
watching the last part of series 6 of Pretty Little Liars.
Sharon and Charles, the West Aussies who pulled in earlier
came knocking and we stood outside chatting for an hour while having a drink.
It was bloody freezing and my glass and its contents were sloshing around! I
made a fuss of their border collie Roxy, making me miss Yogi.
After about an hour, we called last drinks and made our way
inside once again where we cooked up our 36 oysters for dinner. When we were
done, I went back to the blog and my DVD. Cathy rang for a chat and it was
lovely to catch up on life back there, even if it was work related, though we
did manage some general life things.
I went back to my DVD after the call, finally finishing off
the series I bought back in May when we were in Darwin. By the time 8.45pm came
around though, I was ready for bed and happy to snuggle down and read my book
for a while before calling it a night.
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