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After driving inland along a narrow winding mountain road lined with tall dense natural and planted forests we arrived in sunny, friendly Apollo Bay. The monster slept.
Apollo Bay is a lovely seaside holiday and tourist spot. There were a multitude of dining spots … doing it a little tough now that it is off peak tourist season. One end of the main street had predominantly Asian restaurants and of them most were Chinese. Mid street there were more typical Australian offerings such as burgers, pizzas and pub food, then on the other end there were a couple of Indian Restaurants. All had dine-in and take away options.
On the first day we dined in a Chinese Restaurant. As soon as we walked in the door we were pointed to the fish and chip take away counter. They were surprised when we said we wanted to dine in for Chinese. They had to hunt for an English menu and then assumed we needed a fork and knife. The 2 seafood dishes from local catch, we had, were absolutely delicious. The chef was delighted when Greg complimented him on the dishes.
Before lunch we had taken a stroll
up the street to sus things out as it was just a tad early to check in at the caravan park. Our stroll took us into a hardware store where Greg bought some eye bolts to create a more practical indoor caravan clothes line. As you probably all know, you always leave a hardware store with more than you planned to buy. We had the eye bolts, an enamel pie dish to fit our turbo oven, a tea caddy and a hacksaw blade. Further on, Joan spotted a must have hoody … label made interesting reading. Energy saving! Really!
By this time we felt we could check in. So off we went.
A Big 4 caravan park. These are always good value as you know the sites will be big, level and picturesque. This lived up to all those expectations with a stunning sea view. It began to drizzle a little as we set up but this was no big deal as we knew there was rain and wind coming later. We set up the awning so it would keep a dry-ish area outside the door and added the side wall to help with stability when it gets
windy. We were all set.
Around 4pm it started to rain gently and the wind picked up a bit but wasn’t too bad. By the time we went to bed it was pretty windy. After checking we decided things were ok so we tucked in. Then it got windy. Greg got up at midnight to check as it was getting pretty noisy and a few things sounded like they were flapping. Still satisfied tucked back in. At 1am something didn’t sound right so Greg went to check. The side wall had detached itself from the awning and was heading northwards, but thankfully still had a peg holding it to our site. The awning was flapping in the now gale of a wind and it was raining. If we wanted to save it from destroying itself, we had to put it up. So we dressed in what wet weather gear we had and ventured out to pack it away. We shoved all the bits into the boot of the caravan, rescued our stool and doormat and managed to get inside without the door taking off.
We crawled back into bed and then it RAINED. The rain finally
eased about 4am but in the meantime the
monster really
awoke. We didn’t sleep a lot that night as the caravan rocked significantly from time to time and the roof vent blinds rattled as the air pressure changed. This is a night to be remembered but not one to be repeated. As soon as the sun rose the wind started to calm a little. The sea raged on for yet another 24hours, eating away at the town’s protective sea wall. Quite spectacular.
Our 2
nd day in Apollo Bay was a quiet one that ended early as we were both ready for a good night’s sleep.
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