Motor home diaries - 24th January

ODO reading 1080. Day 5 Heading for Batemans Bay

Up early again, another bowl of Muesli for me and a couple of ciggies for M.
On the road for 8:15 and a non stop drive for 217kms. It was Sunday, so we decided to stop at a bakery in Narooma for a couple of buns. I went in and M had a wee puff. Oh dear Kim, you’d have loved what I found and bought for our elevenses. Two big apple pie buns with fresh cream inside them. M made coffee and we hovered said buns in silence, except for a few yums.

We stuck $50 diesel in the van, because the up hill and down dale geography of the region was taking its toll on our fuel consumption. Some of the hills were very steep and to get up some of them without dropping into second, we had to be doing between 100 and 120 kph at the bottom of the hill before the climb. The van had no problems doing this speed but anything more made it dance a bit.

We stopped at the top of one of these hills for a break and it was a very nice place to video. The countryside seemed to be getting a bit greener.

We arrived at this our only 4* campsite at 2:30. The 2 staff at reception was a tad officious, or could it have been just 2 more tired people caring for thrushes? There was a certain unwelcoming vibe about the place.

This place itself was very nice. After we parked up we noticed 4 parrots feeding on a bird table 3 feet from our back doors. Marvellous.

The shower and toilet blocks were spotless, kids played noisily in the pool, and our new neighbours grunted a hello.

We walked in to the town thinking it was only around the corner. Huh. It was about 2 clicks away and very warm. All we wanted was a cold beer in a nice beer garden, but there wasn’t even a pub. After calling in at a beer shop, we sat on the beach, had a beer while watching the bemused glances from passers by.

We had dinner in the site café. The place was called Scrumptious and so was the food. M had fish and chips, I had chicken schnitzel and salad. The fish was “Flathead”, I don’t like it myself, it’s a bit too strong, M loved it, my chicken was ok. Bill for the 2 with a beer and glass of vino was $40

Back to the van for a nightcap and another early night.

This was our most expensive site to date at $42, apart from the pool, I couldn’t see the value in it. The general area was nice but, in an American sort of way.