Day 14 – Lower Glenelg to Port Fairy

Despite the bitter cold overnight and our general lack of food, we found it hard to drag ourselves away from this camp site. A magnificent bush camp on the Glenelg River just inside the Victorian border.

The kids made a bunch of friends and had a ball playing hide and seek around the camp.

By 11:30 we managed hit the road and check out Port Fairy, a beautiful coastal town with a magnificent walk out to the lighthouse.

After, we drove a little further up the coast to Port Campbell to stop at a community campsite. This was basically an okay site, but for the noisy neighbours. Still, we all got to shower and sleep.

Tomorrow we drive the Great Ocean Road. Looking forward to it a lot.

Day 3 – Fraser Range to Mundrabilla

Awake early after a chilly first night in the tent. We took a brisk 1.5 hr walk to check out the view from the surrounding hills. We spotted a wedge tailed eagle being hassled by some smaller birds, three bobtails and a bunch of wallabys, kangaroos​ and emus. We probably got a little too distracted as it was after 11 before we hit the road.

We spent the rest of the day driving 500-ish km. Crossing the straightest 145km in Australia then onto Madura Pass. What a beautiful spot at the bottom of the scarp. Despite the time we pushed on to Mundrabilla another 100km east in the hope of making it to Ceduna tomorrow.

So we found a reasonable​ little roadside camp and some great company to eat our dinner with.

Looking forward to the last stretch on the Nullabor tomorrow and a bunch of salad and fruit before we go through quarantine. I’m sure the family will be excited about the supper carrot and celery salad I have created for morning tea.