The first big day of driving....
Well the day got off to a blinder with the beautiful sunrise. We both went for a swim in the ocean, which considering the time of year was actually not too cold, and went to a great little place on the beach called Diggies for breakfast. We both resisted the full breakfast and went for a fruit/yoghurt/granola/banana bread/honeyed fig ensemble which was AMAZING...... I would highly recommend if you ever find yourself in the Gong.
We hit the road about 10.15 and made it to Batemans bay by about 12.30.... We had planned to stop here but after driving around and wasting 40 minutes decided against it. No cute little cafés to be found :(
So back on our trails we now head for Lakes Entrance and agree to pull over if we see something that takes our fancy.... And we did, there is this great little cafe called milk and cheese in a town I don't know the name of but it's about 50km before Bega.
After a late lunch we still had about 4 hours to go, most of which was through National Park. The scenery was beautiful but for anyone who has done the drive to West Kilbride it was very like going from Dalry to West Kilbride over and over again for 4 hours with the added risk that a wombat or kangaroo will jump out at any minute. (Although there were no random cows that had escaped onto the road for me to navigate :) ) The sun went down around 5.30 and there was a stretch of about 150km where we were the only car heading south...... And then the rains came! It wouldn't have been too bad except that it took a while for the wipers to clean away all the blood and guts from the road kill for us to actually be able to see.
And then.... Lights, civilisation!... well in the form of a best western motel and a KFC (only dad had the KFC mum!). If you know my Dad though you will know there was literally no other options (well except for McDonalds).
Lakes entrance is a pretty little down but it basically does what it says on the tin.... i'll let you all figure out what that is ;)
So at 8pm I duly crawled into bed and slept till this morning. Dad is on for the driving this morning and we are heading to Wilson's Prom which I have very high hopes for. It's less than a 3 hour drive and we plan to stay there and do a little walking in the National Park. This will be our first night of camping - I can't tell you how excited I am!!
