Campania to Port Arthur

 

Apparently there was a 100 carriage goods train that went rumbling by our camp at some unfortunate hour, but 4 out of the 5 of us did not hear it at all!  We had a leisurely beginning to the day, although we were still ready to move on by 9:30 am.  The kids played some more at the park, continuing the friendships they'd made with 3 kids from a neighbouring caravan yesterday afternoon, then we left around 10am.  First stop was Sorrel, just twenty minutes away.  Stocked up at the supermarket.  There were literally hundreds of car loads of teenagers looking like they were on their way somewhere - we hoped not to the same place as us!  Turned out they were off to a New Years Falls Festival far enough away from Port Arthur!

 

It was a windy road into Port Arthur, and being quite gusty it made for a challenging drive.  Set up at the Port Arthur Caravan Park, which is a lovely park, with large sites, individually surrounded by shrubbery and plenty of room between neighbours. It is also on a hill, so sites are terraced.

 

After lunch and a load of washing we went for a walk to the beach behind the caravan park.  Nice spot, great views, but quite fresh and windy. Today was only 19 degrees, and the wind made it feel cooler.  The kids had a blast playing on the sand. 

 

 

At dinner time we lit up a camp fire in the fireplace on our site - another great feature of this park is that everyone has a firepit.  The kids thought this was a real buzz!  Ethan wanted to sing campfire songs, because that is what is meant to happen around campfires!  He didn't want to lead us off, so we didn't sing!

 

Tomorrow we're booked in to go to the Port Arthur historic site.  Darrin is also booked on tomorrow evening's Ghost Tour!