Back home and back to "normal" life.
I have one blister that's bothering me - enough to think that starting the Great Ocean Walk on Sunday wouldn't be a good idea - I'll try and postpone it.
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| Crossing from Waterloo to Oberon |
Yesterday, I woke at 5am and got up at 5:30 - still had 8 1/2 hours sleep. I used up everything for breakfast except 4 muesli bars and some enough water for the day, packed up everything and set off at 7:30am. Didn't see anyone for 3 hours. Low cloud and wet mist eventually gave way to sunshine halfway from Waterloo to Oberon Bay. Things slowly warmed up from then - eventually getting well into the 30s.
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| Oberon Bay in the sunshine |
Oberon Bay was the best - wide sands shared with the birds, looming hill at the head of the bay, rocky islands sitting beyond reach. From there it was a slog back to Tidal River. I finished the last of my water with around 30 minutes to go. Just put my head down and went! Once back, had a shower (so good!), checked-in at the Parks office, got a foccacia and cake for lunch, had an ice cream ... and set off home. Hilarious crimson rosella pecked my cake through the gladwrap then harassed me when I ate it. Finally flew off when it saw a girl with an ice-cream.
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| Cheeky rosella! |
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| Norman Bay |
The first night at Waterloo Bay, there were 2 groups of school boys. One teacher came and talked to me - a nice guy. I said I couldn't think of anything better for young blokes of 16-17 to be doing. The second night there were fewer campers. A group of 3 French walkers came in at 10pm, shone torches everywhere, then talked late into the night. There was a group of schoolgirls too. Funny to think I'm older than their fathers!
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