So hard to believe after all the planning and packing that we were finally doing it! The dream was
becoming a reality! Well, no really to be honest it just feels like we are off on a little 2 week trip and we'll be
heading back home soon! Dont really know how to comprehend it all, so we're not really, we are just
taking each day as we find it.
Headed off around lunchtime on Day 1 - we left so late because we had so much trouble finding space for all
our stuff. Everyone says you always take too much, we've heard it many a time, but both of us feel that what
we have packed is really necessary so we shall see in a few months time if we are right or not! Lucky for us,
a good friend of ours loaned us his basket for storage on the boat rack of the camper, as the trailer and back
of the Prado are both filled to the brim!
First couple of night we stayed at a little town called Dartmoor, North of Nelson, still in Victoria. This campsite was a freebie
that we found in our Camps 4 Australia Book. It had a pit toilet and no other amenities but was shady and next
to the Glenelg River. Downfall was the constant attack by mosquitoes (reminder to self not to camp next to
water in future!) and bullants. Emshia and I both got bitten on the toes and boy do they sting! The other
dampener on our stay here was the heat! We recorded 45 degrees in the shade of our camper! It was unbearable!
We headed out in our air conditioned car for some relief and ended up at the Princess Margaret Rose Cave.
These were awesome. The first cave any of us had seen. We all know now about Stalactites and Stalacmites
and Helictites! And the best bit was the temperature! A cool 18 degrees was a godsend! Then it was off to
Nelson for a quick swim. We were so hot we stayed submerged up to our necks in water to get some relief!
Boy we would have killed to have been back under our air conditioner back home!!!!
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