Being new to blogging, it strikes me as very interesting that so many of you who read this are doing so from the USA. I have no idea what you find interesting to read in this blog and would welcome some comments from you. Readers in the USA outnumbered those in Australia and GB in the last week.
I have tried to be both humorous and entertaining without giving too much of a blow by blow account of what we have been doing and I intend to keep that up for the next four months whilst we are travelling. After that who knows I might be hooked by blogging.
I am also interested to see that we have regular readers in Russia,so perhaps I am part of Glasnost after all, I certainly never wanted to earn active participant in the Cold War.
Today was a rest day before we tackle the mighty Nullabor plain tomorrow. As a result we were up late and breakfasted at leisure. After the ritual cleaning up we headed off to get some supplies. We ended up in Woolworths. Now I remember Woolworths before they went bust in England, in fact it was always a great treat to be taken there as a small child. However, this was nothing like what we used to have, it was far more of a giant food supermarket and we were pleased with the range of goods on offer.
After the chore of shopping we headed off on the Great Ocean Drive and saw some of the most spectacular scenery we have seen all the time we have been away. White sandy beaches with turquoise seas, dotted with small islands. We had our picnic lunch at Observation point watching the sea rolling onto the rocks below.
We returned to base relatively early after an abortive attempt to go to Wylie Bay on a road that went right by the town's rubbish dump.Pulling into a garage to purchase diesel we were a little perturbed to read on the pump that it was not recommended for cars and 4WD s. the Australian filling up beside us was unconcerned and assured me he put it in his ute all the time. We knew one other garage in town so made our way there to buy the fuel we needed. Imagine our chagrin to find it was exactly the same make with the same warning on the pump. as this was the only diesel in town we had to buy it, although this was done with some trepidation.
When we were back at base I checked the brand on the Internet and it transpires the only reason the warning icon the pumps is because the fuel is delivered at a high flow rate and might kick back out of a small inlet nozzle. Silly us, of course we should have known this.and now to pack for the great trek.