Sun, 27th Feb - Johanna Beach

We slept in today as it is overcast again.  When we did finally surface, we decided to drive to the Cape Otway Lighthouse. It rained before we got there but cleared up again once we arrived.  We decided that Rick wouldn't be able to walk to the lighthouse (around 500 metres) or climb the stairs due to his sore knee, but we thought we might have lunch there.  We were advised that to enable us to go through to the cafe we would be required to pay $17.50 each.  Then, the bright fellow behind the counter said he wasn't even sure whether they had enough staff on duty to prepare a lunch.  We decided not to take the risk of wasting $35.00 and left feeling rather annoyed!

On the way back from the lighthouse, we spotted a koala sitting only about 10 feet off the ground in a tree right next to the road.  I got out and took a couple of photos as I don't recall ever seeing a koala in the wild before.  We continued to drive back towards Johanna Beach and came across lots of cars parked on the side of the road.  There were koalas everywhere!  Each tree had 2 or 3 in it and we must have seen around 50 in total along a short stretch of road.

We drove into a couple of other free camps on the way back to see whether they would be suitable for our next trip.  It is surprising to see just how many people are on the road and camping at this time of the year. 

Catching some z's