Tues, 18th to Wed, 19th October - Carmila Beach

Tuesday was overcast and quite a bit cooler.  We drove 40kms to McKay and drove around looking for a suitable caravan park.  The parks were all full and didn't seem very nice, so after looking at three different ones we decided to keep going.  McKay appeared to be a very busy and 'go-ahead' place.  On the southern side of the town we stopped at a caravan accessory shop and purchased two more LED reading light globes.  LEDs use much less power than normal globes which is important when you are relying on your batteries.

We continued on, looking for a nice place to have some lunch.  No such luck ... the best we could find was a small shopping centre in a place called Salina.  We ordered hot dogs from a lady in her mid sixties who had no idea on how to make them.  It soon became evident that she was heating the hot dog frankfurts in a lovely yellow 1 litre ice cream tub!!  We explained nicely to her that it wasn't the best thing to do and she looked quite amazed.  Oh well, the hotdogs weren't bad after all.

We had our lunch and continued on to a free camp at Carmila Beach.  By the time we arrived it was windy and quite wet and only 22 degrees.  We managed to find a spot overlooking the water that wasn't too sandy and spent a couple of hours playing games while the rain eased up.  A short time later a smallish Winnebago pulled in not far from us and became bogged in the sand.  Rick found some small iron sheets and helped free the older fellow and his wife who then parked behind us.  We all settled down and not long after a small campervan became bogged in exactly the same spot as the Winnebaga.  This time the older fellow from the Winnebago also helped Rick to rescue the young couple of backpackers.

It remained windy all night, but we slept well and woke on Wednesday to another overcast and windy day.  We spent all day reading and playing games as our fuel consumption is horrendous when towing in the wind.  We figured we would wait out the awful weather.  

The tide out at Carmila Beach

Our camp site with the ocean in the background