Batemans Bay

Currently sitting on the waterfront at Batemans Bay (approx. 300 km South of Sydney) enjoying a beer whilst the sun sets behind us.

Home for next 3 weeks

We picked up our camper a couple of days ago. The van is similar to our T5 in size but based on a Toyota Hiace with a hitop rather than pop top, and will be our home for the next 3 weeks.

The locals

It has taken us a couple of days to get here from Melbourne, over-nighting at Lakes Entrance and Mallacoota. Our plan is to get to the Blue Mountains to spend the weekend before pushing further north.

As you will have probably seen on TV the remnants of Cyclone Oswald have badly affected Northern New South Wales and the Southern Queensland coasts so we may need to head inland for a while before heading for our final destination of Cairns – we will make a decision nearer the time.

IT wise we have managed to pick up a low cost broadband dongle $79 for 6 GB valid for 100 days so hopefully we should be able keep everything up to date. The guy in the shop told me their network covers 97% of the population, although as someone pointed out to me that probably accounts for Melbourne and Sydney, anyway so far so good!