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Saturday 14th March
Well...what a weird day! Woke up to torrential rain, so bad that we didn't want to take the tent down. We asked if we could leave it up until there was a break in the weather and this was fine. A family put on the Mr Bean film in the camp kitchen and we quite enjoyed it for half an hour or so, until the rain stopped and we got our tent down and on the road by about 10.30. We ended up having quite a good day, in between rain storms. We first went to the Otway fly walk... where you climb up a metal structure onto paths at tree height... it was fabulous and the suspended section was fun: it rocked away in the heavy winds and we thought of our friends Peter in Spain, and Pam in England, who would not have enjoyed the experience! After that we went to Triplet Falls, another area in the Otway National Forest, which had been recommended by Janine. Once again we couldn't believe our luck when the rain stopped as we arrived and the sun came out. This was a lovely walk through temperate rain forest and we saw the trees from a different angle, which was good – it has been a while since we've done a forest walk and we loved it...thanks Janine! Afterwards we got back onto the Great Ocean Road and travelled through very stormy, wet weather to the 12 Apostles. Would you believe it yet again the rain stopped as we drew up in the car park! Mind you it was scarily windy on the magnificent walkway on the cliffs, but we loved it and got some great photos of the spectacular rocks. Arrived in Port Campbell- a small inlet on this windy coast line. We found the campsite in the middle of this little town and immediately set up tent. This proved a wise move as not long later the heavens opened yet again. Cooking on some of the campsites has always been a bit of a hit and miss affair due to the varying conditions. Last night we had had four star facilities tonight we were relegated to one star. There were only two electric hobs with someone using them as we arrived to cook. When we finally got on there was no space to prepare. It was all a little fraught. The temperature had also taken a tumble and eating in the camp kitchen was no longer a cosy affair. One saving grace on this colder evening has been our investment in a light on a flex which in our small two (wo)man tent also provides some heat ( 60 watt bulb ). We even managed to hook up our computer to the external power but forgot to ask for a password for free internet before the office shut ( damn blast ).We both woke up at around 1.30am in need of the loo.. what a wild night! We waited til the rain abated and ran for the toilet block. Phew! Just in time...literally as we got back into the tent it began to throw it down again!!We ended up with intermittent sleep as we listened to the howling rain and wind and worried about the tent staying put. Around 7.30 the rain stopped for 5 minutes and we managed to get the tent down. After breakfast we got hold of a password, and as I write this we're waiting to get a connection so that we can do a bit of skyping!! Fingers crossed. Have just seen the news about the oil spillage in Queensland... I (Linda) really wanted to see the sunshine coast and swim on the Great Barrier Reef, but it has really had more than it's fair share of problems since we arrived: first the floods, which left crocodiles attacking babies on the streets and now this dreadful oil problem.