Week Three Day Fifteen

Fishing at Nelson


The Arches

12 Apostles

It has been fantastic today, we have done so much and seen some wonderful views. The "Flash Packers" we stayed in last night was great. We decided to get up early so (horrors) we set the alarm! We where at the 12 Apostles site at 7.15 this morning, and Oh My what a site. It was brilliant. It is awe inspiring to think that the ocean has been eroding away the land to leave these pillars of majestic stone.

From there we headed to the "Arches" and "London Bridge" again rock formations where the sea has eroded away the centre.

We decided that we must not stop anymore as we will never reach "Robe" our next stop. Guess what? We never did reach Robe. We are still about 180km's away. We had to stop at the "Bay of Martyrs". We actually turned around and went back to the viewing platform. We stopped off at Yambuk for a look see, and Hope went down a very long slide....... With all these stops we decided to hunt for another free camp site. so to Portland information we went. They gave us a map with all the free camping in the area. We started at Dartmoor, did not like the site but found some interesting wooden carvings. We then ended up getting lost in the forest, so we headed for "Nelson". What alovely spot.... Where the river meets the ocean.

We set up camp, rigged the fishing lines, walked 50 yards and hey presto we where fishing. It was great fun even though we ended up with "snags" (sausages) for tea.

The blog is going to be short tonight as we have no electric hookup. So enjoy.......