Bingil Bay - Day 147, 02/09/2016

During the night we had some heavy rain and just after midnight Anna woke me up as a large branch fell out of a tree right behind our camper. We were very lucky for it not to flatten the awning.  The morning was a little overcast with a few passing showers but it soon became fine which allowed the kids to continue building their cubby and to play in the playground and on the beach.

Whilst Anna was busy making more scones in the Ecopot we had a group of sky divers land on the beach in front of camp which was very cool. Just before lunch we took a short drive down to Mission Beach and had a look around, its nice here but a fair bit busier than Bingil Bay and I'm glad we are staying where we are. Anna cooked up some delicious pizza's for lunch and we then chilled in camp for the rest of the afternoon, we read our books and the kids amused themselves running wild on the beach and playing their elaborate games.

I really don't want to come home as its wonderful seeing the kids enjoying being outside so much away from all the electronic distractions we have at home. We are having a great time camped here and we are all glad that we changed our travel plans to include a couple of weeks along this coastline.

Distance Traveled = 21 km
Total distance traveled with camper = 37,420 km 
Total number of nights in the camper = 279


































































































































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