Rain, Rain go away

As I write this we have come to the end of our 9^th consecutive day of rain. Hearing the news today of floods and fires elsewhere in the country I am not going to complain too bitterly about it, but it would be nice if it would come to an end. Although the forecast doesn’t look too good on that score, with showers tomorrow, and then possible thunderstorms for the 2 days after that. Its not that we mind the rain too much, but we just run out of things to do. Trips into town, the odd DVD, coffee shops, they take up a bit of the time, but we look forward to getting back to the beach. The camper holds up pretty well in the wet. Stuff in the annex gets damp, but then we don’t put all the walls up so that is to be expected. We have a leak with water getting into the storage area where Tracy’s clothes are kept. So half of them have gotten wet a few times… good thing she brought the odd spare piece of clothing with her, hey Trace. But we think we have figured out where that is getting in and a bit of silicon should do the job.

 

We are currently in Marramarang Nation Park, about 20 minutes north of Bateman’s Bay. It’s a very nice camp ground, with a few cabins, a dozen or so powered sites (which we are on) and stack of kangaroos, lorikeets and rosellas. The possums are just as bad here, but we are getting better and making sure there is less to attract them and keep them around the campsite. We have had the birds flock around a few times, even eating out of our hands. Ky had a rosella land on his should yesterday, crawl down his arm and steal a piece of muesli bar out of his hand. He did very well in keeping calm.

 

Actually Ky had quite an exciting day yesterday, or was at least the cause of much excitement for us. In the afternoon yesterday we went into Batemans Bay for some shopping and stayed in for a meal at the local country club. During the meal, just as we decided to think about dessert, Tracy noticed a black spot at the base of Ky’s neck, which we deduced was a tick. We haven’t had any experience with these before but knew they had to be dealt with. We assumed it was just the head stuck in there, and weren’t too keen to go poking around ourselves, so we took a trip to the Emergency Department of Batemans Bay General Hospital. The nurse took one look, reached in and plucked the little sucker out. Actually it wasn’t little at all, and it was still whole, with claws and all. Ky did really well, didn’t flinch hardly. Quite a bit of excitement to end off the day. They ended up a little late in bed last night, and then rewarded us by sleeping into 9am this morning… aaaah.

 

I am coming back to this post now after a few days break. And lo and behold we have actually had some days without rain. To be honest, the day after I wrote the above complaints (Thursday) was an absolutely stunning day. Warm, sunny. So we hit the beach in the morning, and spent a fair bit of time exploring some of the rock pools that were to one side of the beach. Although they didn’t contain much by the way of marine life, the kids were fascinated – probably their first rock pool experience. And so apart from Kezia nearly drowning in the surf, the day basically lazed itself away.

 

We are currently staying in Batemans Bay in the Hanging Rock Motel, courtesy of LG. (Long story, and no explanation will be given at this point) We arrived here yesterday and will leave tomorrow. It’s actually a very pleasant town, a very ‘livable’ town according to us. We went out for a meal at the country club again last night, and the boys enjoyed the kids club on offer for a couple of hours. This morning we drove 20 minutes down the coast to Moruya, and the Saturday markets where we explored for a couple of hours and loaded up on vegetables for the next few days. As I write the kids are enjoying and afternoon sleep, or more to the point, we are enjoying a kid’s afternoon sleep.

 

Tomorrow we travel 80km south to Mystery Bay, and from there, at the end of the week, to Gillard’s Beach, both fairly rustic, facility sparse National Park campgrounds. But others we have talked to have raved about them so it should be fun.

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