Down Days, Grey Nomads, backpackers

 We’ve had a couple of “down days” this week.  The rhythm has been one busy, one rest day.  With some still sick (and now I am getting a cough), we’ve had to slow the pace.  By doing that, we’ve actually gotten to know a couple of people here in the caravan park.

There’s the German backpacker who has been working up the road at a melon farm for the past three months to get his second year visa.  He’s 19 and lots of fun. The boys enjoy catching up with him each evening and he usually brings offerings - watermelon, honeydew and today, pumpkin!  There’s a retired couple that have been on the road for 18 months and now have been joined by their friends, just recently retired. We’ve had some nice chats with them and they seek out company by coming to the camp kitchen each evening. One of the men played for Collingwood for 4 years so Stephen has been enjoying the feast of sporting conversation.  We’ve had AFL, cricket, State of Origin, and more cricket on the TV at the kitchen and will have the Man U game plus maybe some more AFL when we return here...but I am getting ahead of myself...

Just before we arrived here, a whole stack of  French backpackers (30 odd) were evicted from the park for causing disturbances.  They also left the other camp kitchen in a pigsty. We are certainly glad we got here after that!

Today’s “down day” was a one hour trip to Wyndham-  I’ll write about that later as I want to get this up.  I also have pics I want to put up for that entry. Tomorrow, we are off to the Bungle Bungles so I might be off line for a bit.