The Rains Are Here!

After a very pleasant day on Wednesday, a night sitting out by the pig (fire), we were woken during the night by the gentle patter of rain on the roof.

Typical we thought, 2 days in and the rain find us. After a leisurely lie in, we went outside to discover torrents of water rushing all around us. Can’t last forever, can it?

Beautiful one day...

Absolute rubbish the next!

After gaining confidence that our sail and hoodie were not going to pool water, we decided to venture into Batemans Bay and have some lunch. A very nice café right on the boardwalk overlooking the bobbing yachts and out to the raging surf. After the salt & pepper squid and pizza, we headed home and listened to the weather forecast. We listened to news of the Princes Highway closed at Ulladulla, (just to the north) and forecasts indicating that the low pressure was headed our way and should stay a couple of days with increasing winds and possible thunderstorms.

Back at camp, we spoke to the Manager and asked his opinion of the local weather. He jumped online and confirmed our earlier advice. He told us the trees are checked annually for loose or dead branches and were done just 4 weeks ago. Then he told us that he talked some prospective campers out of staying there due to the wind and the rain!!!

The beautiful tall trees yesterday

We arrived back at our site, looked up at the 50 metre high trees swaying in the wind and decided to pull up camp and wait it out in a safer environment.

We were able to get into some cabins just up the Highway at Bawley Point (Interludes).  We are staying here for 2 nights and hopefully the weather will have cleared and we will decide on our next step.

With luck, we can put up the camper and try and dry it out along with our sails. The cabin is elevated and we might be able to take advantage of that.