Lets take the scenic route...

Wednesday 23rd January 2019

Today we got up, packed up and headed towards home!

As it was a 10am check out AND we were all not really wanting our time away together to come to an end, we decided to take the long way home.  The scenic route, if you will!

From Stawell we travelled to Lake Bolac.

Whilst not free, you can camp here for $15.00 per night.  It has amenities and you can swim in the designated beaches, which are right near the camp spot.  When we drove through, there were only two lots of campers there.  Oh it also had phone reception.  Definitely a place we will be coming back to!

From Lake Bolac, we went to Mortlake. 

The kids got to release some energy on the Skate Park, I went for a little walk (admittedly, only to find a toilet) and Mark sat back and stretched his legs.

From Mortlake we went to check out Lake Colac.

Pa (Uncle Geoff) had told us about a free camping spot on the Lake and so we went to have a look. It was jam packed with caravans and tents and sadly you couldn't swim due to low water quality. The boys were interested in the endangered Water Skink, so it is somewhere that we will come back to...just not in peak season, or when its hot!

From Lake Colac to Lorne.

Whilst Mark is more of a river man (he doesn't like the sand much) he had fun exploring the rocks for sea creatures. 

The boys paddled their feet and left their marks in the sand!

 

I loved that from where we were, I could see the Airey's Inlet lighthouse.  It's where we scattered Dad's ashes and so I felt a deep connection occur, one where I found me again!

From Lorne to Torquay (with a few detours along the way).

We stopped off at the Cosy Corner, where clothes and all, I went for a dip LOL!

So, when we decided it was time to hit the road and head towards home we jumped back in the car, went to start her up AND she wouldn't start!  The immobisler on the car had decided to turn itself on AND our key wouldn't work to turn it off!  RACV to the rescue!  30 minutes later the RACV guy arrived!  We explained what the problem was, give him the keys and off he went to check it out!  It bloody started...first go, just like that!  OMG so bloody embarrassing!  The RACV bloke found it quite amusing and we all had a good laugh about it too!

Something that I believe in wholeheartedly, is that things happen for a reason.  We may not know at the time what they are, but you just have to allow it to be what is it!  For me, it was that we got to relax and enjoy the beach atmosphere for longer.  And a bonus was that there were people there drumming, so grounding!

Anyway, we eventually made it home, unpacked the car, packed everything away, put on a load of washing and then all settled down to just relax and enjoy the feeling of being home!

As much as we love going away and always wish the holiday didn't have to come to an end, being home again feels nice too!