meander

after restocking at parndana we headed 22km back up the highway we'd come along on tuesday and then another 19km on dirt roads to the northern coast of the island. the last 8km section of road said it was not suitable for caravans which sounded good to us as it would filter out most of the other tourists. the scenery was quite different to the other parts of the island we'd explored up until this point, with rolling hills and steep valleys with large trees.

the approach to the camping spot descended from the 200m high escarpment via a very steep road which was a bit worrying as we'd have to ride back up it the next day!

the camping/picnic spot was awesome. it overlooked the river just upstream of the beach which was nestled in between two high rocky cliffs. we jumped straight into the water and all had a quick swim in the chilly water before making lunch and relaxing for the remainder of the afternoon. a few people dropped by to go for a swim or fish, but we had the place to ourselves from dusk.

as we were setting kai up in bed we noticed a couple of bold bushy tailed possums hanging around. at flinders chase the possums had proved they could undo both clips on the ortlieb panniers so here we decided to put them inside the tent. at 5:30am helen woke to find a mouse running over her face. we'd foiled the possums (who we heard running around all night) only to have the mice chew their way into the tent (via two layers of cloth). so we ejected the mouse, taped up the tent and moved the bags outside but nobody got much sleep after that.