Had a scary night last night. Parked on the foreshore at Port Lincoln with 90 to 100km gusts of wind is something I never want to experience again. The weather bureau put out severe weather alerts warning of extreme conditions and they were not wrong. The van was rocking so much I was worried it would blow over or I would lose some of the equipment on the roof. Needless to say I had a sleepless night and played games on my phone until about 5am in the morning to keep myself occupied.
After surfacing at about 8.30am and checking the van to make sure everything was okay I made my way to the place where my stove was going to be repaired, only to be told that they had booked me in for the wrong day and wouldn't be able to fix it until next week.
Feeling decidedly p........d off I decided to make my way to Coffin Bay and find somewhere to take shelter from the wind. Fortunately I have found a lovely little parking bay beside the water and I am now having my lunch and watching the oyster boats return to shore with their supply of oysters. There is no camping allowed here, so I will catch up on some sleep before I take off again later this afternoon and look for a spot to stay the night.
I will will have to wait now until I get to WA before my stove can be fixed. There is a service centre in Albany, so as I get closer I will ring ahead and arrange to have it seen to.
Good news from Chris today. She is finally on the road, so all being well it shouldn't be too long before we meet up.
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