We left Collie yesterday morning intending to head for a camp near Wanderer, but because of dire weather warnings we decided it would be safer for us to stop in a caravan park.
The local fire brigade is next to the Wanderer caravan park, so as night fell we parked in behind their large shed for the night to get some protection from the predicted Category 2 storm with 125km winds which was expected to hit at about 10pm. With warnings continually being broadcast on the television we were feeling quite anxious. This caravan park is council run and quite small with about 8 sites and Chris and I were the only ones here.
It is now 9.30am in the morning and thankfully the night passed without incident. Although it rained very heavy with strong wind gusts, the centre of the storm cell missed Wanderer and headed for Collie, so we were thankful that we had left Collie in the morning. I am waiting to see the 11am news on TV to see if there was any damage.
With another severe storm predicted for today we have decided to stay here for another night and sit out the weather. Depending on the forecast later on today we will either move on tomorrow or stay put until the weather improves.
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