Gismo Queen and her King

Down the road to Melton, where we had arranged to meet up with Peter and Sandra at aplace we have been to before with them and where I knew there was plenty of parking for the van. We enjoyed a really good lunch and plenty of laughs before we were back on the road, for another short drive to Little River.

A few weeks ago, I had been researching where to stay the night before our sailing (as we are on a day sailing tomorrow, so check in starts at 6am!). Most people choose the Showgrounds even though it's the wrong side of Geelong. But not for us - the Geelong Caravan and Camping Show is on there this weekend! I found a HipCamp on the right side of town wherebthe landowner had clearly decided to capitalise on the Spirit passengers and was renting out sites for $45, only 10 minutes from the terminal! However, for some reason he hasn't been doing that for the past year so that was no go. And nor were any of the caravan parks, as they were clearly booked out for the Camping Show. Looking further afield, I found this place. Only 25km from the terminal, $10 per night and there is no obligation to eat or drink at the pub - and we dont have to unhitch. As we were planning to catch up with friends who live south of Geelong, it did mean a bigger drive for them but they were keen anyway as the meals were reportedly very good.

It was very busy at the pub tonight so we coudn't get a table until 7:30pm but Garry and Leslie came up early, had a tour of the van and we were able to get early drinks at our table so we had a really good night catching up and the meals were indeed pretty good. Thankfully, the commute home for us was only 30 metres as we need to get to bed early ready for a super early departure!