Last night I got to Ocean Shores. It was quite a pleasant trip with a bit of rain to cool everything down. I went in to a few little towns along the way and then I stayed at a rest area called Yelgun - a busy little place. It is very well set up with a top parking area for big trucks and a lower area for smaller vehicles.
Where I parked were several covered areas and a couple of bbqs and a toilet area - unfortunately no showers. There were half a dozen campers there when I arrived and I parked between a woman from Adelaide and an almost-local couple returning from north Queensland. After dinner, the four of us got together for a cuppa. Later two young French women in their early twenties arrived and provided most of the excitment of the evening when they locked their keys in their van.
By the time we had decided that none of us could help, it was raining. We waited for the NRMA to arrive from Brunswick Heads. Apparently a Ford Transit van is quite difficult to get into and the mechanic, with six of us giving advice and holding torches, took more than half an hour to get the van open. At that stage we had become friends, sharing stories of our own disasters on the road. This all suited me well because it made for a late night (11pm) so it wasn't too much of a shock to my system. I was a bit concerned that travellers go to bed early and also leave early. That did happen, of course. there were twelve vans there last night and only three when I woke this morning.
I'm only planning to do two or three hours driving today. I guess I can't expect that every evening stop will be as interesting as last night so it will take things as they come.
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