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We drove as far as Horrocks last night (a bit past Geraldton), and camped out on the red dirt next to the ocean. Beautiful spot, but we just missed out on surf - it swung onshore about 15 minutes before we got there. In the morning, sunrise was magic and the wind was easterly again (ie offshore), but not much in the way of swell.

Mud-bath anyone? Marty, this one’s for you for your comments on the shiny tyres when we left We decided to try a back road into Bremer Bay (west of Esperance) through the Fitzgerald River National Park after some rain. Unfortunately, the going got too heavy after this and we had to take the boring road in (if you look real close, you can see we’re doing this with the trailer and all - no choice really, but adds a lot of weight in the mud).

From Melbourne, we headed south past Geelong and on towards the Great Ocean Road. The Easter weekend was fast approaching, and we needed to find a spot to bunker down and wait for the crowds to disappear back to work and school. The Bells surf comp was on too, so that ruled out surfing Bells - and since the surf forecast was pretty dismal, chances were high that it would be moved to Johanna as well.

We ended up camped on the banks of the Aire River, just past Apollo Bay and round on the West side of the cape near the Otway National Park for the duration of the Easter madness. An awesome little spot, good fishing and all.

(And yes, the photo is a staged drive-past that we did on a day trip - notice that we’re not towing the trailer!)