Thursday. A week since we’d arrived in Oz.
We awoke at 6, give or take, and I pulled on some clothes and rushed out and across the road to get some pictures of the dawn. I’m not sure that my 360 panoramic effort is going to turn out, but dawn over the marina was pretty nonetheless.
It was quite cold (probably single digits Celsius) and I hurried back in to get warm and entertain mini-Elbeno while Mrs Elbeno, the mad woman, went out for a run. After she got back, we found a cafe for breakfast, checked out and were on the road again at about 10 am. The drive to Melbourne now was plain by comparison with the earlier driving down the coast, since the road veered more inland and tended to be more straight highway. We stopped at a rest area to briefly placate the small bloke, then again for a late lunch in Pakenham.
Getting to Melbourne was easy, but once again Google Maps proved less than useful at directions in actually getting off the highway, and we ended up on a toll section. Mrs Elbeno coped with alternative directions though and soon we had arrived at Board Acres, home of Ben, Em, Leo and Angharad, which was to be our home for the next 6 days. Em welcomed us warmly and we all popped down to the local park to give the kids a chance to let off steam.
Later that evening we caught up with Ben too (after work) and were able to properly relax after all that time on the road. Lovely.