WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY     TORQUAY

Woke to a very pleasant, sunny morning, but with a rising wind.

John went and bought the Geelong Advertiser paper and looked up all the bowls listed. He rang up and got a game at the Eastern Beach club, in the afternoon, so he had to drive into Geelong for that.

I wrote letters to a friend and to K, recounting our travels to date. I had planned to walk to the PO to mail these, but it had become so windy that I was reluctant to leave the awning  and van. I really wondered how well they would stand up, and whether flying debris would do damage. It didn’t feel safe to be out and about, anyway – real fire weather. There was a fire near Colac, which was contained later in the day.

I ended up reading for much of the afternoon. Walked to the post box outside the park and posted my two letters.

John returned from bowls not very happy – the wind had made it very difficult to bowl consistently.

A couple with a big van, parked near us, came and asked about the Trakmaster and we showed them over the van. They are looking to change to an off roader. He said we’d get ours as far as Weipa, on Cape York, easily.

The wind dropped a bit, later in the day.

Tea was tomato and mushroom risotto.