Australia: Day 9, Christmas Day
After a night of storms, and being in and out of sleep, I wasn’t thrilled about waking up to rain. Driving on the other side of the road had gotten easier, but I really didn’t want either of us to have to drive in the rain.
Around 8:30 am I woke up, and thankfully the rain had ceased and the sky was a brilliant blue – such a beautiful sight! I enjoyed some more of my favorite cereal and went to get ready while Josh slept. I washed dishes and swept out the van while Josh was getting ready – so we had everything in place to hit the road. We had a four hour drive, and it was Christmas, so we wanted to get going in the event there was any kind of holiday traffic – plus, checkout was 11 am.
Once Josh returned, we were on our way to Lakes Entrance!
Two hours into the drive, we stopped to get petrol, and while we were in the servo (petrol station), picked up some burgers and Christmas crackers. I’d looked for the good ones at previous stops, but hadn’t found any (well, the ones at Target in Adelaide were 10 to a pack and more than I wanted to pay!).
In Lakes Entrance, we made our way to Sunnyside Caravan Park and checked in with Ron. An interesting fact that he gave us in our conversation that was during the majority of the year, the population is 5,000 people. During the week of Boxing Day, the population hits 35,000! I was glad we made our reservation early! The powered site that we had reserved was a little difficult to navigate through, so I made Josh drive the van! 🙂 We made lunch (ham sandwiches) and programmed the TV to relax.
We opened the Christmas crackers and told each other the cheesy jokes found within. After going through them, I wished I would have purchased the ones in Adelaide – at least they had treats inside too! Oh well, maybe next time. I just wanted to have a go with the crackers, to experience the tradition with Josh.
With our hats from our Chrissy crackers!
A lazy afternoon followed because we were pretty tired from driving. For dinner, we grilled the burgers we’d picked up at the servo, had dinner, washed the dishes and went back to the van. Since it was Christmas Day, there were several holiday programs on, so we watched Eloise at Christmastime and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (which Josh was really excited to see).
There were more thunderstorms throughout the evening and into the night, but nothing nearly as bad as what we experienced during the night at Kilcunda!
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