Day 394 Freycinet NP Saturday 25th February 2012

Panorama 1

Panaorama 2

Silver Banksia flower

Hi Folks,
The story of the day was the weather. It touched the 37-38 degree mark here! The hottest day we have had in our time here by about 8 degrees and not before time. It is now 1030 and a tad over 22. The temperature was not a huge problem although it did curtail us walking up to Mount Amos. The wind was more of a problem lifting the awning and making a couple of poles fall. As mentioned before the rock hard ground here makes it impossible to stake so I have been using granite boulders, a large log and length of chain which have now been added to.
We said goodbye to our neighbours Gloria and Peter this morning as they winged their way down to Port Arthur.
Since we didn't walk we lounged. Susan did the washing, talked to the new neighbours, knocked up some nice food and read books. I investigated the mysteries of why the photo stitching has fallen off the rails. I read the manual (partially) for my new camera and found it has a couple of panorama functions plus some software on the disc. The results you see on the blog tonight are from my Wineglass Bay return visit this afternoon in the heat.
On my return Susan and I had a very pleasant swim on the beach here.
The showers here are $2 per 4 minutes. There are only 3 in the campground but there is never any problem getting one. The pay for time system works very well. The sites here are $16 per night which is pretty cheap for powered sites.
As for tomorrow not quite sure yet. If it is not too hot too early we will try Mount Amos. It is rated a hard walk with lots of warning signs which say "not recommended for red headed grandmothers with wonky knees" or words to that effect.
Fingers crossed for gentle winds else we might disappear into the sky like Mary Poppins.

night folks

Simon