Well yesterday was so hot, we travelled into Ceduna to pick up water as our tanks were empty and headed out to Haslem Beach which was about 70 ks further on, we could see the temp gauge in the car rising saying it was 42 as we reached Haslem !!! We found a reasonably shady spot and decided not to unhook the van while it was so hot, about another 8 campers here. The winds were strong coming from North and east so hot winds. We made sure we drank lots of water and just rested, Bentley started to get quite stressed in the heat and was panting and couldn't find a cool spot so we took him down to the beach. The beach here is very rocky and mounds of seaweed so it was a matter of finding the best way to the water, which was shallow as the tide was low, he enjoyed a swim and then of course had to roll in the seaweed, so we dumped him back in the water before heading back to camp and sat him on a chair in the shade, he sat there for quite a while. About 4pm the windy changed to South easterly and we got a cooler breeze coming in, we went to the happy hour with other campers, very friendly lot, a few from Perth who are heading to Melbourne and crossing on the ferry to Tasmania later this month.
We sat and enjoyed the cooler breeze and watched the storm clouds gather and then about 7pm the wind got very strong and it was a case of bringing in the awning and making sure nothing was lying around as it felt like we were going to get a storm come through, but it didn't happen,just wind. We hadn't had tea at this stage and our idea of cooking eggs and bacon outside was not going to happen we ended up with beans on toast in the van!!
I'm writing this at about 4am after having a good sleep and it's lovely and cool, think I might make a cup of tea, no idea what the weather will do today, hot, stormy, not sure
Bentley feeling cooler and relaxing after his swim
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