Day 8 - R&R

Another late start, good hot showers but on a 3 minute timer with a 5 min wait in between each if you needed another 3 minutes, thank god it wasn’t a cold day!!!

Dad had a chat to a german cyclist who was staying here also and found out that one of the ferries had some problems and wasn’t running so we decided to head in to Pennishaw to check things out. Took a quick detour into Baudin Beach on the way, but not much to see there- a small car park with loo’s and a little jetty,  but  no swimming allowed!!

Luckily our ferry booking was still ok, so we had a bit of a look around the town, another trip to the marina to dump our loo waste (only place we could find to do it on the WHOLE island!!!!)and a quick trip to the supermarket for some more supplies.

 Then along the beach to Frenchman’s Rock for morning tea, where we spotted a few dolphins swimming offshore. Got a new globe for a blown break light and looked for some fresh water to top up our supplies, also a bit of a problem here as many of the camping grounds only had untreated rainwater in tanks with sign’s up saying not to drink it. Lunch was spent beach side near the penguin centre, and after a short nap decided to make our way back to Brown’s Beach for our final night on the island.