We had been told such horrifying stories on how this road had 1st gear corners and switchbacks and was so narrow etc etc etc. Just goes to show you can never totally believe another's experiences. It was indeed a steep climb and interesting drive as we climbed through the clouds but we arrived in St Marys without mishap. The town had obviously seen better days but we arrived on a Sunday of a long weekend so most of the population had probably left. We decided to move on to St Helens and this was down the St Marys pass on a road originally constructed by the convicts and once again made for a slow cautious decent but arrived at St Helens under threatening skies. We were directed to the local recreation ground to camp and joined quite a few visiting and local CMCA members there for an enjoyable night.
Monday morning (public holiday) dawned raining so we decided to stay put and enjoy each others company. It rained so much I had to relocate the bus from it waterfront views to slightly higher ground. We also had the benefit of being able to plug into power for the day which was fortunate as the solar panels were certainly not seeing any solar. I spent some of the day installing camping site POI into other peoples GPSs and explaining the benefits of the club's GeoWiki
Tuesday morning dawned clear and the high water mark had receded somewhat and we packed to hit the road. We had to go into the town to restock the pantry and decide to travel alone. It can be a pain travelling in company all the time and one needs to get some space around one self every now an again. We had a lovely day exploring, found the "store in the bush" and spent some money, then detoured to a waterfall but declined the hour and half walk to see it and also made a little side tack to see the carved trees which were magnificent. (will post photos later) This work of art done with a chainsaw is a memorial to our fallen on WW1.
Tonight we are in camp at Scottsdale in a very crowded camp on the edge of town, Allan and Maureen caught up with us later in the day and turn up with Ray and Julia in tow. It's amazing who you run into in your travels. I have the Coaster booked in tomorrow for an oil change so will have to be up early. Forgot to mention Allan had another accident/incident last night, while lying in bed his glass top on his stove just exploded showering glass like a broken windscreen all around the motorhome but fortunately no injuries. I'm starting to think he is dangerous to travel with, hope his bad luck doesn't start rubbing off on us.
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