After a relaxed evening in Lakes Entrance we woke the next morning and were hoping for some sunshine. It looked quite good whilst we were having breakfast but as soon as we left the hotel we were surrounded by big grey clouds – another rainy day. We still went to the beach to check it out and crazy Em and Bengt even went for a quick dip in the water, just because. Marie and I gladly refused. We all decided to drive on though as the weather did not seem to get any better. Another day in the road through Australian eucalyp forest began. And it rained and rained.. We decided to have lunch in Mallacoota and were lucky – the weather had at last decided to stop punishing us with raindrops. Em and I made friends with the local pelicans and in true Finding Nemo manner we called them all Nigel. After lunch we headed on, hoping to escape the rain clouds once we would reach Merimbula. On our way there my phone decided to connect with the outside world again as well and a text message was waiting for me… Mick got a bit restless and didn’t want to wait until the day after to get me (original plan was to meet up and hand me over in Bega) so he set off during the afternoon to see us already in Merimbula! We went out for dinner that night, lovely little town that was Merimbula, but I could hardly eat, I was so excited. After 4,5 months.. He joined us just in time for dinner and we had a lovely evening. After dinner we went to get my bags – the family would continue towards Sydney and we would head off with final destination Perth.. Time to say goodbye! It was a bit weird to not know when we’d see each other again (at least Marie and Bengt, Em and I would see each other in Melbourne again in a couple of weeks time) but a short while later Mick and I were on our way to Canberra where we arrived late that night between the 19th and the 20th of December.
(Somewhere between Merimbula and Canberra, 19th December 2010, late at night)
