Tori and I are up at a sparrow's this morning. She has a scholarship exam to sit in a place called Melton which is about 90km from here. This is the main reason we have hung around the area for a few days, that, and we didn't want to go on the Great Ocean Road on the weekend, as everyone says it is chaos. Anyway, the exam she is sitting is for St Mary's, it is produced by ACER and is the test used by all schools giving out scholarships. The whole country sits it on the same day and the same time, so I managed to find one that I thought we might be close to. I had know idea how long the drive would take, back up through Geelong, as it turned out we arrived with plenty of time. Tori was really nervous, more about not knowing anyone, than the exam I think!!! but she was fine and very quickly met some new people. All the parents were ushered out the door so I had to kill a couple of hours at the local shopping centre, oh the serenity!!!!
In the meantime, back at the van, Shannae, Cody and Glen had a very nice sleep in. They then headed for the beach which was in walking distance, just as well, as they don't have a car. The beach is a great little surfing beach. Every man, woman and child is down there, each with there own board. We intentionally left the kids boards at home as two are up for renewal, plus we had a number of flights to catch, so we thought we could just get them over here if there was a need.
Anyway, by the time Tori and I get home it is nearly 3pm and reaches a maximum of 41C. We are totally in shock. We have barely experienced temperatures over 25 for the last 6 weeks, so we all wilt in the van for the remainder of the afternoon. Daylight savings doesn't help. At 7pm we venture out and play cricket with our aspiring "Michael Clarke" who is busting to get rid of some of his energy!! It is a short couple of innings!!! We don't start the barbi up until 8pm tonight, we are thoroughly enjoying being back in our caravaning routine and it is nice to stay in the one spot for a few days in a row.
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