It is time to find out if we can still do an overnight at our favourite beach spot Pinaroo Point. Since we were there last the new ‘beach club’ has been completed and is now open. My online research suggests that Friday night is not a good night for sleeping due to live music until midnight. We first want to try out a weeknight, just to see if it is still possible.

We have a backup plan, to go to the Whitfords Nodes car park which is a couple of beaches south, but still north of Hillarys Boat Harbour. It does have the advantage of having a lot more shade than the Pinaroo Point carpark.

Of course, these are unofficial camping areas, only possible through the tolerance of rangers and police who patrol at night, and the good behaviour by campers. Plus, it does not appear that the locals have complained, although the new beach club owners might have complained.

We plan to take advantage of the new beach club for dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow morning.

I’ve checked with the Quindanning Hotel for our overnight with M. and G. We’ve chosen a couple of possible dates (Sunday nights) and they do indeed have meals on Sunday evenings. We might need to do our own breakfasts as breakfast seems to only be available to people staying in rooms.

They leave the toilets and showers open 48hrs for campers and you can actually stay for two nights. The deal is that you at least have at least a drink at the pub, but all of the reviews are very positive about the food and overall hospitality. I will book us in when we know what the weather will be like for our first chosen weekend. If it’s very hot we will try for the second date a couple of weeks later.

I will bring the Ecoflow Delta Mini for M. to trial as a backup power source and the Starlink, which can be used for wifi calling as there doesn’t appear to be any phone signal in the town. M. will want to be available for her son if necessary.