We arrived in Geelong almost a week early for our crossing on the 'Spirit of Tasmania'(SoT) on the 11th Feb. The car was due for a service so I had previously booked it for 7th Feb way back before we left home.
We camped up at the Geelong Showgrounds which, at $30 a night, is a popular stopover spot close to the port for potential Tasmania travelers.
We did some day touring to the southwest so we could complete the section of Great Ocean Road we hadn't covered during our stay at Port Campbell.
We visited Torquay, Anglesea, Lorne, Bells Beach, Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff.
These are a few images from the day...
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Bells Beach
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| Paragliders on Bells Beach | | |
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The Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery is a temptation...
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| Point Lonsdale Lighthouse |
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Point Lonsdale Pier
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| Point Lonsdale Pier |
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Queenscliff South Pier
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Fort Queenscliff Museum
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Queenscliff - Lathanstowe
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Split Point
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| Split Point |
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| Split Point |
That was Friday...
Then on Saturday, this happened...
A day out from boarding the SoT, I came down with what first appeared as a bit of a stomach cramp and within 20 minutes, the pain was unbearable. Called 000 and was soon in transit to Geelong hospital. After a couple of hours in the ED, it became evident, we weren't going to be sailing to Tasmania the next day as planned because they were talking about scans and subsequent surgery.
We jumped on line and changed out transit to 26th Feb. As it turned out, we were fortunate to be able to jag a postponement booking so soon.
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Geelong Showgrounds site
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So here we are - post surgery - one gallbladder lighter and a couple of weeks to recuperate before we head on. We tried to postpone our return transit to match but unfortunately, because we've already postponed our booking so much in the past, our booking has expired so we couldn't extend it any further. So out of all that, we'll end up 2 weeks shorter duration in Tassie than we originally intended.
GPS: 38°10'11.73" S 144°22'35.05" E
