Sunday 12th March – Heading back to the coast

We made the effort to get moving before check-out time this morning.  But forgot that the clocks were going forward overnight, so the time we gained was instantly lost and we left at 11am in any case!

Today we had a long drive back towards the Pacific Coast but made a couple of detours.  It was two hours west to the town of Newman (right) where we also topped up on groceries and stopped for lunch.  Simon was doing some planning today so before you knew it we were booked in for a second attempt at whale watching tomorrow and nearly booked in for some horse riding, but we were too late for the riding sadly.


But we made more ground to Leguna Seca track, also known as the Mazda raceway (left).  There were some motorbikes going around the track.  We made our way to the corkscrew turn, during which the course drops the equivalent of three storeys in only two corners.  Luckily, along with the race track there was plenty of amazing bird life around to keep Becky and I enthralled.

The bottom of the corkscrew

An overview of the course

The pit lane at Laguna Seca

We managed to do our usual trick at a race track and get behind the scenes into the pit lane before making our way to the camp site adjacent to Laguna Seca.  Well, Simon did good.  This has to be one of the best views we have had from a camping spot. 

We weren’t sure what to do for dinner but for some reason the freezer had malfunctioned and everything was defrosting.  Luckily, the only meat left in the freezer was chicken – so…. Chicken it was for dinner!  The Barbecue went on, as well as a fire and we enjoyed the panoramic views over chicken and chips until the sun was setting and it got a little too fresh.  Then we moved the party, otherwise known as scrabble, inside!