Tuesday 19th Feb Peterborough to Warrnambool

Although the campsite yesterday was fantastic we did not get a fantastic sleep. Late on a car arrived and despite an almost empty field they decided to camp within feet of our tent. So we had all the noise of them erecting their tent and making a meal. Then there were two tents with a couple in each so they spent the early hours having a conversation by shouting from one tent to the other. We eventually asked them to shut up and they did at once. I think they were just thoughtless regarding how far your voice carries in a camping situation.
We went to bed and lay naked on top of the sleeping bags but it still felt like an oven even with the door fully open and just the fly screen zipped. The weather was changing however and at about twelve we had a big thunder storm. By the next morning I was fully wrapped in my sleeping bag. The temperature had dropped from 39C yesterday to a high of 21C today . An amazing 18 degrees drop from one day to another. So we could cycle with ease today, it was just like being at home.
We went past an area called Bay of Islands so more coastal features . As we looked from one of the viewpoints I heard something hit the decking but could see nothing. As we got on our bikes just minutes later Catherine worked out that her loose lens in her glasses was missing. We ran back and found it on the viewpoint decking. Twenty people must have walked over the viewpoint but nobody had stepped on the lens. Today we will get to the end of the coastal road at Warrnambool. We were near to the coast for most of the route today. We managed a lovely stop at the cheese factory and had a tasting session and then enjoyed a refreshing milkshake and ploughmans lunch before continuing on. At Warrnambool we found a Specsavers which is the place that Catherine got her glasses from in the UK. So she popped in and within minutes they were repaired and cleaned free of charge - another little problem sorted.
Camping in Warrnambool tonight at the very start of a rail trail that goes 37K to our next stop at Port Fairy. It should mean that we are at Port Fairy early which is good because it looks like a nice seaside town which is worth a look around.
The forecast is for temperatures to rise again and hit low thirties at the weekend but the winds should be with us until Monday.