Melbourne and Eumeralla Scout Camp

Up at 8 this morning to go back into Melbourne to meet up with Tess from the Vietnam Tour. I parked the car in the Retail Park nest to the Camp Site and took the bus back into town. On the way I noticed that there was a Regional Scout Office on the Retail Park and made a mental note to call in on the way out of Melbourne to find a Scout Camp.
I met up with Tess at Federation Square in the centre of Melbourne and we made our way down a series of streets and then alleys to what looked like a dead end back street, at the end was a small doorway which led into a small corridor and then up some stair to a tiny funky little restaurant/bar. It was called Bella Sister (or Sister Bella?) and a strange place that seemed to have organically grown with odd paintings on the walls and obscure phrases written on them and the walls. The seating consisted of tight bench seats and tables like you would get in a caravan or low cushioned stools and tables. The bar was wedged into one corner of the floor area. I assume the kitchen was on the ground floor and the whole place cannot have been much bigger than my house back home. We went our separate ways around 1pm, Tess had to meet another friend in town and I had to get back to the car before the 4 hour time limit was up. It was great to meet up and reminisce about a trip that strangely seemed ages ago but was less than a month ago. Back at the retail park I called in at the Scout office and got the address of a Scout Camp Site down on the Great Ocean Road at Anglesea. So armed with the address I headed off down the motorway towards the coast stopping at the main Tourist Info office on the way to pick up a load of maps and guides to the area. The road into Anglesea (which is a town here, not and Island!) dropped down to a two lane road and I was happily trundleing along when a huge sign announced the Scout Camp entrance was 200m on the left, stamping on the brakes I just made the turn (much to the annoyance of the guy with the caravan behind me I think!) The camp office was down a long gravel road which ran into a bush area for about ? mile. Luckily the camp was just open having been closed for the summer holidays?!? I produced my international knecker and Appointment card and that was enough to get me in. There ware only two other groups on the site but they were from Schools and were staying in the buildings lower down the site. The warden directed me up to the top of the site and said 'just find a patch in the bush at the top' He wasn't wrong the area was just grit sand and low eucalyptus bushes but I found a nice flat piece next to a camp fire area, however with the current fire ban no fires to be had. I had wander round the site after setting up the tent and suddenly spotted my first kangaroo grazing on the grass lower down the site I had my camera with my and managed to get fairly close to it and noticed there were actually 2 but the light was fading fast and it was quite had to get a good shot of them. Well at least I have actually seen one for real now! Back in the tent I settled down for the night, It was pitch black and totally silent... apart from the sound of the sea breaking on the shore close to the site, the loud crickets, the occasional squawking of a bird, 3 mozzies that had managed to get into my tent and something scratching round the outside. The other thing that was bothering me was my neck was getting really achy now and the spot on the back was getting bigger, a visit to the Doc's tomorrow I think.