Thursday 21st Nov How bizarre. After that 40+ deg day we went to bed and listened to the wind howling through the olive trees and felt it rock the van at times. It was a hot blast too, no relief until early morning. It had dropped back to about 14 deg C by the time we were rising. We pulled on the fleecies again as we packed up and moved on. Normanville was once the area's main port but most of the original jetty has been washed away. The white sandy beach stretches for more than 7kms, and the caravan park we are camping in, sits just behind the heritage listed sand dunes. Right now hooded plovers are nesting there. The park sits on either side of the Bungala River and plenty of birds are enjoying the surrounds. We went for a walk along the beach to the jetty and beach cafe at the Surf Club. Looking at the state of the sea today I would think the members here get as little experience of surf as those at Darwin Surf Club but Glenn assured me that when there is a southerly