North of Port Julia to 6km north of Port Vincent

It was a good beach camp, high tide was several metres away. However when I got up at 6am it was very windy. It was a northerly wind, expected to last a few hours, so I thought I would quickly get down to Port Vincent.

I launched a bit before 8:30am, and as soon as I got around the headland I hit a strong southerly wind. So much for the weather forecast. It was so strong that I was getting nowhere, so I pulled into the beach for a while. The wind moderated a bit so I paddled to Port Julia. When I got close I could see a rainwater tank connected to a building near the jetty so I took four water bottles with me to investigate. No luck, no tap. So I walked down the other end of the jetty car park towards some houses. The first two were deserted, but on the third largest one I could see a lady sitting on the balcony and I called out to her. After telling her I was  sea kayaking down the coast she said I could fill up my 4 bottles. I thanked her and my water problem was solved for another day.

I then paddled south against the strong wind, going pretty slowly. It rained on me for a period. At Sheoak Flat I had to detour a long way out to get past the shallows. I really wanted to stop, the wind was unrelenting. A couple of km south of Sheoak flat I spied a little bit on sand under the cliff. It looked ok that I could ride out high tide the next morning. So I unloaded everything and set up camp around 3pm. I did a total of 10km, another poor effort!. I am having some doubts whether I am high enough up where I am camped, but I will find out tomorrow morning at 6am.

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