Day 17 – The long drive

Gonubie, Gonubie Caravan Park

Today we had a destination in mind – a place called Gonubie, close to East London. The owner of the caravan park at Shelly Beach had told us that there were no caravan parks before that – which meant a long drive, and therefore an early start. She also told us we we were not to stop enroute, so we locked our doors and drove through very busy black towns until we finally arrived at Gonubie.

On arrival at Gonubie we found a secluded spot at the local caravan park very close to the beach, before settling down for the evening.

As this was such a big driving day, K was able to refine her observations on South African driving:

1. Please move to Australia or we are going to move here – the driving over here is so much better than back home.
2. Everyone moves to the left immediately after overtaking and then thanks the person by flashing their hazard lights twice.
3. If you drive a slow vehicle they all pull as far to the left as they can to give you the best possible chance of overtaking.
4. No one hinders anyone else, the courtesy is amazing.