Day 126 - Stanley, 31st October 2025

It was a cold night without power and I woke up feeling terrible. What I thought was an allergy has become a full on head cold!! We packed up as it started to rain and headed off on our way to Stanley.

Rach and Shaun and us went separate routes as we were planning to look at a car in Yollla but it didn’t eventuate.  The road was windy but a beautiful, albeit slow, drive. 

We arrived in Strahan and set up in the recreation ground. It is right on the beach and for $15 a night with water available, you can’t go wrong, 

We  went in to town to have a look around. Stanley would have to be one of the prettiest little towns I have ever seen.

It is surrounded by water,

and has beautiful, historic buildings all over town.

The red phone box is where the first call to the mainland was made from.

To top it off, Stanley has The Nut, a large, flat-topped, volcanic plug that rises 143 metres above sea level.

We enjoyed a coffee at Marley’s cafe with a view of the ocean and then headed back to the vans. We popped down to the golf club for a drink (not me) before having dinner and then rugged and headed down to Godfrey’s Beach to see the penguins. 

Here’s a sign you don’t see every day!

We walked along the boardwalk to the viewing platform to wait for the fairy penguins to come in.

Despite the drizzle earlier today, the sun tried to make an appearance and the colours in the sky were spectacular.

As darkness came, we could make out the little penguins clambering up on to the rocks. There were hundreds of them. It was a very cool experience to watch them from up so close.