Because we had to grapple with insurance people, we drove into Streaky Bay to send emails and make telephone calls.
Streaky Bay has a main street with shops going down to the bay, which has a long jetty, at the end of which, two yachts were moored. On the sea front there is a hotel with a drinking area looking out over the bay, and rooms with verandas along the first floor with great views. The bay is very sheltered with a small beach, so there was little wind. The town and its hotel seemed a really beautiful and serene place to stay for the night. Ah Well.
For us camping folk we were most excited to see that it had two IGA supermarkets (usually one is a bonus), and even better, a Mitre 10 hardware store.
There I found a camping shower pump which runs off the battery of a car. I had been wanting to buy one. Now we could fill a bucket with the solar heated water, and then it could be pumped out so that we were no longer crouching under the smallest shower nozzle, but could stand, with proper pumped water splashing down on us. Believe me, pretty exciting stuff! After much deliberation and wandering around Mitre 10 for inspiration, we decided to buy a piece of plastic piping and put a stopper on one end to make into the water container. This would mean the least amount of water would be wasted when it got towards the bottom of the container, as the pump must be fully immersed at all times so a narrow container would be much better than a wide bucket.
We rushed back to heat water in our solar shower (see previous blog about showers…) then transferred the hot water into the upstanding plastic pipe. It was a showering revolution! Hot water splashed out, rather than the dribble we had had before. The temptation was to stay in too long, but with Darren generously saying taking as long as you like, I kept a firm eye on the level of water in the pipe, so I didn’t hog it all – though boy, did I want to.
Streaky Bay has a main street with shops going down to the bay, which has a long jetty, at the end of which, two yachts were moored. On the sea front there is a hotel with a drinking area looking out over the bay, and rooms with verandas along the first floor with great views. The bay is very sheltered with a small beach, so there was little wind. The town and its hotel seemed a really beautiful and serene place to stay for the night. Ah Well.
For us camping folk we were most excited to see that it had two IGA supermarkets (usually one is a bonus), and even better, a Mitre 10 hardware store.
There I found a camping shower pump which runs off the battery of a car. I had been wanting to buy one. Now we could fill a bucket with the solar heated water, and then it could be pumped out so that we were no longer crouching under the smallest shower nozzle, but could stand, with proper pumped water splashing down on us. Believe me, pretty exciting stuff! After much deliberation and wandering around Mitre 10 for inspiration, we decided to buy a piece of plastic piping and put a stopper on one end to make into the water container. This would mean the least amount of water would be wasted when it got towards the bottom of the container, as the pump must be fully immersed at all times so a narrow container would be much better than a wide bucket.
We rushed back to heat water in our solar shower (see previous blog about showers…) then transferred the hot water into the upstanding plastic pipe. It was a showering revolution! Hot water splashed out, rather than the dribble we had had before. The temptation was to stay in too long, but with Darren generously saying taking as long as you like, I kept a firm eye on the level of water in the pipe, so I didn’t hog it all – though boy, did I want to.
I like this episode - needs a sketch of the shower apparatus ... pity you don't have the cartoonist with you.
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