out of curiosity...how'd that work with the barges, did you just need to line up at the ramp and wait for one to get you off the island?
We were told late in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve that we need to be off Main Beach camping area by 4pm on New Year ’s Day. We were also told to ring the barge and book a time which we did and we were given a 4.30pm barge home.
Seeing the exit off the beaches were already soft and chewed up and also unsure if Middle road was open, we left camp early as we were expecting Dunwich to be a dogs breakfast. Turns out everything went well and got into Dunwich about 1pm. Mind you going up middle road there were small fires just meters from both sides of the road, but felt safe due to the number for fire brigade & SES cars around. We signed ourselves out at the community hall and it was then the SES told us the barges aren’t honouring booking and first in first serve, so only had to wait about 30 minutes and then on a barge home.
I think it worked well because all available barges were working and seeing everyone had bookings, all campers staggered their arrival time into Dunwich.