Wednesday and Thursday 11th and12 February 2009
Reminiscing Tuesday
Mt Gambier
Sink HoleTuesday had been spent cruising all around Mt Gambier on Kim's motorbike and seeing the sights - most of which she referred to in her last posting (a sinkhole, Blue Lake, a Nature Reserve and Valley Lake).
Nature ReserveI doubled Kim on the motorcycle because of the weight differential and it has been working out surprisingly well - Kim normally likes riding herself and hates being doubled!
Kim in the Nature ReserveWe sorted out some of our snags or reconciled with the problems and decided to keep moving the next day.
Wednesday
Kim left early Wednesday from Mt Gambier on her motorbike and rode to Milicent before taking the coast road and continuing North West toward Adelaide. We stopped for a break at places like Beachport, Robe and Kingston SE. The camper is ideal for pulling over on the side of the road and stopping for a cold drink, lunch, a cup of tea or whatever.
A tea break at BeachportWe continued to consult the free/cheap camping guide (Camps 4) for places to stop but Kim was enjoying the ride and managing to reach the southern end of the Coorong (meaning in aboriginal - long neck of water). The Coorong is a salty channel of water running along the coast separated from the Southern Ocean by a narrow strip of sand hills called the Younghusband Peninsula.
Kim was able to continue riding so we kept going along the Coorong till we reached Salt Creek and stayed at a small park in the sand dunes. Kim had ridden 200-300 klms and while her back played up a bit she is getting used to it and has worked out the problem.
The CoorongThursday
We only stayed a night in the sand dunes opposite the Coorong and left early today heading toward Adelaide.
Kim riding along the CoorongKim would like to see the German village of Hahndorf located near Mt Barker (about 30kms south-east of Adelaide). We arrived at Mt Barker and setup in a caravan park before noon. We are finding it takes less than 5 minutes to park and setup - so we are really pleased with the rig.
After arriving here Kim lay down for a few minutes and I joined her - 2 hours later after falling asleep we realized we weren't going to make the village today and instead went into Mt Barker and walked around the shopping centre. Hopefully, we can see Hahndorf tomorrow and ride into Adelaide City on Saturday.
Among the trees staying at Mt BarkerChris
I think it's worth a trip to Hahndorf tomorrow. Hope you make it, Kim and Chris. You seem to be travelling well now. The poor Coorong is very sad. We used to have a beach house at Goolwa and a boat. It was great around that area and into Lake Alexandrina when the water was flowing down the Murray. It's changed so much and in dire straits.
ReplyDeleteMum and Dad. Glad to hear you are having such a good time. Love the Blog and the photo's.
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