This morning we tore ourselves away from Robe but I’m sure we will be back, this is our new favourite spot.
Luckily, as we headed out of town all the wineries were closed so we didn’t have to check out our will power. But on the next visit we must try the Cape Jaffa and Mount Benson wineries which both do very nice Pinot Gris apparently.
Stopped off at the Cape Jaffa Marina, which is a new development. Looks like it’s going to be quite flash when it’s finished. Probably should have bought a block of land as an investment. Oh yeah, probably should have kept our jobs if we wanted to do that.
Next stop - Kingston SE (South East). Not to be confused with Kingston, on the Murray, which interestingly (or not) is not called Kingston NE (North East).
KIngston, SE, is home to Larry the Lobster aka The Big Lobster. Now to be honest Larry was a little disappointing, but on the plus side at least he is still open. Unlike the Big Prawn at Ballina, The Big Orange at Berri and (allegedly) the Big Egg on the Geelong Ballarat Road.
What we learned today: “Larry is roughly three times bigger than he was meant to be. Larry’s designer drew the plans in feet, then the builder built him in metres.” Probably just as well, The Big Lobster sounds so much better than “The reasonably large lobster”
Next door to Larry, another little slice of Geeeeelong to stop Di getting homesick
Countryside from here up the coast is a bit scrubby, and the water has lost it’s turquoise colouring. It’s not open ocean here though, there is some sort of sand barrier between here and the ocean leaving the water looking a lot less inviting.
Stopped for a quick picnic lunch in a park in Meningie, but Meningie was a bit “Meningy mangy” to stay the night. There also seemed to be a gathering of the “women need men like fish need bicycles” sisterhood so we moved on.
Countryside picked up as we drove through the wine region of Langhorne Creek, where the vineyards are rated at 272.4 hangovers per acre.
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| Right out of the blue - the road turned into a Ferry. Following Chris de Burgh's advice, we didn't pay the Ferryman. |
A quick break from the coast and an overnight stop in historic Strathalbyn. Another quaint, pretty,historic, little country town, but only 65 km’s from Adelaide. Yet again we are seeing the advantages these places have, with the abundance of quality building stone. A lot of the buildings are very original and give the place a nice look.
The caravan park is a little rustic, but then again it’s back on budget at $25. As a bonus for Di, it's also just next door to the local footy oval, and pre-season training has started.
Having dragged Di away from the young footy players, we walked in to town and ended up having an iced coffee each and sharing an exceptional stewed plum and ricotta cake. All every tasty but then again with the way the budget is going this month it’s worked out to be about 75% of todays food budget. Good job we have meat for the barbie and salad in the fridge.
Calming of Steve’s nerves took a hit tonight when we spent over an hour trying to book flights to the UK and failed! Damn that interwebnet thingy.
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