Victor Harbour
This is one of the places we missed on the start of our
journey due to the terribly drizzly weather. So we fitted in a night here at
the showgrounds and spent the afternoon at Granite Island. The causeway across
to the island has a Clydesdale horse-drawn tram which the kids really enjoyed. We
then walked the circumference of the island before catching the last tram home.
We saw dolphins in the bay but couldn't sight any fur seals or penguins. That night we celebrated our last night with
Dad & Beth AND with curry & cake for my Dad’s 65th birthday!
Mount Gambier
We stayed at show grounds again where we met a family with 6
kids that our kids had played with back in May at Port Augusta. We’re all at
the end of our journeys which is a little sad…
We quickly visited Blue Lake (a crater lake) and Valley Lake
and also the Umpherston Sinkhole the next morning before continuing home. I'm
not sure I’d like to live in Mt Gambier knowing that sinkholes are still
forming!
Ballarat
We crossed the border into Victoria fairly early and made it
to Ballarat by mid-afternoon. Friends that we met at Douglas Hot Springs in NT
have acreage here so we were able to pull into their place instead of
freecamping. The kids had a wonderful night catching up and we really enjoyed
hearing about the rest of their Qld trip. Thanks so much Theresa – was a
wonderful way to complete our trip!
The next morning we left really early to head home. I’m so
glad we didn’t attempt it the night before as towing a caravan through the city
in Melb Cup weekend traffic would have been terrible. So. We are home.
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