Mt Gambier, Robe and Adelaide!
Posted by Sarah O'Neill , Sunday, 23 January 2011 23:15
On Saturday we got up and did our little routine, shower, put tent down, breakfast and get on the road. We can usually achieve this in under an hour now, getting good! We were headed for a little place called Robe for the night, and when I enquired at the campsite office about any roadclosures that might affect us, she asked if we had booked at Robe as it is very popular! We had not, so first job was to call ahead and book a spot, which we did not problem!
After a quick trip to the supermarket we were on our way. Ben likes to take
the first shift of driving, and got us all the way to Mt Gambier where we decided to stop for lunch. Mt Gambier is famous for it's Blue Lake. There is an extinct volcano there, with the Blue Lake in a massive crater. There is a road that goes all the way around the 5km circumference, so we came upon it, and it shocked us just how blue it really was! The info said that through the winter it is a steely grey colour, and then as Summer comes it changes over a couple of days to this amazing cobalt blue, it is absolutely s
tunning! So we found a nice patch of grass and had our little picnic Mum style! This basically means make it on arrival and not before, and if you have no 'sad table', a lap will do! After yummy 'made on the spot sandwiches' we got back in the car and I completed the last leg of the journey to Robe. Robe is a lovely seaside place famous for it's crayfishing. We had a scout around and looked at the beach and then went back to the site to put the tent up. Once
that job was done we headed back to the beach for some relaxing in the sun! It was a very windy little place and I did get covered in sand as it blew across the beach, but it was lovely anyway! We had a wonderful evening, and Ben joined me to eat a 'Fisherman's Basket', as it was the same price as two lots of fish and chips, but you got loads more! For those of you who don't know, Ben does 'not like fish', however, he gave it a whirl, along with the scallops, calamari, and salt and pepper squid and found he actually didn't mind it! Of course we had Heinz ketchup and coke, and a perfect view, bliss!
The next morning we completed our pack up routine (with a wet tent as it had rained in the night!) and were on our way to Adelaide! We booked our campsite and were on our way. We stopped at a nice spot called Tailem Bend for a quick sandwich and headed on into Adelaide. It was a very hot day! We decided to change the campsite we had chosen as it was inland and didn't have a pool, for one on the beach with a pool for a few extra dollars. We are SO glad we did! It was an enormous campsite, but very nice. We were just over the sand dunes from the beach, which we opted for as the pool was very busy! Had a lovely afternoon on the beach and we both had a little doze in the sun! We got to Skype with Carol and Mike in the evening which was great, so we caught up on all their news and vice versa. In the morning I also got up early to Skype with Mum, Dad and Emma which was lovely. It had been a while since we last skyped so I really enjoyed it! Although we are having an amazing time, I am already super excited about the day we get home and all the hugs and catching up that will be done!
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