We camped next to the Murrumbidgee with it's brown water and cracked dry mud. It is still beautiful and peaceful.
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Haha the first of many (I hope) fabulous junk shops. This one in Murray Bridge. It’s my first time to McLaren Vale in South Australia and Greg’s second and we are loving it. After travelling down from Mildura (after Lake Mungo) through citrus growing territory we are now sitting pretty in wine growing country. McLaren Vale is mainly known for it’s Shiraz, but I have been mixing it up with a bit of cabernet sauvingnon here and a bit of merlot there and shiraz combos everywhere. We haven’t had a bad drop yet. I feel a little bit like I am in Italy with all the vineyards and olive groves, worn stone walls and stone cottages. It is very old worldly but not hard to take for a week. Today we drove down the Fleurieu Pennisula to Cape Jervis, which is the southerly tip before you head over to Kangaroo Island. It was quite desolate and felt quite remote. The rolling green hills were beautiful with black faced sheep, cows and Alpaca’s along the way. We had fish and chips at Victor’s (claimed to be the second best F+C in S.A.) and yes the whiting (sustainable I believe Robyn) was fabulous. I just returned from bike riding about 15 km through surrounding vineyards to work off some off that wine…..ready to go again tonight. I loved the trip out to Lake Mungo. We rattling along a dirt road 135 km or so to the amazing extinct lake. It is a rich archaelogical site where evidence has been found that up to 23,000 years ago, it was a lush and fertile eco system teaming with wildlife and supporting aboriginal families. We stayed one very cold night but had a good fire and Greg had his puffy jacket!
What a view from a suburban street Haha unbelievable!! Isn't this sign calling to abdictate adult responsibility? ...takes all the fun out of living really! The beach and walk over the headlands to Kiama. In the early 1800's the headlands were partly covered in dense rain forest. The headlands and pastures were cleared to supply Sydney's high demand for cedar. They are now windswept paddocks with cattle grazing. Not a bad place to live. I love the boab trees.
We had lunch at busy Gerringong Deli and Cafe on Fern Street. They have great sandwich combos and good coffee. We had dinner with friends Elisa and Roel at Blue Swimmer Seahaven Cafe in nearby Gerroa. It has only been opened 7 months and the food is fantastic We picked up our camper trailer today. Oooh it is all very smart and proper. This is no hippie mobile... it is a very comfortable, shiny and fancy mobile. It feels a bit too grown up for me. I can't wait till it feels like home and we get a bit of sand on the floor.
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