Up at 6 (6!), they had a kitchen and provided eggs and bacon so I cooked 4 boiled eggs for Song and a bacon sandwich for me – not exactly Heston but it’s about my limit.
Filled up with petrol and found a cafe opposite another sink hole so had a look at that while I drank my coffee.
Drove round the corner to look at the other lake but it was closed off for an event so headed off to Naracoorte – Song wanted to see some caves.
The weather was grim, cloudy and raining.
We found ourselves driving through vineyards, some of the biggest names – Wynn’s, St Hugo and Penfolds.
We arrived at the caves and had to wait for about 30 minutes for a tour. It was very interesting – lots of stalactites and stalagmites, including some very thin ones the guide called straws.
The tour lasted about 30 minutes and was well worth it.
Headed towards the coast, there was a road that follows the coast and I thought it would be spectacular. Unfortunately it wasn’t – the road followed the coastline but was about 1km away, so all we could see were fields, a lot of which were waterlogged, a hangover from all the recent rain.
We stopped off at a place for lunch called Salt Creek which was basically one roadside cafe. I had a hot dog and Song had fish and we shared chips. This was not the gourmet part of the trip.
The owner came and started to talk to the table next to us where 4 guys who had been fishing were eating and he started to talk to them and didn’t stop for the 30 minutes we were there. I don’t think the fishermen said a word.
Back in the car and headed off again, and the landscape opened up and we could actually see the coast and some islands, although the weather was still rotten, overcast, raining and miserable. Still very little traffic which was good, and the road was mostly good condition and there were some long, straight stretches.
Stopped off at Murray Bridge (and drove over it) to pop into the supermarket to pick up some flowers for Song’s friends, then onto Adelaide.
Had a very nice dinner at their very nice house and gave the kids a box of Lego we’d bought in Melbourne which did the job of keeping them occupied and quiet.
Drove about 10 minutes to the hotel and collapsed again, I’d done a lot of driving in the last 2 days, about 1000KM.