We stopped to view some of the limestone and sandstone pillars and arches, the remants of an old coastline being worn away by the relentless and pounding waves of the southern ocean. Amazingly over 50 ships were wrecked on this coast.
Here are a couple of pics for you:
The Arch:
From there we drove through the surprisingly vast expanse of forrestry in South West Victoria and around Mount Gambier in South Australia. Having seen the blue lake and sinkholes before, we bypassed Mount Gambier and continued on to Beachport.
Beachhport is a sleeply little town, with only a handful of streets and a couple of pubs. On a previous trip to SA Nik and I stopped at Beachport and I thought it was beatiful, with brillant blue water and spectacular coastal scenery. I thought then, and still do now that all it needs is a a beach side mexican restaurant!
We stayed at Bompas, one of the pubs, located directly across from the jetty, in an old room in the hotel. We had access to the balcony from our room with a view across the bay.
We also didn't do much in Beachport. We played some scrabble, ate fish chips at the other pub up the road. Nikki had his first of many fisherman's baskets, and ate more left over cheese. I thought I'd learn to drive Bogart our 4wd, and after an hour or so of crawling around the back streets of Beachport I set of to Robe, where wen enjoyed dinner at the Calendonian Inn.
From Beachport we set course for Adelaide. On the way out of town we stopped at a cutting (see photo below) .The cutting shows you what you can do if you put your mind to it! We stopped at Kingston SE for lunch. There were police road blocks set up, probably looking for the Kapunda murderer.
After lunchwe continued our drive along the coast and past the Cooryong (spelling?). It was less stinky than it had been in the past, but still stinky, and obviously benefiting from greater flows down the Murray River, with plenty of bird life to be seen. The squiggly line in the photo are migratory birds.
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