Day 17 - To the Grampians
Left Kingston early this morning for the Grampians, where we finally hope to see serious numbers of ‘roos and other animals. Drove through Connawarra valley and did some wine testing (the first really good white wine that I had in Australia), however due to self-driving we could not drink as much as we wanted to.Came into Halls Gap in the middle of the evening and right in front of the reception at the lodge were the first kangaroos sitting. Twenty minutes later, another ‘roo didn’t even stir us any longer. Didn’t do much else today.
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Today was mostly a travel day, so we were not too unhappy about our first day without real sunshine. South out of Barossa, straight towards the Princes Highway and into Coorong National park. Expected to see a lot of sea birds and the famous pelicans, however we are out of breeding season and so we might go down in history as the first tourists that drove down the Coorong in its entirely and did not see a single pelican.
Took a nice walk to the sea through dunes and scrub-covered hills.
On to Kingston (South East). This place definitely is not the end of the world, but you have a great view on it from here. Glad to find some motel restaurant for dinner, aside from that, this down is deserted after 9 pm.
Ah, and it is home to ‘Larry the giant lobster’, an about 10m plaster and fibreglass statue of a lobster. Might scare some kids.
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