After a morning run, today started with another ferry ride, only this one is a bit shorter and it's free. There is a cable ferry to get across the Murray at Wellington. I got to drive the car and van on a ferry! There's a speed limit! We took the coast road down along the Coorong, which I had been very much looking forward to. Unfortunately, it proved to be long and bumpy and not very interesting. The towns are mostly agricultural centres. The vie...

If this were le Tour, today would be considered a transition day. But, just like le Tour, even transition days can have exciting moments. Like the seals leaping out of the water in from of the ferry. Or the ferry ride from Penneshaw back to Cape Jervis - I always like a boat ride and it's that much more fun when you have to load the car and van on. They put a road train full of sheep in next to us! 45minute trip X 600 sheep = big smell! We stopped in ...

Went walking this morning with my camera and got some pictures of kangaroos, wallabies and birds. The wildlife here is unreal. There were no aborigines before white settlement and there are no predators so the animals are prolific and very comfortable around people. The koalas are fat and healthy and easy to find. The kangaroos and wallabies are not timid at all. We drove over to Seal Bay this morning to see the Australian Sea Lion colony. It's a bit t...

A lazy start today. I cooked a cracking B&E for breakfast in the camp kitchen. A & C and I did the muddy 'Lagoon Walk' and saw a family of Cape Barron geese. C found a wombat skull by the side of the road. J & C and I headed to Hanson Bay for a look and a fish. We bought cockles from the reception of the van park to use as bait. I haven't used cockles as bait before. Hanson Bay is a pristine small bay with a creek flowing in at the western ...

J & C were super keen to try fishing before we headed off so we bought uncooked prawns at the IGA and got the gear out. We caught fish off the big commercial pier in Kingscote. Only little guys and I'm not even sure what they were but it's always fun. Morning tea in the café in town and a few errands and we were off. (Oh, Amanda got a Dr Who book/figurine thing and I got an Avengers comic.) Next, we drove to the Island Pure Sheep Diary. Yes, shee...