Today has been a very mixed bag of things to do and see. We had a remarkably laid back morning - sooooo loving this caravan pack up business!! Didn't get up until 8.00 and still managed to get out of the caravan park by 10.00! R and I took turns taking the kids to the beach while the other did some packing up. E was very excited to come running back to tell me that her thong was on its way to Antartica as she had dropped it off the jetty!! I managed to control my tummy butterflies while C kept trying to look over the side of the jetty (the side with no railing of course!!). E and I then took up a collection and got a photo of 24 different types of seaweed from on the beach!!! There were some amazing colours amongst them.
After leaving Cape Jaffa we headed south and found ourselves in the lovely little town of Beachport. We stopped for a quick visit in the tourist centre to see what there was for us to see. We opted for a short tourist drive around the town to take in a few of the scenic views of the ocean and the second longest jetty in the southern hemisphere (772 meters). We also made a pitstop at Lake Siloam, a small lake which is the local swimming hole. Lake Siloam is nearly seven times saltier than the ocean, and our taste test proved this theory to be true - YUCK!!
Moving on from Beachport we made our way to Millicent, which we have deemed to be the home of the most awesome playground in the history of playgrounds ever. Their "Playground in the Domain" was fabulous. So fabulous that we stayed there for about an hour and a half! R even found his new truck there. A cool truck complete with springs on all wheels!! Playgrounds have an amazing ability to bring out the big kid in all of us. R had a wow of a time on the giant swing, trying to compete with T for who could swing the highest, and R and I had races on the flying fox.
We were all amazed with the sight of hundreds and hundreds of hectares of pine plantation between Mt Gambier and Millicent. The pine trees just seemed to go on forever. We were disappointed that the Tantanoola Caves are closed for the season now. On asking at our caravan park we were told that they are quite wet in winter and as they have less steps and handrails can become quite dangerous. Ho hum, guess we will have to go to some other caves instead.
The caravan park we are in now is quite small, but we have the luxury of our own ensuite on site. Niiiiice. No midnight walks to the toilets and we can leave all our bathroom bits in there until we leave. I likeeeee. Our neighbour came and introduced himself and gave us some assistance in the rather frustrating task of trying to figure out how to put the walls of our annexe up. Aaaggghhhh!! That could possibly be the source of more marital arguements than reversing the caravan!!! We got there in the end. =o)
So, tomorrow we will do some exploring of Mt Gambier and its surrounds. Perhaps a spot of shopping - for an annexe floor, and maybe even get in some relaxing down time.......
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