As we were only 20km’s from the Grampions we decided we should go there for a drive and check them out. We took a walk up Mt Sturgeon but as we didn't have proper shoes on we didn’t make it all the way up to the top. We walked up about half way up and still managed to see some great views. Afterwards we drove to Naracoorte Caves to meet the Rippons. Vanessa had done her research and found a “South Australia Park’s Pass” which entitled you to 2 months of entry and camping at most of the National Parks camp spots in South Australia. For $70 it was an absolute bargain as it almost paid for our camping at the caves that night.
Naracoorte
was just a one night stop so the next day we packed up and headed toward our
next camp spot in Coorong National Park.
We were told that once you drove into Coorong National Park you had to
drive all the way out again around Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina to get back
towards Adelaide. To our surprise there
was a ferry service that not only took you across the lakes but it was free and
ran for 24 hours !! There is actually 11 free ferries on the Murray River in South Australia. That was great as
seeing Mt Barker was our next stop and the ferry trip was going to cut off
about 70km’s of driving.
Vanessa’s
mum came to visit us and brought us some alcoholic supplies from Adelaide as we
were running a bit low. While she was
here we made a yummy cake in the camp oven, took a trip over on the free ferry and
walked up to the light house, had some fun kayaking and shared some stories
over the camp fire. After a couple of
nights us Elphicks headed off to stay with our mate Bowie.
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| The kids waiting to get across the ferry |
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| Trying to keep our balance while heading over on the ferry to the lighthouse |
Yes, we are eating well :)
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