We left Balaklava on Monday 12 December. Jo (my friend in the caravan park) decided to do a small trip to the Angaston fresh produce markets before we left. This is part of the Barossa Valley. We sampled some fine fare (or stuffed our faces is more like it) and even ran into the only Town Cryer of South Australia.
After farewells to our friends in the Balaklava Caravan Park Mark and Jo and a big blast of the bus air horn we were on our way.
Our first stop was Tailem Bend were we had our first camp fire in many months.
We then decided to head to a lovely camp at Narrung on the fringes of the Coorong National Park.
We were situated right in the middle of the Alexandrina and Albert Lakes. These lakes are massive.
That afternoon we toured the Coorong National Park - we went out to Pelican Point but unfortunately we couldn't get out to the Barrages as they had been closed off. These barrages were built in 1830 to stop the seawater from the ocean penetrating the lakes so that they could use the lakes for irrigation. There are four and the longest being 3 kilometres long (you are supposed to be able to walk along them).
After turning back we found a nice spot were Rob went for a skinny dip (these photos are NOT for display).
We then drove through to Meningie around the Albert Lake then caught the ferry back to our camp
Today we are off to the Granites camp on the limestone coast just north of Kingston.
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