We then drove 25 kilometres south to Port MacDonnell on the coast. It has a sign saying that it is the rock lobster capital of South Australia but we didn't get to taste any. It is a sleepy little village with quite a few houses but not much in the way of shops. I would say it comes alive during holidays - there are niced beaches both calm and also for surfing. There is also an excellent protected bay for boats.
Just a couple of kilometres west of the town is the most southerly point in South Australia. We drove out and took a few photos on the way of the various bays. It was blowing an absolute gale!
We drove back into the town and had pizza for lunch overlooking the bay. On the way home, just out of Port MacDonnell we turned left, drove for two kilometres and ended up at Dingle Cottage which was the holiday home of 19 century poet Adam Lindsay Gordon - he is a famous figure in the Mount Gambier area. It cost $7.50 each for us to be given a guided tour of the cottage which was a mistake because the tour guide was obviously a mad, keen ALG fan, knew everything about him and had me thinking about how we could get out of what took 90 minutes - we were expecting 5 minutes and a few photos!! I now know a lot more about ALG than I ever wanted or expected to know.........
Tomorrow we head for Hall's Gap in the Grampians where we will probably stay for a few days before heading to Canberra to see Brad & Simone.
PS - If you are sick of photos of bays and beaches, I think that today was our last coast visit until we get home!!!
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