Day 132 Wednesday 24th August
We left 42 Mile Crossing at 9.00 in the morning and headed off to Kingston S.E. where we saw the Big Lobster. We didn’t stay here but continued on to Robe.
Robe looked a lovely place and I would have liked to stay here. It had a big marina and some lovely beaches. We went out and saw the Obelisk which was a navigational aide. When you see the cliffs near here you can see why it was needed. Of course, you know that Robe is not famous for robes. Ha Ha.
We then went inland to Naracoorte. We passed some beautiful fields with heaps of sheep and some cattle. There were also wheat and canola fields. There were many water holes, lakes and lagoons along the way and we later found out that there is a lot of underground water which comes to the surface. This area is the food bowl of South Australia.
Distance travelled today 229 kms
Total distance travelled 20557 kms
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| ROBE is not famous for ROBES!! |
Day 133 Thursday 25th August
Sunshine yesterday, clouds and wind today. We went out to the Naracoorte Fossil Caves which are a World Heritage site. The first cave we went to was the Victoria Cave. These caves are all in limestone areas and show how the sea receded from this land. This cave had some great limestone formations but the most interesting were the bones and remnants of pre-historic animals. These dinosaurs would fall into a hole and die in there and then their bones were left to be covered over with sediment. It would be interesting to know how far down these layers went.
After that we went into the Wonambi Fossil Centre. Here they have created a section with some of the dinosaurs that were around 100’s of thousands of years ago. Some of these animals were very strange indeed.
After that we went to Wet Cave which was a self-guided cave. It was interesting too. Then we went on a tour of Alexandra cave which went under the carpark and under the café. It had the most beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
