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With the last very mouth watering lobster 🦞 all cleaned and ready for dinner we left Port McDonnalle on our way to Mt Gambier to stock up on supplies then camp at the Showgrounds.  On arrival the sign at the front said no vacancies, apparently they are only aloud 8 vans at a time but the caretakers were kind enough to let us stay, we have a fire every night they said so thats me set for tonight’s entertainment. Deb and Dan run the park and came from Brisbane so we had a lot in common. We sat around the fire with other campers and Peter who’s a permanent in the park. 20230430 We’re not in any hurry so we slowly drag ourselves out of bed and start packing the van when Peter turned up to see us off, we all had a lovey night taken in the warmth of the fire and chatting about old times. Not far from here is a sink hole that we just have to check out before Heading back to Mt Gambier to find a bank for Des a pub for me and to top up our fuel. Peter was a lovely 80 year old who recently ...

After  exploring the streets of Port McDonnell and taking in all its surroundings and Des has his supplies it’s now time to get serious and go in search of that famous Rock Lobster, Port MacDonnell is home to the largest Southern Rock Lobster fleet in Australia so we head to the Five Star Seafood shop to check them out, @ $70 a kilo he brought not just one but two, he was determined not to miss out this time like he did in Tassie, lobster’s on the menu tonight. 😋 The view from our van tonight. Check out that thick white meat and OMG it taste devine.  Ooo yes, he’s definitely in his element, bloody guts. The rugged coast line in South Australia, absolutely beautiful. The sea has been at a fairly constant level for the past 6,000 years, during this time it eroded parts of ancient coastline ridges and developed the bays, cliffs, sea stacks, arches, offshore reefs and wavecut platforms. The first lighthouse was approved in 1856 and completed in July 1857 at a cost of £1837. It wa...

20230428   We passed a huge Pine Forest that seems like it never ends just before Nelson in Victoria  but as we’ve been there before we continued our journey. Nelson  sits on the edge of Victoria and just a few kilometres from South Australia so we crossed over the border just before 11am.  We found a camp called Brown Bay Beach Carpark situated on the beach, not bad for a free camp but it was a bit windy and the beach had a strong seaweed smell, then the rain hit so we were thankful we were on solid ground. The Pine Forest that’s bounded by the Victoria and South Australian border Its 10:55am and we just crossed over into South Australia. Check out that lunch green fields, it’s definitely dairy farming land out this way. Brown Bay and you can camp here for free, this is us for the night, Cheers🍷 20230429 After a wonderful sleep we wake to the sounds of the wave’s rolling into shore and a clear sky, so much nicer that listening to Desie farting all morning. We pack ...