Jean writes:
Spent the morning seeing some of the delights of Robe before leaving for Mount Gambier.
By daylight we could see Robe is a beautiful small town with lovely views across the harbour over the bright blue sea, although the wind was pretty strong.
We went up to the obelisk via the Old Gaol, ruins which hardly deserve the term "attraction".
The obelisk and environs, though, were well worth the visit and we spent some time up there, me with camera and Dave with binoculars.
The obelisk, by the way, is a warning to sailors, similar to a lighthouse, but without the light! Apparently it was first painted white and the sailors complained that it didn't stand out against the limestone background. Eventually it was painted with red and white stripes - much better. Clearly it was needed, as many ships had been wrecked, especially in the nineteenth century.
The limestone shows several typical landforms, including a super arch, over which the narrow surface will soon (probably several hundred years!) collapse, leaving two (fat) pillars.
There was a diversity of bird life.
The journey to Mount Gambier was uneventful, scenery being fairly similar to yesterday, and we saw quite a lot of "mirages", as we did yesterday, on the long, straight sections of road.
Spent the morning seeing some of the delights of Robe before leaving for Mount Gambier.
By daylight we could see Robe is a beautiful small town with lovely views across the harbour over the bright blue sea, although the wind was pretty strong.
We went up to the obelisk via the Old Gaol, ruins which hardly deserve the term "attraction".
The obelisk and environs, though, were well worth the visit and we spent some time up there, me with camera and Dave with binoculars.
The obelisk, by the way, is a warning to sailors, similar to a lighthouse, but without the light! Apparently it was first painted white and the sailors complained that it didn't stand out against the limestone background. Eventually it was painted with red and white stripes - much better. Clearly it was needed, as many ships had been wrecked, especially in the nineteenth century.
The limestone shows several typical landforms, including a super arch, over which the narrow surface will soon (probably several hundred years!) collapse, leaving two (fat) pillars.
There was a diversity of bird life.
The journey to Mount Gambier was uneventful, scenery being fairly similar to yesterday, and we saw quite a lot of "mirages", as we did yesterday, on the long, straight sections of road.
Close to Our destination, the soil clearly became more fertile as there was more arable. Maybe the volcanic influence?
Mount Gambier looks good from our initial walk round the town this afternoon, and we have plenty of attractions lined up for tomorrow.
Our motel is again good value - a good size, with plenty of kitchen equipment, a variety of TV channels and a decent ensuite. There are also enough facilities close by.
Mount Gambier looks good from our initial walk round the town this afternoon, and we have plenty of attractions lined up for tomorrow.
Our motel is again good value - a good size, with plenty of kitchen equipment, a variety of TV channels and a decent ensuite. There are also enough facilities close by.
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