Limestone Coast
Trip Start
Jan 31, 2006
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Trip End
Jun 01, 2006
Robe, Australia
Monday, March 6, 2006
We drove north to check out Naracoorte and stock up on groceries. We met up with Ben and Tina once again in Robe - a small seaside village with an interesting history on the Limestone Coast. Chinese landed here during the gold rush and walked 100 miles to avoid the Victorian imposed miner's tax. We drove out past the old convict gaol to the large red and white striped obelisk (a marine navigational aid). The water surrounding the cape is aqua marine due to the dissolved limestone. We watched a seal play in the rocky channels below us.
Tuesday (7 Mar) we went 4WD sand dune touring with Ben and Tina's "Lenny Land cruiser" through the Little Dip National Park. We lay in the flat op in the back of "Lenny" with pillows for padding as we rolled and bumped from side to side as the Landcruiser lurched through the dunes. We resettled the stomachs with sparkling ale on the balcony of the Caledonian Hotel, overlooking the plush bowling greens to the azure blue water of the bay.
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