There was no chance of a sleep-in this morning with the plumbers and road workers turning up in the caravan park to start their day around 7:30am.After putting up with the noise for a little while, it was time to get up and pack up. They had already pegged out the next lot of digging right up to my car so I guess they were keen to see me pull out.
A quick stop at the Wax Garden just out of St Arnaud for a few geocaches then westward bound for South Australia.
At Rupanyup, there have been a few additions since I was last there. They now have chainsaw cut sculptures up the main street and a mural on the Shire Office as well as the Silo art. Of course there are some geocaches near all of these so some time was spent in town, checking out the art and grabbing the caches.
Just before Nhill, I got the evil eye by a highway patrol stopped on the side of the road with his roof lights on. I slowed down to 25kph even though it only has to be 40kph in Victoria. I guess he wasn’t happy that I didn’t slow down far enough back.
It is good to be able to drive over the Border into SA without having to do COVID checks and the associated permits.
It was into Bordertown for a pasty, vanilla slice and iced coffee from the Morning Loaf Bakery (a bit of an institution here).Another stop for some geocaches just out of Bordertown at Poocher Swamp. It was a little dry here today. We will need to come back here when it is full of water and a bit greener.
It was back onto the Dukes Highway to Tintinara, then left turn to Woods Well on the Coorong to my final campsite for this trip at Parnka Point (Pelican) Campground.
Even though the website had a number of the campsites booked, I was the only one here. Maybe it was too windy for them. I had meant to book site 3 on the waters edge but my fat fingers picked 2. On trying to book site 3, it was already gone.
Site 2 was a little protected from the wind but it came with a pet.
After parking up, I went to walk around the back of the van and found a 1 metre Eastern Brown snake taking in some rays. I pulled forward to give him some room while keeping an eye on which way he headed. Luckily it was into the scrub away from my van.
It ended up that Site 3 didn’t turn up so I could have grabbed it.
