So we haven’t had much luck with weather. We’ve continually had near-gale force winds or heavy rains, or both at the same time. Even some hail. This means we’ve been stuck in the caravan more than we hoped to have been, or driving to the next destination in these conditions, which isn’t too pleasant. Fortunately, they’ve been a few breaks in the weather, and we’ve taken full advantage. We stopped at Parnka Point en route to Victor Harbor where the boys had fun skimming rocks into the pretty pink water.
We’ve settled in to a pattern of driving roughly 350 k’s a day, which when you’re towing a caravan in high winds takes about 5 hours. We break it up by staying the night at our destination, then spending the next day checking out local attractions, before hitting the road again for another 350-odd k s.
The boys really enjoyed the Whale Centre in Victor Harbor, especially the sand pit where they dug for dinosaur and whale fossils.
Leo’s absolute highlight so far has been his visit to Granite Island, where he found a lone rainbow glove. He has not let the glove go. It slept with him last night, and he hasn’t stopped playing with it. Currently, it’s his favourite thing in the world.
I’ve set up a little school-station for Jett to break up the long drives. He writes in his journal, and does a couple of the work-sheets that his teacher gave us. I love it, Jett, probably not so much!!
And my on-road reading.
Day 6. 824 k’s from home. On the way to Port Pirie.