This is along the rim of a lake in Coorong National Park. It was all white and milky looking. We thought it was because it was salt from the ocean leaking through the earth. The ocean is just on the other side of the tree line.
This is on the way back from what was supposed to be a pelican observatory, but since we were there in the winter it was pelican-less. It was super windy and rainy on the way to the lookout!
This is a side stop in a small town called Robe. We were told there would be tons to do, but since it is winter the town was dead. We pretty much took this picture and left. Yet again, super windy, rainy, and cold!
Ah, the Big Lobster. One of the many "big" items Australia has to offer. We now have seen the big lobster, the big rocking horse, and the big orange.
This is a side stop in a small town called Robe. We were told there would be tons to do, but since it is winter the town was dead. We pretty much took this picture and left. Yet again, super windy, rainy, and cold!
Ah, the Big Lobster. One of the many "big" items Australia has to offer. We now have seen the big lobster, the big rocking horse, and the big orange.
Amazing sunset over the ocean in a town called Cape Jaffa. We believe the only resident is a golden retriever. We saw no signs of life there.
Kangaroo and Wombat crossing! Watch out! We saw two dead roos and two dead wombats on our drive.
Justin by "Granite Rocks". They are those brown rocks in the ocean. This place was yet again, cold, rainy, and super windy!
Nararcoort Caves. It is a World Heritage Site. There are a total of around 800 World Heritage sites around the world including cultural, natural, and a mixture of both. There are about 18 just in Australia. A World Heritage site is a palce that is unique and can be found no where else in the world. Other ones in Australia include, the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Daintree Rainforest, the Sydney Opera House, and the Tasmanian Wilderness just to name a few. These are the ones Justin and I are going to!
This is inside wet cave.
Me by the entrance to the Cave.
Kangaroo and Wombat crossing! Watch out! We saw two dead roos and two dead wombats on our drive.
Justin by "Granite Rocks". They are those brown rocks in the ocean. This place was yet again, cold, rainy, and super windy!
Nararcoort Caves. It is a World Heritage Site. There are a total of around 800 World Heritage sites around the world including cultural, natural, and a mixture of both. There are about 18 just in Australia. A World Heritage site is a palce that is unique and can be found no where else in the world. Other ones in Australia include, the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Daintree Rainforest, the Sydney Opera House, and the Tasmanian Wilderness just to name a few. These are the ones Justin and I are going to!
Inside the cave! This was my very first cave to ever go it so it was really exciting. The stalactites are on the top and the stalagmites are on the bottom (I think).
More cave.
More cave.
More cave.
More cave.
This is why the caves are a World Heritage Site. The fossils! They have found really, really old fossils here that date back like forever ago. They were really well preserved because of the sediment and mud.
This is Justin by a giant wombat type creature. They found its fossils in the caves and it really was that big! I think it is kinda cute!
This is me going into to Wet Cave, it was a self-guided tour and not nearly as cool as the other ones, but still cool.
This is Justin by a giant wombat type creature. They found its fossils in the caves and it really was that big! I think it is kinda cute!
This is me going into to Wet Cave, it was a self-guided tour and not nearly as cool as the other ones, but still cool.
This is inside wet cave.
Me by the entrance to the Cave.
Justin having some fun with the fossils.
So as you can see from our pictures it was a road trip weekend! We headed down to the Limestone Coast which was about 3 and a half hours from Adelaide. We hired a car and set off on Friday night. The car was a manual! It is really hard making your brain use your left hand to shift. Justin got really good at it, I still made some revving noises and almost killed it a few times. We stayed the night in Naracoorte on Friday and on Saturday we spent most of the day exploring the caves. Then we were heading to Kingston for Saturday night. We went through the Coonawara wine region and Justin did a little wine tasting. We stopped by two small towns we were told were pretty nice, but I swear small towns in the winter no one goes outside. It was like we were in ghost towns. No one out. The shops closed. On a Saturday afternoon. We finally made it to Kingston. Semi-ghost town, but not as bad as the other ones. We searched for a place for dinner and there were only two places to choose from. We chose a fish and chips shop. There was nothing to do that night so we sat in our motel room and watched TV. Yay for us!
So as you can see from our pictures it was a road trip weekend! We headed down to the Limestone Coast which was about 3 and a half hours from Adelaide. We hired a car and set off on Friday night. The car was a manual! It is really hard making your brain use your left hand to shift. Justin got really good at it, I still made some revving noises and almost killed it a few times. We stayed the night in Naracoorte on Friday and on Saturday we spent most of the day exploring the caves. Then we were heading to Kingston for Saturday night. We went through the Coonawara wine region and Justin did a little wine tasting. We stopped by two small towns we were told were pretty nice, but I swear small towns in the winter no one goes outside. It was like we were in ghost towns. No one out. The shops closed. On a Saturday afternoon. We finally made it to Kingston. Semi-ghost town, but not as bad as the other ones. We searched for a place for dinner and there were only two places to choose from. We chose a fish and chips shop. There was nothing to do that night so we sat in our motel room and watched TV. Yay for us!
We woke up the next day to drive through Coorong National Park. It was pretty nice except it was really windy, cold, and rainy. We did enjoy seeing all of the scenery though. On the way home Justin wanted to stop through Hahdorf the German town we visited a few months ago because he was craving German sausage. So he got some sausage and Bavarian mustard and we were on our way.
Overall it was a pretty nice weekend and it was nice getting out of Adelaide since we hadn't been anywhere in a long time! We need to go back during the summer when it sounds like things are a bit more hopping. This weekend we are going to The Show. It is essentially the state fair. We are pretty excited! We miss you all! Oh, and we hope you all enjoyed Labor Day. Australia's Labor Day is in September and that is when we are going to Cairns!
2 comments:
Big Lobster!!!! I love that!!! btw,we will go to Washington DC again this Nov for neuroscience meeting,,ha,,
I hope it warms up for you guys soon. All your vacation pictures involve you standing on a cliff, huddled in your coat, looking miserable. It's very sad. ;)
We need to schedule another phone call. I'm thinking I should buy my plane ticket soon, but dates must be decided very, very firmly if I'm meeting you in Sydney first and then going on to Adelaide.
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