Rapid Head

Yesterday there was not much to report. The drive from Petes fish farm to Wellington was one of the most boring so far - even the scenic sections were just dry salt plains. We crossed the free ferry into Wellington, and parked the car and van there for the night. It was an empty nothing town, but, it gave me a chance to check the old schedule.

Schedule summary: Itinery is going to be around 22,000 kms, requiring an average of 180 kms / day to make schedule. Presently, 3 weeks in, we are at around 2500kms which puts us 6 days behind. I am going to have to beg like a dog for more holidays I think. I will add the chart to the progress page.

PS, we want to go to the tip of Queensland, but the software im using to plan the trip doesnt show all of the roads. We will have to check that out closer to the time, and see if we can shortcut somewhere through the ranges there. I will revist that in a month or two.

So, today... We found the most awsome brewery, The Steam Exchange Brewery in Goolwa, and did some tasting. I must say, the brewer there was very hospitable, and is beer was even better. We left with a mixed carton of of beers for the fridge. They are right on the steam railway there, and last week, they actually had a steam crash trough the doors you can see in the photo.

Next we did some sightseeing around Goolwa. Watched where the Murray river joins the coastline,and the lock immediatly upstream, to prevent the salt water getting upstream

Barrage on Muarry River

We then continued on our trip into the Fleurier Peninsula to Granite Island named because the whole island was formed from granite, which is exreamly hard and the reason the island still exists. The rocks and landscape were pretty good.

Access is by a pridge, and if you shell out $6 each adult, we can get a ride on a horse drawn tram. Thankfully, the times of this tourist trap ride didn't allign with out timing, and we walked the 300m bridge, and kept the 12 clams in my pocket :) Got a free photo though ;)

And snapped a few picks of seals.. Have to be quick to catch them.. Here's his bum

It was getting pretty late (pasted beer oclock), so we decided we would just look at the Ingalalla Waterfall. Would have been great, but it had no water...