Our last day of holiday took us the remaining 550km or so to home.
The day was cold as we walked over to the pub for our continental breakfast included in the cost of the room. As we left the motel we spotted some chicks and mother in the car park – Masked Lapwings! Renowned for choosing crazy places to make a nest and then protecting it viciously, this seemed to be no exception. We kept our distance as we checked out the cute chicks.
A nice walk at the Livingstone Island Nature Trail ,near Nelson, gave us some practice spotting birds and an enjoyable stretch of the legs as well. The little gray Fantail didn’t want us to miss out on enjoying his song and gave us quite a performance. There were heaps of wrens too.
As we drove toward Mount Gambier from here we had to deal with some fairly thick Fog in places.
In Mount Gambier we did a little tour of our own, checking out the house that our niece, Annie, will be moving to and also the dental practice where she will be working,
before also stopping for a cuppa with Dave, a workmate of Trev’s from back in the day. The cafe where we stopped for lunch had an interesting bit of artwork. The display above the counter was from the parts of an old japanese motor car engine. The wall art was from the assorted wires and mesh also found in the car. Very creative!
Since we were passing through the Coonawarra, we took the opportunity to stop in at Wynns to do a tasting. Although we have enjoyed their wine for years, we have never visited the cellar door before. We enjoyed all the wines. The Michael Shiraz (2008) (selling currently at Dan Murphy’s for $150/bottle) was the pick of the bunch, we thought, but we didn’t buy any of it. Wynns also had a good display with information, including a cross section showing the Terra Rossa soil that the Coonawarra is so famous for. I couldn’t help but try to imitate the label on the bottle with the old building, trees and my favourite wine drinker as well in the picture.
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