Australian Holiday - Victor Harbor - 30 Oct 2006

After breakfast we returned to Adelaide’s Rundle Street Mall to do some souvenir shopping before heading for Victor Harbor. It was, once again, a beautiful day as we drove the 85 kilometers south across rolling hills and coastal countryside. In Victor Harbor, we visited a tourist information office, then walked the causeway to Granite Island. A horse-drawn taxi runs from the mainland to the Island, but we opted for exercise. We greatly enjoyed the Island’s perimeter trail, with stunning views of the Harbor, the coastline and the ocean.

We drove about five kilometers east to the highly-recommended Port Elliot Bakery for a late lunch of meat pies, cheese and vegetable pasties, apple turnovers and baked custard. We sat at the picnic tables outside, dug in, and were not disappointed. Hungry as we were, the delectable fare disappeared quickly. We headed back to Victor Harbor, full and happy, for a hike up The Bluff.

Sarah opted to stay in the car while Brian, Dan and Rhonda hiked the steep trail to the top of the bluff. We were rewarded with gorgeous views of the ocean waves crashing against the rocks below and the coast stretching north toward Victor Harbor and southwest toward Newland Head Conservation Park.
We stopped at a rocky beach below the bluff where Rhonda waded in the salty water and nearly got her pants wet as a big wave rolled up further than expected.
We drove back toward Adelaide, made Glenelg Beach just in time to watch a beautiful sunset over the ocean, and returned to Brian and Sarah’s house after dark to pack our things in preparation for tomorrow’s trip to Cairns.