09 February 2010

Days 152-154 – Robe (8-10 Feb)

With very sad hearts we left Trevor and Margy’s place in Adelaide hills for Robe.  It would have been very easy to stay with them indefinitely – they are such a nice couple and made us feel so welcome and it was great to reconnect after a long absence.  Thanks for a great time guys!  But we have to keep moving, so off to Robe we go.  Robe is a popular tourist coastal town on what is known as the Limestone coast.  It is 330kms south east of Adelaide.  Easy to see why it so popular it is a very nice town with some lovely looking homes and a great main street offering lots of eating options and some lovely boutique shops.  It has a population of about 1700 but swells to 10,000 during peak periods.  We are in a nice caravan park that is on the beachfront.  Tuesday we went for a snorkel and were out very quickly – it was so cold!!!  The water temperature is about 15 degrees – its like stepping into an ice bucket even though it was a hot day!  I had my new wetsuit on so could stay in longer than John but was glad to get out as my toes and fingers were definitely prone to frostbite.  It was a shame as it was very nice with lots of brightly coloured sponges and a really nice kelp forest that I swam through.  I only saw a couple of fish.  It would have been nice to have stayed in longer.  Did a tourist drive that incorporated a 40 foot Obelisk that was built in 1855 for $460!  It was painted red and white stripes in 1862 as ship captains had difficulty differentiating it from Long Beach’s sand hills. The Obelisk is at risk of falling into the ocean because of the eroding limestone.  The rugged coastline around the Obelisk is very picturesque and would be great snorkelling if the water wasn’t so cold.  The old goal is a historic site and was quite impressive just hard to photograph and give it justice.  We have enjoyed our stay here and move on tomorrow to Mount Gambier.  Robe is a very nice town with a great rugged interesting coastline and some fantastic snorkelling sites if only the water was warmer!  Some great kayaking spots too!  When the tide goes out it leaves exposed some wonderful rock pools and looking into the water around the rock pools you can see the kelp forests and colourful sponges.  Hardly any fish life unfortunately.  Robe is a great place to visit.  John reckons if we can find something like this in Qld then he will be hooked.

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