Willunga

Last night I threw some clothes on the bed and Tilly crawled under them. I am not sure why she had that look on her face. 

We packed up and left Cape Jervis this morning. It is only a short drive to our next stop at Willunga so we deviated to Victor Harbour. We tried to park in a pay parking area but our car/van length is too long for the double bays. I checked at the Information office and discovered the free 2 hour caravan parking just 150m in front of us. 

There is an old horse drawn tram that crosses the 630m causeway to Granite Island. This has operated since 1894 and is one of only two horse drawn trams in the world. We had walked part of the way over the causeway when a woman told us dogs are not allowed so we turned back. The horse was taken from one end of the tram, turned around and hitched up to the other end for another crossing.

We had lunch at a local cafe but it wasn't very good. I was served with a really bad cup of coffee. It was cold and windy so we drove to Willunga where it is still cold and windy. Our group is crammed into a small area in the Recreation Reserve with no power or running water, only the water in our caravan and motorhome tanks. We can use the showers and toilets in the nearby sports stadium.

After unhooking the van I dropped Anita and two friends at a nearby winery, then walked the main street with other friends. I like the interesting garden beds on public and private property, using a mixture of succulents and other plants.





We all headed back to the shelter of the unheated basketball stadium which at least kept us out of the wind. Our group dinner was all-you-can-eat pizza and they were good, made just outside the stadium in a portable oven. This was followed by a concert by Ricky Albeck and one member of his group - Ricky is Beccy's son and this is the first Aussie Road Crew where he has been working on staff for the whole tour.







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