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Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Day 41 - Tuesday 7 February - Corny Point to Marion Bay


DAY 41
TUESDAY
7 February 2017 –  Started book 5 -  JK Rowling’s play “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
Corny Point – Marion Bay – Meehan Hill Lookout – Kangaroo Island Lookout – Foul Bay – Port Moorowie – Warooka








An early start to today with the birds ensuring we were awake before 7. We took advantage of the early start, getting up and organised and by 9am we were heading on out of Corny Point and on to Marion Bay only 40min further on down the road. We located the caravan park, signed in and found our site. After squeezing through the trees we began to unload and set up our little patch.
Checking the local map we made our plans for sightseeing and took off in the Getz for the afternoon.
Following the rough limestone gravel roads, we traveled to Meehan Hill Lookout for a view back to Marion Bay and the limestone cliffs. We stood out by the cliff’s edge being blown by the wind, but at least the sun was out today.  Back in the car we wound our way to Kangaroo Island Lookout.
From this lookout we could make out the faint shadowy line of Kangaroo Island in the distance. Below we could see the black volcanic rock stretching out from the shore.  The wind was still howling, so we sought refuge back in the car and continued on our way to Foul Bay where we stopped to eat lunch sitting on some seats at the beach. Perfect, although the bay itself was nothing special and certainly lived up to its name.
Once full, we moved on to our final destination, Port Moorowie. This was the largest of the places we visited. We took a walk along the path following the beach and enjoying the view as we meandered our way around.
After finishing up we returned to the road, finally finding bitumen again. We drove once again through Warooka and on to Marion Bay, arriving home by 3pm. The clouds had disappeared, but the wind was still rustling around. After taking stock, we took to the footpath and walked to the centre of town. We took a walk out on the jetty, before going into the tavern for a drink.  Paul enjoyed trying two new varieties of stout from Swells Brewery and Pikes Brewery. He said the Swells Stout was the better of the two.
We made our way back to the park taking the opportunity to hang out in the kitchen rec room and watch the news. Two hours later we had cooked up our garlic prawns and retreated to the van to have dinner. Our usual routine wander to finish off the evening, out to Penguin Point and on to Willyama Bay to check out the remains of a shipwreck before returning to the van for quiet time and bed.

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