First stop on the tourist trail was Selwyn's Rock:
View from above:
Pretty enough, but a little underwhelming. Nice cafe adjacent overlooking the above view and we considered stopping but, in the end, we decided to press on to Victor Harbour. Car parked with 3 hour limit, we hurried off to the Information Centre before walking across the causeway to Granite Island.
There's a horse-drawn tram that takes you there, but we preferred to walk:
We had been advised to walk anticlockwise round Granite Island and this was the view of the causeway and Victor Harbour as we started up the walkway:
We'd been on G.I. a few years ago, but I seem to recall we didn't walk very far. This time we were determined to do the circular tour. We came across some of the odd-shaped rocks that we had seen on nearby Kangaroo Island on one of our previous visits to Oz:
So what do you think we are doing here?:
The idea was to frame the view of the rocks below, which Jo saw as a man lying facing down with his bum in the air:
Once we'd done two-thirds of the circular walk, there's a stairway down to the jetty and cafe:
We had heard about a Heritage Trail and went in search of it, but soon gave up and headed back along the beach when there appeared to be no sign of a proper trail. Lots of seaweed on the beach and scores of what we deduced were probably cuttlefish shells:
Our walk round Victor Harbour's attractions covered 5 miles. Time almost up in the car park, now it was time to head towards the Falls, but we got diverted to the Bluff at Rosetta Head, where there were a number of trails around and up to the top of the hill, which was 340 feet above the sea below. Jo chose to stay in the car park below and read her book but I had to go up:
Eventually we left the Victor Harbour area and found our way to Ingalalla Falls, a beautiful cavernous spot, which must provide spectacular falls in winter, but at this time of year, it was little more than a trickle:
A special place, we both felt.
It was just 5 or 6 miles back to our resort from there, but, first we had to go to Foodland to pick up something for dinner. BBQ chicken and Caesar salad was our choice - easy, cheap and very nice.
I had a quick splash in the pool to cool down and then jumped in to the jacuzzi bath after Jo had finished. Now it was time for G & T's.
Jo had a bad night last night and struggled with her breathing - she was very congested. This morning, I'm blogging whilst she sleeps off and on - I don't think we're going far today.
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