Pt 2 - Day 50 - 42 Mile Crossing rest area

Hi Everyone, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth, on Kangaroo Island at present and have not had reception, discovered this morning I can get two bars over the other side of the sand dune, so I am sitting on top of the hill watching Shannae swim!!


So, where were we??

This morning we leave Port Fairy fairly late, the weather is overcast and cold, no one is in a hurry to get out of bed and we aren't travelling too far today anyway.  We drive for about 150km before we reach the SA border.  I was expecting a big quarantine station, where we would be stopped and inspected, but no...nothing, but a little yellow bin on the side of the road with "Quarantine items" written on it!!!  So we jump out of the van and dutifully throw out the little bit of lettuce and cucumber we couldn't eat last night!!

We stop at Mt Gambier to get some fuel.  Drizzling rain continues and we buy the worst coffee we have had so far!!!!  We buy the local paper, which is always interesting.  We miss the West Australian and knowing what is going on at home.

We drive on with a rest stop in mind for the night, as there is no need for to stay in a park for a sleep over.  We finally reach our destination of "The Granites" rest area.  A rest stop about 3km off the track, bitumen all the way in, but it is essentially a big bitumised parking area next to the beach, which has a few granite outcrops.  No trees, no toilets, only one other van parked here and to our surprise in the drizzling rain, a nice big snake trying to soak up the little warmth he can off the road....mmmmm.......going to the toilet in the bush is not going to be much fun here.  Glen shoos him away and we have a chat to the fellow caravanners.  We reluctantly decide this spot will do, until we return to our car, only to discover our friendly slithery friend has also returned to his spot, that's it, we are out of here!!!!!  "We need a toilet too" the cry comes from the back!!!  So out comes the camping book to search for the next spot, which has a toilet!!!

Luckily, there are quite a few rest stops along this road and we eventually find a great one, 3km off the road on gravel, but it is a council camp ground.  Toilets, well, long drops, but well maintained.  This is just perfect.  We keep the van hooked up and go for the 1.5km walk to the beach where the sand is just covered in broken shells.  The kids search for treasures and we watch the sun start to go down over the right side of the ocean for a change!!!!