We made it to Mt Gambier slightly wind blown but in one piece and in a reasonable time. The rain stopped before we left our snug cabin which we were pretty happy about. We started the morning as tourists with a tour of the historic robe township before heading out back onto the main road towards Mt gambier. The wind was strong but was more of a sidewind than a headwind and at times it became a tail wind woo hoo! Even when it was more of a headwind than anything I practiced the mantra.. Work with the wind work with the wind... I am not sure if it made any difference to the wind direction but it sure as hell made me feel better and prevented me from getting annoyed by it. The road from Robe to Beachport was beautiful, the verge was grass, there was hardly any traffic, and there was lots to see. We passed a couple of lakes, saw some more kangaroos, some more emus and even a tortoise (unfortunately it was dead and not really photo worthy) Beachport itself was a beautiful little port town on the coast with a lovely beach. We stopped briefly there for a drink and a mars bar before continuing on to Millicent. The next 33 kms to Millicent was reasonbly flat and we covered it quite quickly. We raided the bakery for lunch then sat in the visitor information centre to get out of the wind. I don't think the lady working there minded us taking a power nap in a nice sunny corner. At one of her tables. From Millicent we headed in to Mt Gambier via the Tantanoola caves. The caves were amazing. Unfortunately, anne's camera stopped working so we didn't get any piccies. Once again we are tucked up in a nice warm cabin and looking forward to a good sleep. Hopefully the legs will be less sore tomorrow. Mt Gambier is full of things to look out so we'll have a tiki tour in the morning of the Blue lake and a few other points of interest. Hope the winds die down over night and the temps warm up a bit tommorrow.
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