Robe is not famous for robes.....

Countless friends told us "Robe's not famous for robes" as taken from the bega cheese ad, but we could have done with a few robes. It was cold and blustery for most of our time there.

The kids were excited upon entering the caravan park, not only was there a jumping pillow but also an indoor pool and games room complete with TV. Awesome.... As it was a bit too chilly to swim at the beach the pool was a great replacement, and the games room had a table and chairs perfect for doing homework in.

We met some more families doing "The Trip" all at differing stages. It was great to hear peoples experiences and advice, discussed over a communal BBQ tea. We also learned to play the card game Eucka which was fun.

Once homework was done each morning we went exploring. One day when the weather was particularly miserable we drove to Penola and Coonawarra and spent the afternoon winetasting. The kids were ok with this as there were vineyards to explore, and afternoon tea. We also tried an Emu salami stick which had quite a rich gamey flavour.

We enjoyed driving the scenic route around town admiring the beautiful old homes, awesome coastline and historic buildings such as the old goal ruins. At the local fish shop the kids found it interesting seeing all the crayfish (hundreds of them) ready to be exported to Hong Kong. Unfortunately the $80 price tag meant we didn't have one.
Abbey enjoyed the trip out to Nora Creina ( a small settlement of 60 shacks 25km from Robe) not for the scenery but for the road kill. We had to stop at each one, especially the big wombat, for her to inspect it (from the car) and tell us why it was dead. The beach at Nora Creina was lovely and we enjoyed a walk up on top of the cliffs which amazingly had thousands of little shells up on top of the cliffs. Abbey found one rocky outcrop which looked like a little cave and said very knowingly to her brothers "this is the mermaid cave you know, she lives here at night".

On our way home we drove along the beach (where there were many other 2wd driving too). All was going fine, the kids thought it was the best, Nick and I were discussing how we really don't need a 4wd after all, when as we were turning to come back we got bogged. Luckily there were a couple in their 4wd driving behind us and offered to tow us out of the softer sand. I think they had a good laugh as we drove off, but we were very greatful for their help.

We've decided due to the bad weather not to camp at The Coorong but to spend the day there and head to Port Elliot.