Robe S.A to Port Fairy Vic. (Wednesday 23rd June 2010)

Travel day 287km.

Today we are going to cross over the border back into Victoria. Mixed emotions.

This morning was freezing cold. We have NEVER felt our fingers feel like ice in all our travels. When the sun came out it was warm with a beautiful clear blue sky. Thank goodness for that.

On the way out of Robe found the road we needed which had been unclearly signed as being CLOSED. We weaved our way around a few work men who stared at us as we drove past them and continued on our merry way. Further down the road a sign saying 'road closed' appeared again and further down the road again more workmen stared at us as we headed on our mapped route to our next destination. Finally we come to the end of the road we had been traveling on only to find big orange barriers set up blocking the entrance saying 'ROAD CLOSED'. We looked at each other and laughed as we realised what we'd done. We had traveled down a road that had been closed to the public! Never mind, we got where we needed to be with no-one else the wiser bar the workmen. As we got closer to Mt Gambier there were huge pine plantations everywhere along the road. They went on forever.

We stopped at Mt Gambier for lunch and it was freezing. The air was icy cold. Mt Gambier was much bigger than I imagined and again the streets were lined with gorgeous period homes. Before heading on we stopped and had a look at the Blue Lake. We set off for Port Fairy at 1.15pm At 1.35pm we crossed the border into Victoria. WOW, we are getting so close to home. Arrived into Port Fairy at 4.30pm. It's a pretty costal town with beautiful buildings. The houses on the river in the wealthier part of town were huge and very impressive. Out for dinner.