28/5/2022 – Saturday – 157km

Thankfully no rain this morning as we packed. Ardrossan is a nice little town & we could easily go back to it. Our first stop is Tiddy Widdy Beach (cute name), just north of Ardrossan & the site of a well for drinking water for Ardrossan when it was first settled. We join the highway north, the water of the gulf gets shallower & we can see the other shore easily. We turn into Port Clinton for a look, the tide is a long way out, the beach is very wide & the water is very shallow. This is a tired looking town with what looks like a lot of fishing shacks/retirement dwellings, though surprisingly it has a lot of houses in it. There is a seawall to stop the big tides flooding the low-lying streets.

The next place we drive through, Port Arthur, is no more than a name on the map, then we join the freeway to Adelaide, after some roadworks the road opens out to a good dual carriageway divided road & we follow this road all the way into Adelaide to about 5km from our destination at West Beach. During the last hour we have been driving through rain.  Luckily as we get closer to our destination the rain clears, we check in & manage to set up on a nice grassy block. Just as we finish setting up it starts raining again, lucky. Time for some lunch.

We decide it is time to wash so head over & get the only machine available, there are only three washing machines working out of a bank of eight machines, fairly poor. The ocean is very close so we go for a short walk to look at the beach then back to collect our washing & hang it out under the bed on our van. Next we go for a long walk along the West Beach promenade, looking at the beach. We look at the many varieties of houses (most of them very big) lining the street looking out to sea. Some of the houses are well designed & look good, others not so. The walk back is pleasant in the sunshine.  The weather is pleasant but we are wearing jumpers. We are amazed to see kids swimming in the pool (must be heated) & when they come out they look like little wet shags, shivering in the cold air.  A whole heap of kids are on the jumping pillow, it is nice to see them & hear their laughter.  This the first caravan park that we see children, makes us miss our grandkids even more.

Tereza makes a delicious steak dianne for dinner with vegies & a really nice sauce. Another great day.